Marito Garcia - Achieving Better Service Delivery Through Decentralization in Ethiopia. World Bank Working Paper, 131

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ISBN-13: 978-0-8213-7382-8

eISBN: 978-0-8213-7383-5

ISSN: 1726-5878 DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-7382-8

Marito Garcia is a Lead Economist in the Africa Region Human Development Department of the World Bank. Andrew Sunil Rajkumar is an Economist in the same department.

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