With strings attached? improving the administration of central state financed investment projects in the prc

Asian Journal of Political Science

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 319-343

  Kun Chin, Lin ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Administrative reform; Capital investment; China; Economic planning; Public finance

Indexed keywords

EID: 85050838951     PISSN: 02185377     EISSN: 17507812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02185370701731069     Document Type: Article

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