The failure of aid and adjustment policies in Sub-Saharan Africa: Counter-examples and policy proposals

Journal of African Economies

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 406-443

  Mosley, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT FAILURE; AID EFFECTIVENESS; CONDITIONALITY; DEVELOPING REGION; INTERNATIONAL AID; POLICY FAILURE; REFORM CREDIBILITY; STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT;

AFRICA, (SUB-SAHARA);

EID: 0030403501     PISSN: 09638024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jae.a020913     Document Type: Article

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