Decentralization, local governance, and conflict mitigation in Latin America

Governance in Post-Conflict Societies: Rebuilding Fragile States

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 207-225

  Bland, Gary ^a,b  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84916955423     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203965122     Document Type: Chapter

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