Good countries or good projects? Macro and micro correlates of World Bank project performance

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 105, Issue , 2013, Pages 288-302

  Denizer, Cevdet ^a   Kaufmann, Daniel ^b,c   Kraay, Aart ^d  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Revenue Watch Institute   (United States)

^c BROOKINGS INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Aid effectiveness; World Bank projects

Indexed keywords

AID DEPENDENCY; AID FLOW; AID POLICY; DEVELOPING WORLD; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; MACROECONOMICS; MICROECONOMICS; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; WORLD BANK;

EID: 84883792548     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2013.06.003     Document Type: Article

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