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Book Title: From The Ground Up: Improving Government Performance With In...
Number of Pages: 118 Pages
Publication Name: From the Ground Up : Improving Government Performance with Independent Monitoring Organizations
Language: English
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Publication Year: 2010
Item Height: 0.4 in
Subject: Ngos (Non-Governmental Organizations), Public Affairs & Administration, History & Theory, Poverty & Homelessness, General, Comparative Politics
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 7 Oz
Subject Area: Political Science, Social Science
Author: Stephen Kosack, Courtney Tolmie, Charles C. Griffin
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
