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The Road to Good Governance: Via the Path Less Accountable? The Effectiveness of Fiscal Accountability in Liberia

Kelly Krawczyk Department of Political Science, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Jennie Sweet-Cushman Department of Political Science, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
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Raymond Muhula The World Bank, Monrovia, Liberia
Pages 532-543 | Published online: 21 Jun 2013

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