An Aid-Institutions Paradox? A Review Essay on Aid Dependency and State Building in Sub-Saharan Africa

2006/01/01 by Todd J. Moss, Gunilla Pettersson, Nicolas van de Walle · 156 citations
Computer Science · Social Sciences · #Business #Development aid #Development economics #Economic Growth and Development #Economic growth #Economic policy #Economics #Finance #Incentive #International Development and Aid #Law #Legitimacy #Market economy #Political economy #Political science #Politics #Public economics #Religion, Society, and Development #Revenue #Revenue sharing #State (computer science)

paper · doi:10.2139/ssrn.860826

published in SSRN Electronic Journal (Elsevier BV)

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