Democratic decentralization of natural resources: Institutional choice and discretionary power transfers in Sub-Saharan Africa

Beyond Structural Adjustment: The Institutional Context of African Development

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 159-182

  Ribot, Jesse C ^a  

^a WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1057/9781403981288     Document Type: Chapter

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