The failed promise of multi-donor trust funds: Aid financing as an impediment to effective state-building in post-conflict contexts

Policy Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 107-126

  Barakat, Sultan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Afghanistan; Aid financing; Governance; Post conflict reconstruction; State building; Trust funds

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651216006     PISSN: 01442872     EISSN: 14701006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01442870902723485     Document Type: Article

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