Aid negotiation: The uneasy "partnership" between EPRDF and the donors

Journal of Eastern African Studies

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 788-817

  Feyissa, Dereje ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

aid; development; EPRDF; neoliberalism; the Ethiopian state

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858778374     PISSN: 17531055     EISSN: 17531063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17531055.2011.642541     Document Type: Article

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