Policy selectivity forgone: Debt and donor behavior in Africa

World Bank Economic Review

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 409-435

  Birdsall, Nancy ^a   Claessens, Stijn ^b   Diwan, Ishac ^c  

^a CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AID POLICY; DEBT; DEVELOPMENT AID; FINANCIAL PROVISION;

AFRICA;

EID: 2042469492     PISSN: 02586770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wber/lhg029     Document Type: Article

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