Chasing Success: Health Sector Aid and Mortality

World Development

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2032-2043

  Wilson, Sven E ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aid effectiveness; Health; Mortality; Public health

Indexed keywords

AID FLOW; DEVELOPMENT AID; INTERNATIONAL AID; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 80054034097     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.07.021     Document Type: Article

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