Why aid is unpredictable: An empirical analysis of the gap between actual and planned aid flows

Journal of International Development

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 440-463

  Canavire Bacarreza, Gustavo Javier ^a   Neumayer, Eric ^b   Nunnenkamp, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD EAFIT   (Colombia)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c KIEL INSTITUTE FOR THE WORLD ECONOMY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aid predictability; Donor fragmentation; Forward spending plans

Indexed keywords

AID FLOW; DEVELOPMENT AID; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INTERNATIONAL AID;

EID: 84928590348     PISSN: 09541748     EISSN: 10991328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jid.3073     Document Type: Article

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