Community-led initiatives: Reforms for better accountability?

Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 209-226

  Alawattage, Chandana ^a   Hopper, Trevor ^a   Wickramasinghe, Danture ^a   Awio, Godwin ^b   Lawrence, Stewart ^c   Northcott, Deryl ^d  

^a Uganda Ministry of Health/AIDS Commission ^*

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^d AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Health services; Public administration; Public sector reform; Social policy; Uganda

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992997087     PISSN: 18325912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/18325910710820274     Document Type: Article

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