Measuring public sector performance and effectiveness

Handbook of Public Administration: Concise Paperback Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 24-36

  Heinrich, Carolyn J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4135/9780857020970.n3     Document Type: Chapter

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