The Trouble with the MDGs: Confronting Expectations of Aid and Development Success

World Development

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 735-751

  Clemens, Michael A ^a   Kenny, Charles J ^a   Moss, Todd J ^a  

^a CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; aid; development; goals; millennium; poverty

Indexed keywords

AID FLOW; DEVELOPMENT AID; EXPENDITURE; INTERNATIONAL AID; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; POVERTY;

AFRICA;

EID: 34247109483     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2006.08.003     Document Type: Article

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