What type of economic growth does foreign aid support?

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 727-730

  Feeny, Simon ^a   Ouattara, Bazoumana ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INTERNATIONAL AID;

EID: 67650249175     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: 14664291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504850701221832     Document Type: Article

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