Blending Top-Down Federalism with Bottom-Up Engagement to Reduce Inequality in Ethiopia

World Development

Volumn 96, Issue , 2017, Pages 326-342

  Khan, Qaiser ^a   Faguet, Jean Paul ^b   Ambel, Alemayehu ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; decentralization; Ethiopia; inequality; local government; participation

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; DECENTRALIZATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; FEDERAL SYSTEM; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 85017362358     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: 18735991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2017.03.017     Document Type: Article

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