Aid Proliferation and Economic Growth: A Cross-Country Analysis

World Development

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-10

  Kimura, Hidemi ^a   Mori, Yuko ^b   Sawada, Yasuyuki ^c,d  

^a Ministry of Finance   (Japan)

^b HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d TRADE AND INDUSTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aid; Aid proliferation; Economic growth

Indexed keywords

AID FLOW; AID POLICY; DATA SET; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AFRICA;

EID: 81855222103     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.05.010     Document Type: Article

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