Aiding and abetting: Project aid and ethnic politics in kenya

World Development

Volumn 64, Issue , 2014, Pages 194-205

  Briggs, Ryan C ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Distributive politics; Ethnic politics; Foreign aid; Kenya

Indexed keywords

AID FLOW; INTERNATIONAL AID; POLITICS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

KENYA;

EID: 84903138636     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.05.027     Document Type: Article

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