Does foreign aid promote privatization? Empirical evidence from developing countries

World Development

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1527-1548

  Banerjee, Sudeshna Ghosh ^a   Rondinelli, Dennis A ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Foreign aid; Governance; Privatization

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT AID; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC REFORM; INTERNATIONAL AID; PRIVATIZATION;

EID: 0042230970     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(03)00107-4     Document Type: Article

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