Evidence on changes in aid allocation criteria

World Bank Economic Review

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 185-208

  Claessens, Stijn ^a   Cassimon, Danny ^b   Van Campenhout, Bjorn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AID FLOW; AID POLICY; AID REFORM; DEVELOPMENT AID; GEOPOLITICS; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; INTERNATIONAL AID; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 68249149165     PISSN: 02586770     EISSN: 1564698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wber/lhp003     Document Type: Article

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