Aid and growth in Kenya: A time series approach

Frontiers of Economics and Globalization

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 313-332

  Morrissey, Oliver ^a   M’amanja, Daniel ^b   Lloyd, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Central Bank of Kenya   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Aid; Fiscal aggregates; Growth; Investment; Kenya

Indexed keywords

EID: 85074161039     PISSN: 15748715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1574-8715(06)01016-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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