Geografie 2017, 122, 169-189

https://doi.org/10.37040/geografie2017122020169

Geography of Czech aid: Where and why Czechia promotes development?

Zdeněk Opršal, Jaromír Harmáček, Miroslav Syrovátka

Palacký University Olomouc, Faculty of Science, Department of Development and Environmental Studies, Olomouc, Czechia

Received June 2016
Accepted December 2016

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