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Aid fatigue — particularly with regard to Africa — is seeping through the donor community. Has all the aid to date done any good? And, if not, why go on giving it?
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White, H. (1998). Introduction. In: White, H. (eds) Aid and Macroeconomic Performance. International Finance and Development Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-26249-6_1
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