Reversed Economics and Inhumanity of Development Assistance in Africa
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Keywords
Foreign Aid; Political Economy; Development; Africa;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- F35 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Foreign Aid
- F50 - International Economics - - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy - - - General
- O55 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Africa
- O10 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - General
- B20 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought since 1925 - - - General
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2012-02-20 (Africa)
- NEP-DEV-2012-02-20 (Development)
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