Does Aid for Trade Really Improve Trade Performance?

World Development

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 725-740

  Calì, Massimiliano ^a   te Velde, Dirk Willem ^a  

^a OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aid effectiveness; Aid for trade; Cost of trading; Exports; Trade

Indexed keywords

AID; DEVELOPING WORLD; EXPORT; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; TRADE PERFORMANCE;

EID: 79953030475     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2010.09.018     Document Type: Article

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