Aid, growth and democracy

Economics and Politics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 275-297

  Svensson, Jakob ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

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EID: 0000521123     PISSN: 09541985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0343.00062     Document Type: Article

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