Demand for World Bank lending

Economic Systems

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 408-421

  Ratha, Dilip ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Financing gap; Foreign aid; Fungibility; International Monetary Fund; World Bank

Indexed keywords

EID: 30544432616     PISSN: 09393625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecosys.2005.09.002     Document Type: Article

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