Foreign aid, fertility and human capital accumulation

Economica

Volumn 75, Issue 300, 2008, Pages 766-781

  Azarnert, Leonid V ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AID FLOW; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FERTILITY; HUMAN CAPITAL; HUMANITARIAN AID; INTERNATIONAL AID; POPULATION GROWTH; POVERTY ALLEVIATION;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 54049138855     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: 14680335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0335.2007.00661.x     Document Type: Article

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