Foreign aid, institutions, and governance in sub-Saharan Africa

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 255-285

  Bräutigam, Deborah A ^a   Knack, Stephen ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRUPTION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; INTERNATIONAL AID;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 2342650196     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/380592     Document Type: Article

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