From the theory of aid effectiveness to the practice: The European Commission's governance incentive tranche

Development Policy Review

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 561-580

  Molenaers, Nadia ^a   Nijs, Leen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aid effectiveness; Conditionality; European Community aid; Governance

Indexed keywords

AID FLOW; CONDITIONALITY; DEVELOPMENT AID; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 68549107936     PISSN: 09506764     EISSN: 14677679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7679.2009.00459.x     Document Type: Article

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