Determinants of Canadian bilateral aid allocations: Humanitarian, commercial or political?

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 294-312

  Macdonald, Ryan ^a   Hoddinott, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AID FLOW; CONDITIONALITY; HUMANITARIAN AID; INTERNATIONAL AID;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 2542503755     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0008-4085.2004.00003.x     Document Type: Article

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