Accountability, participation and foreign aid effectiveness

International Studies Review

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 218-243

  Winters, Matthew S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; AID FLOW; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GOVERNMENT; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; INTERNATIONAL AID; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; MODELING; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH;

EID: 77953224208     PISSN: 15219488     EISSN: 14682486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2486.2010.00929.x     Document Type: Review

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