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The Aid, Macroeconomic Policy Environment and Growth Nexus: Evidence from Selected Asian Countries

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  • Saima Liaqat

    (Visiting PhD scholar, University of Queensland, Australia and PhD scholar, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan)

  • Hafiz Khalil Ahmad

    (Professor of economics and dean, Administrative and Management Sciences, Government College Women University, Sialkot, Pakistan)

  • Temesgen Kifle

    (Lecturer, School of Economics, University of Queensland, Australia)

  • Mohammad Alauddin

    (Associate professor, School of Economics, University of Queensland, Australia)

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  • Saima Liaqat & Hafiz Khalil Ahmad & Temesgen Kifle & Mohammad Alauddin, 2019. "The Aid, Macroeconomic Policy Environment and Growth Nexus: Evidence from Selected Asian Countries," Lahore Journal of Economics, Department of Economics, The Lahore School of Economics, vol. 24(1), pages 83-102, Jan-June.
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    Keywords

    foreign aid; macroeconomic policy; economic growth; Burnside-Dollar hypothesis; Asia;
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    • P45 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Other Economic Systems - - - International Linkages

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