With friends like these, who needs enemies? aiding the world's worst dictators

Independent Review

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 26-44

  Coyne, Christopher J ^a   Ryan, Matt E ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

AID POLICY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HUMANITARIAN AID; INTERNATIONAL AID; OECD;

EID: 67651049304     PISSN: 10861653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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