Is foreign aid fungible? Evidence from the education and health sectors

World Bank Economic Review

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 320-356

  Van de Sijpe, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AID FLOW; EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICES; INTERNATIONAL AID; PANEL DATA; PUBLIC SPENDING;

EID: 84878629144     PISSN: 02586770     EISSN: 1564698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wber/lhs023     Document Type: Article

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