Aid allocation to fragile states: Absorptive capacity constraints

Journal of International Development

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 618-632

  Feeny, Simon ^a   McGillivray, Mark ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity; Economic growth; Foreign aid; Fragile states

Indexed keywords

AID FLOW; AID POLICY; DEVELOPMENT AID; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC IMPACT; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INTERNATIONAL AID; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; STATE ROLE;

EID: 69849092134     PISSN: 09541748     EISSN: 10991328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jid.1502     Document Type: Article

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