Do Fragile Countries Experience Worse MDG Progress?

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 134-159

  Harttgen, Kenneth ^a   Klasen, Stephan ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; WORLD BANK;

EID: 84873994129     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2012.713471     Document Type: Article

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