Halving poverty by doubling aid: Is there reason for optimism?

World Economy

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 81-98

  Langhammer, Rolf J ^a  

^a KIEL INSTITUTE FOR THE WORLD ECONOMY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AID FLOW; DEVELOPMENT AID; POVERTY ALLEVIATION;

EID: 1342308532     PISSN: 03785920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9701.2004.00589.x     Document Type: Article

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