Development (paradigm) failures

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 63-74

  Hodler, Roland ^a,d   Dreher, Axel ^b,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUCERNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d CESifo ^*  (Germany)

^e KOF SWISS ECONOMIC INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Development paradigms; Economic development; Foreign aid

Indexed keywords

AID FLOW; DEVELOPING WORLD; DEVELOPMENT AID; DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS; INTERNATIONAL AID; MODEL TEST; MODEL VALIDATION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84868311073     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2012.08.003     Document Type: Article

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