The Limits of Foreign Aid Diplomacy: How Bureaucratic Design Shapes Aid Distribution

International Studies Quarterly

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 544-556

  Arel Bundock, Vincent ^a   Atkinson, James ^b   Potter, Rachel Augustine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMY; BUREAUCRACY; DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS; FOREIGN POLICY; INCENTIVE; INTERNATIONAL AID; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84940786813     PISSN: 00208833     EISSN: 14682478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/isqu.12191     Document Type: Article

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