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Bihar: What Went Wrong? And What Changed?

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  • Mukherji, Arnab

    (Indian Institute of Management Bangalore)

  • Mukherji, Anjan

    (National Institute of Public Finance and Policy)

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  • Mukherji, Arnab & Mukherji, Anjan, 2012. "Bihar: What Went Wrong? And What Changed?," Working Papers 12/107, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy.
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