On the impact of foreign aid in education on growth: How relevant is the heterogeneity of aid flows and the heterogeneity of aid recipients?

Review of World Economics

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 631-649

  Asiedu, Elizabeth ^a   Nandwa, Boaz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Foreign aid; Growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349019818     PISSN: 16102878     EISSN: 16102886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10290-007-0125-9     Document Type: Article

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