Foreign aid, the real exchange rate, and economic growth in the aftermath of civil wars

World Bank Economic Review

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 113-140

  Elbadawi, Ibrahim A ^a   Kaltani, Linda ^b   Schmidt hebbel, Klaus ^c  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AID FLOW; CIVIL WAR; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC GROWTH; FOREIGN POLICY; INTERNATIONAL AID; POLITICAL CONFLICT; REAL EXCHANGE RATE; WORLD BANK;

EID: 40749129200     PISSN: 02586770     EISSN: 1564698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wber/lhm024     Document Type: Article

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