Apples, pears and poverty reduction: An assessment of British bilateral aid

IDS Bulletin

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 109-122

  Maxwell, Simon ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

AID POLICY; AID TARGETING; BILATERAL AID; BRITISH AID; INSTITUTIONAL APPROACH; METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; POVERTY REDUCTION; SOCIAL POLICY;

EID: 0029768475     PISSN: 02655012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1759-5436.1996.mp27001010.x     Document Type: Article

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