Comrades or culprits? Donor engagement and budget transparency in aid-dependent countries

Public Administration and Development

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 167-180

  de Renzio, Paolo ^a   Angemi, Diego ^a  

^a International Budget Partnership ^*

Author keywords

Aid dependent countries; Budget transparency; Donor engagement; Foreign aid; Governance; Open Budget Index

Indexed keywords

AID DEPENDENCY; AID POLICY; CORRELATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; GOVERNANCE APPROACH;

EID: 84859708894     PISSN: 02712075     EISSN: 1099162X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pad.1603     Document Type: Article

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