Aid and Growth: What Meta-Analysis Reveals

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 564-583

  Mekasha, Tseday Jemaneh ^a   Tarp, Finn ^b,c  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; INTERNATIONAL AID; META-ANALYSIS;

EID: 84875965300     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2012.709621     Document Type: Article

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