Need, Merit, or Self-Interest-What Determines the Allocation of Aid?

Review of Development Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 237-250

  Hoeffler, Anke ^a   Outram, Verity ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b County House ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AID POLICY; INTERNATIONAL AID; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 79954476625     PISSN: 13636669     EISSN: 14679361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9361.2011.00605.x     Document Type: Article

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