Name: Decentralization and Popular Democracy: governance from below in Bolivia [Audio] by LSE Podcasts in Environment and Development / Meio Ambiente e Desenvolvimento (multi-lingua)
Duration: 1 h 31 min 52 s
Description: Speaker(s): Dr Jean-Paul Faguet | Dr Faguet will speak about his new book Decentralization and Popular Democracy: governance from below in Bolivia. Jean-Paul Faguet is reader in the political economy of development at LSE. Wed, 14 Nov 2012 18:30:00 GMT

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