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Balancing Rural Poverty Reduction and Citizen Participation: The Contradictions of Uganda's Decentralization Program

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  • James, Robert

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  • Francis, Paul & James, Robert, 2003. "Balancing Rural Poverty Reduction and Citizen Participation: The Contradictions of Uganda's Decentralization Program," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 31(2), pages 325-337, February.
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    2. Graham Harrison, 2001. "Post‐Conditionality Politics and Administrative Reform: Reflections on the Cases of Uganda and Tanzania," Development and Change, International Institute of Social Studies, vol. 32(4), pages 657-679, September.
    3. Blair, Harry, 2000. "Participation and Accountability at the Periphery: Democratic Local Governance in Six Countries," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 28(1), pages 21-39, January.
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