Political regimes and development assistance: The political economy of aid selectivity

Critical Asian Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 591-613

  Hout, Wil ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AID POLICY; DEVELOPMENT AID; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INTERNATIONAL AID;

BENELUX; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 10244226643     PISSN: 14672715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1467271042000273266     Document Type: Article

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