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The Political Economy of Public Goods Provision in Slums: Preliminary Results from a Field Study in Urban Pakistan (Policy Brief)

Policy brief 1 Aug 2014 State and Tax

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  • Public goods provision and socio-economic hierarchies in Lahore slums

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Mahvish Shami

Lecturer of Development Studies, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Hadia Majid

Assistant Professor, Lahore University of Management Sciences

The political economy of public goods provision in slums: preliminary results from a field study in urban Pakistan.

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