Aid volatility and poverty traps

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-7

  Agénor, Pierre Richard ^a,b   Aizenman, Joshua ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre for Growth and Business Cycle Research   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aid volatility; Poverty traps; Stagnation equilibrium

Indexed keywords

AID; EQUILIBRIUM; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; PUBLIC SPENDING;

EID: 70349876601     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2009.03.003     Document Type: Article

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