The potential of foreign aid as insurance

IMF Staff Papers

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 453-475

  Pallage, Stéphane ^a   Robe, Michel A ^b,c   Bérubé, Catherine ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Office of the Chief Economist   (United States)

^d Ministère des Finances du Canada   (Canada)

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EID: 34247242107     PISSN: 10207635     EISSN: 15645150     Source Type: Book Series    
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