Volatility of Development Aid: From the Frying Pan into the Fire?

World Development

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2048-2066

  Bulíř, Aleš ^a   Hamann, A Javier ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

developing countries; external aid; ODA; predictability; volatility

Indexed keywords

AID FLOW; DEVELOPING WORLD; DEVELOPMENT AID; INTERNATIONAL AID;

EID: 53749106105     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2007.02.019     Document Type: Article

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