Is Corporate Aid Targeted to Poor and Deserving Countries? A Case Study of Nestlé's Aid Allocation

World Development

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 228-243

  Metzger, Laura ^a   Nunnenkamp, Peter ^b   Mahmoud, Toman Omar ^b  

^a GFA CONSULTING GROUP   (Germany)

^b KIEL INSTITUTE FOR THE WORLD ECONOMY   (Germany)

Author keywords

aid allocation; corporate social responsibility; Nestl ; NGO aid; official development assistance; private aid

Indexed keywords

AID FLOW; AID ORGANIZATION; CORPORATE STRATEGY; DEVELOPING WORLD; DEVELOPMENT AID; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION;

EID: 75749138041     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2009.09.005     Document Type: Article

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