Can donors prevent aid misallocations? Evidence from Chinese and World Bank aid
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Keywords
clientelism; Pork Barel politics; ethnic favoritism; aid; Africa.;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H41 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Public Goods
- H52 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Education
- O10 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - General
- O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2022-10-24 (Africa)
- NEP-DEV-2022-10-24 (Development)
- NEP-FDG-2022-10-24 (Financial Development and Growth)
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