Politics and the effectiveness of foreign aid

European Economic Review

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 289-329

  Boone, Peter ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foreign aid; Savings

Indexed keywords

AID EFFECTIVENESS; DEVELOPING WORLD; INTERNATIONAL AID; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

EID: 0030460228     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0014-2921(95)00127-1     Document Type: Article

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