Less aid proliferation and more donor coordination? the wide gap between words and deeds

Journal of International Development

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 920-940

  Aldasoro, Iñaki ^a   Nunnenkamp, Peter ^b   Thiele, Rainer ^b  

^a Kiel Institute for the World Economy ^*

^b KIEL INSTITUTE FOR THE WORLD ECONOMY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aid allocation; Donor coordination; Overlaps; Sector specific commitments; Theil index

Indexed keywords

AID POLICY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; DEVELOPMENT AID; ECONOMETRICS; INDEX METHOD; INTERNATIONAL AID;

EID: 77957123223     PISSN: 09541748     EISSN: 10991328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jid.1645     Document Type: Article

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