A panel data analysis of the fungibility of foreign aid

World Bank Economic Review

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-58

  Feyzioglu, Tarhan ^a   Swaroop, Vinaya ^b   Zhu, Min ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c Research Department Phillip Island Nature Parks   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT AID; FOREIGN AID; PUBLIC SPENDING;

EID: 0031868387     PISSN: 02586770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wber/12.1.29     Document Type: Article

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