The world bank and the IMF: Tax, democracy and shrinking aid in sub-saharan Afarica

Forum for Development Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 147-172

  Olsen, Gorm Rye ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Aid reforms; Democracy; Globalisation; Imf; Public budgets; Representation; Taxation; World Bank

Indexed keywords

AID FLOW; DEMOCRACY; IMF; TAX SYSTEM; WORLD BANK;

EID: 0034926011     PISSN: 08039410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08039410.2001.9666161     Document Type: Article

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