Assessing the impact of World Bank preparation on project outcomes

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 115, Issue , 2015, Pages 111-123

  Kilby, Christopher ^a  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aid effectiveness; Project preparation; Stochastic frontier analysis; World Bank

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLITICAL ECONOMY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STOCHASTICITY; WORLD BANK;

EID: 84925115580     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2015.02.005     Document Type: Article

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