An empirical assessment of informal influence in the World Bank

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 431-464

  Kilby, Christopher ^a  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; EXPENDITURE; FINANCIAL POLICY; FINANCIAL SERVICES; GEOPOLITICS; LENDING BEHAVIOR; WORLD BANK;

EID: 84872322367     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/668278     Document Type: Article

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