Aid effectiveness in the education sector: A dynamic panel analysis

Frontiers of Economics and Globalization

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 357-385

  Michaelowa, Katharina ^a   Weber, Anke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aid effectiveness; Good governance; Primary education

Indexed keywords

EID: 85074145295     PISSN: 15748715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1574-8715(06)01018-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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