The changing geographies of foreign aid and development cooperation: Contributions from gift theory

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 256-272

  Mawdsley, Emma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foreign aid; Gift theory; Non DAC donors; Postcolonial geography; Rising powers; South South development cooperation

Indexed keywords

AID FLOW; DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS; HEGEMONY; INTERNATIONAL AID; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION;

CHINA; INDIA;

EID: 84858003574     PISSN: 00202754     EISSN: 14755661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5661.2011.00467.x     Document Type: Article

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