Aid, government expenditure, and aggregate welfare

World Development

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 355-370

  Gomanee, Karuna ^a   Morrissey, Oliver ^b   Mosley, Paul ^c   Verschoor, Arjan ^d  

^a Regents College   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggregate welfare; Aid; Human welfare; Public expenditure

Indexed keywords

AID POLICY; EXPENDITURE; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX; INFANT MORTALITY; PUBLIC SPENDING; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

EID: 14044262818     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2004.09.005     Document Type: Article

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