Reconsidering the aid relationship: International relations and social development

Round Table

Volumn 98, Issue 402, 2009, Pages 285-299

  Brown, William ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Aid; Conditionality; Debt relief; Development; Governance; International relations; Liberal consensus; States

Indexed keywords

AID POLICY; GEOPOLITICS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; LEADERSHIP; LIBERALISM; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT;

AFRICA;

EID: 70449514704     PISSN: 00358533     EISSN: 1474029X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00358530902895386     Document Type: Article

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