Public Sector Accounting and Financial Management in Developing Countries: A Critical Assessment of the Literature

Asian Review of Accounting

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 38-65

  Shiraz Abdul Rahaman, Abu ^a   Gallhofer, Sonja ^a   Haslam, Jim ^a   Lawrence, Stewart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

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EID: 84992933530     PISSN: 13217348     EISSN: 17588863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eb060689     Document Type: Review

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