Fungibility and the flypaper effect of project aid: Micro-evidence for Vietnam

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 667-685

  van de Walle, Dominique ^a   Mu, Ren ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Flypaper effect; Fungibility of aid; Impact evaluation; Rural roads; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

AID POLICY; DEVELOPMENT AID; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; ROAD; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; WORLD BANK;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 34548044457     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2006.12.005     Document Type: Article

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