Putting aid in its place: Insights from early structuralists on aid and balance of payments and lessons for contemporary aid debates

Journal of International Development

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 856-867

  Fischer, Andrew M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aid; Balance of payments; Development economics; Global financial imbalances; Industrialisation; Structuralism

Indexed keywords

AID FLOW; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INTERNATIONAL AID; URBAN GROWTH;

EID: 69849105410     PISSN: 09541748     EISSN: 10991328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jid.1623     Document Type: Article

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