The politics of private foreign aid: Humanitarian principles, economic development objectives, and organizational interests in NGO private aid allocation

International Organization

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 571-607

  Büthe, Tim ^a   Major, Solomon ^b   De Souza, André Melloe ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b US NAVAL WAR COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Institute for Applied Economic Research   (Brazil)

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EID: 84867477983     PISSN: 00208183     EISSN: 15315088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0020818312000252     Document Type: Article

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