When is foreign aid policy credible? Aid dependence and conditionality

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 61-84

  Svensson, Jakob ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Aid policy; Credibility; Policy design

Indexed keywords

AID POLICY; CONDITIONALITY; INTERNATIONAL AID;

EID: 0034023823     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3878(99)00061-9     Document Type: Article

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