African governance and civil service reforms

Beyond Structural Adjustment: The Institutional Context of African Development

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 101-130

  Olowu, Dele ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84994275848     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9781403981288     Document Type: Chapter

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