Making international aid effective: An agenda for aligning aid to social business

Development Policy Review

Volumn 35, Issue , 2017, Pages O96-O117

  Rahaman, Muhammad Mustafizur ^a   Khan, Niaz Ahmed ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

aid alignment; aid effectiveness; social business

Indexed keywords

AID FLOW; BUSINESS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; INTERNATIONAL AID; INVESTMENT; POLICY APPROACH; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; PRIVATE SECTOR;

EID: 85030666769     PISSN: 09506764     EISSN: 14677679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dpr.12319     Document Type: Article

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