Samaritan agents? On the strategic delegation of aid policy

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 249-263

  Hagen, Rune Jansen ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Foreign aid; Incentives; Strategic delegation

Indexed keywords

AID POLICY; DEVELOPING WORLD; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EID: 28944443932     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2004.11.009     Document Type: Article

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