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FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION AND INFANT MORTALITY: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM RURAL INDIA

on the path of decentralization. However, because of a preconceived idea that decentralization will automatically result in efficient allocation of public resources and due to the absence of an analytical framework and data, very little empirical work has been done in this area. Nor has much attenti...

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Autor Principal: Abay Asfaw Klaus Frohberg
Formato: Printed Book
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Acceso en liña:http://10.26.1.76/ks/003170.pdf
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