Aid, budgets and accountability: A survey article

Development Policy Review

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 627-645

  de Renzio, Paolo ^a  

^a OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; AID POLICY; INSTITUTIONAL REFORM; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

EID: 33750109589     PISSN: 09506764     EISSN: 14677679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7679.2006.00351.x     Document Type: Article

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