Aid and growth in the Pacific Islands

Asian-Pacific Economic Literature

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 38-55

  Pavlov, Vlad ^a   Sugden, Craig ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b Focus Economics   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDITIONALITY; DEVELOPMENT AID; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; POLICY DEVELOPMENT;

PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 33749492171     PISSN: 08189935     EISSN: 14678411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8411.2006.00182.x     Document Type: Article

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