Aid Is Not Oil: Donor Utility, Heterogeneous Aid, and the Aid-Democratization Relationship

International Organization

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-32

  Bermeo, Sarah Blodgett ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84955410114     PISSN: 00208183     EISSN: 15315088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0020818315000296     Document Type: Article

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