Aid and the millennium development goal poverty target: How much is required and how should it be allocated?

Oxford Development Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-31

  Anderson, Edward ^a   Waddington, Hugh ^a  

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Indexed keywords

AID FLOW; ECONOMETRICS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; POVERTY ALLEVIATION;

EID: 33947158682     PISSN: 13600818     EISSN: 14699966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13600810601167561     Document Type: Article

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