Assessing foreign aid's long-run contribution to growth and development

World Development

Volumn 69, Issue , 2015, Pages 6-18

  Arndt, Channing ^a   Jones, Sam ^a   Tarp, Finn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aid effectiveness; Foreign aid; Growth; Simultaneous equations

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; DEVELOPMENT AID; DEVELOPMENT INDICATOR; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; INTERNATIONAL AID; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; STRUCTURAL CHANGE; WELFARE IMPACT;

EID: 85028166556     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: 18735991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2013.12.016     Document Type: Article

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