Estimating aid-growth equations: The case of Pacific island countries

Pacific Economic Bulletin

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 82-96

  Rao, B Bhaskara ^a   Sharma, K L ^b   Singh, Rup ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b University of Fiji   (Fiji)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

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EID: 56549096586     PISSN: 08178038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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