The Role of Governance in Determining Foreign Aid Flow Composition

World Development

Volumn 66, Issue , 2015, Pages 516-531

  Winters, Matthew S ^a   Martinez, Gina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Compositional data analysis; Development aid modalities; Foreign aid allocation; Governance

Indexed keywords

AID FLOW; DEVELOPMENT AID; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INTERNATIONAL AID; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 84908294023     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.09.020     Document Type: Article

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