Who is Vouching for the Input Voucher? Decentralized Targeting and Elite Capture in Tanzania

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  2011

• Venue

  World Development

• Publication date

  2011-05-01

• Fields of study

  Agricultural and Food Sciences, Economics, Political Science

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  DOI 10.1596/1813-9450-5651
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