Development Effectiveness and the Politics of Commitment

Third World Quarterly

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-36

  Hughes, Caroline ^a   Hutchison, Jane ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AID POLICY; AID REFORM; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEVELOPMENT AID; DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; INTERNATIONAL AID; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

CAMBODIA; PHILIPPINES;

EID: 84858179418     PISSN: 01436597     EISSN: 13602241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2012.627229     Document Type: Article

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