The Political Economy of Relief Aid Allocation: Evidence from Madagascar

World Development

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 486-500

  Francken, Nathalie ^a   Minten, Bart ^b   Swinnen, Johan F M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Africa; Aid; Madagascar; Media; Natural disasters; Political economy

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; DISASTER RELIEF; GOVERNMENT; INTERNATIONAL AID; NATURAL DISASTER; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

MADAGASCAR;

EID: 84856358354     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.07.007     Document Type: Article

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