Developments in value-for-money audit methods: Impacts and implications

International Review of Administrative Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 73-89

  Lonsdale, Jeremy ^a  

^a National Audit Office   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 8644223342     PISSN: 00208523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020852300661007     Document Type: Article

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