Aid delivery through non-governmental organisations: Does the aid channel matter for the targeting of Swedish aid?

World Economy

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 147-176

  Dreher, Axel ^a,b,c   Mölders, Florian ^d   Nunnenkamp, Peter ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b KOF SWISS ECONOMIC INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c CESIFO   (Germany)

^d DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

^e KIEL INSTITUTE FOR THE WORLD ECONOMY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AID FLOW; ALTRUISM; INTERNATIONAL AID; MODELING; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

SWEDEN;

EID: 76349123826     PISSN: 03785920     EISSN: 14679701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9701.2009.01233.x     Document Type: Article

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