Aid Allocation through Various Official and Private Channels: Need, Merit, and Self-Interest as Motives of German Donors

World Development

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 308-323

  Nunnenkamp, Peter ^a   Öhler, Hannes ^b  

^a KIEL INSTITUTE FOR THE WORLD ECONOMY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aid allocation; Aid channels; Donor motives; Germany; Tobit models

Indexed keywords

AID POLICY; DEVELOPMENT AID; ESTIMATION METHOD;

GERMANY;

EID: 79551497651     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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