Public spending and the poor : what we know, what we need to know
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- Van de Walle, Dominique, 1996. "Public spending and the poor: what we know, what we need to know," Sede de la CEPAL en Santiago (Estudios e Investigaciones) 34297, Naciones Unidas Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL).
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Environmental Economics&Policies; Economic Theory&Research; Decentralization; Public Health Promotion; Health Economics&Finance; Rural Poverty Reduction; Services&Transfers to Poor; Safety Nets and Transfers; Economic Theory&Research; Environmental Economics&Policies;All these keywords.
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