"Emerging donors" from a recipient perspective: An institutional analysis of foreign aid in Cambodia

World Development

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2091-2104

  Sato, Jin ^a,b   Shiga, Hiroaki ^c   Kobayashi, Takaaki ^d   Kondoh, Hisahiro ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JICA Research Institute   (Japan)

^d JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^e TOKYO INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aid fragmentation; Asia; Cambodia; Emerging donors; Harmonization; Institution

Indexed keywords

AID REFORM; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; INTERNATIONAL AID;

CAMBODIA; CHINA; INDIA; SOUTH KOREA; THAILAND;

EID: 81455159060     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.04.014     Document Type: Article

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