The PRSP Approach and the Illusion of Improved Aid Effectiveness: Lessons from Bolivia, Honduras and Nicaragua

Development Policy Review

Volumn 29, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages s110-s133

  Dijkstra, Geske ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aid effectiveness; Bolivia; Honduras; Nicaragua; Poverty; Strategy papers

Indexed keywords

AID POLICY; INTERNATIONAL AID; POVERTY ALLEVIATION;

BOLIVIA; HONDURAS; NICARAGUA;

EID: 78650164079     PISSN: 09506764     EISSN: 14677679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7679.2011.00522.x     Document Type: Article

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