The political economy of social protection reforms in developing countries: What is to be explained and how?

Social Protection in Developing Countries: Reforming Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 33-42

  Bender, Katja ^a  

^a Bonn Rhine Sieg University of Applied Sciences   (Germany)

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EID: 84917278186     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203082294     Document Type: Chapter

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