World Bank projects and generally find that projects that are potentially politically motivated – such as those granted to … governments holding a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council or an Executive Directorship at the World Bank … Council members with higher short-term debt, however, a negative quality rating is more likely. So we find evidence that World …

of Asia and the world economy — during the last five decades has caused significant strains on their scarce resources …

the world. We also find that the Iranian economy adjusts quite quickly to the shocks in foreign output and oil exports …