What determines foreign aid? The donors' perspective

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-13

  Chong, Alberto ^a   Gradstein, Mark ^b,c,d,e  

^a INTER AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (United States)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^d CESIFO   (Germany)

^e IZA ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Corruption; Development; Donors; Foreign aid; Perceptions

Indexed keywords

AID FLOW; AID POLICY; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INTERNATIONAL AID; PERCEPTION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 43649099223     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2007.08.001     Document Type: Article

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