Aid and the supply side: Public investment, export performance, and Dutch disease in low-income countries

World Bank Economic Review

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 261-290

  Adam, Christopher S ^a   Bevan, David L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JOHN S COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AID FLOW; DUTCH DISEASE; EXPORT; INVESTMENT; MACROECONOMICS; MODELING; PUBLIC SPENDING; SPILLOVER EFFECT;

EID: 33745685550     PISSN: 02586770     EISSN: 1564698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wber/lhj011     Document Type: Article

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