Pragmatic institutional design in Botswana -- Salient features and an assessment

International Journal of Public Sector Management

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 584-603

  Adamolekun, Ladipo ^a   Morgan, Philip ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b MONTEREY INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Botswana; Central government; Local government

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986144800     PISSN: 09513558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513559910305357     Document Type: Article

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