Targeting aid to the needy and deserving: Nothing but promises?

World Economy

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1177-1201

  Nunnenkamp, Peter ^a   Thiele, Rainer ^a  

^a KIEL INSTITUTE FOR THE WORLD ECONOMY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AID FLOW; AID POLICY; DEVELOPING WORLD; POVERTY ALLEVIATION;

EID: 33748455660     PISSN: 03785920     EISSN: 14679701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9701.2006.00836.x     Document Type: Article

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