Foreign Aid and Regime Change: A Role for Donor Intent

World Development

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2021-2031

  Bermeo, Sarah Blodgett ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Democracy; Democratization; Dictatorship; Foreign aid; Non tax revenue; Regime change

Indexed keywords

AID FLOW; DEMOCRACY; DEMOCRATIZATION; INTERNATIONAL AID;

EID: 80054022120     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.07.019     Document Type: Article

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