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 …

important factor in this regard. The empirical analysis of individual attitudes, based on the World Values Surveys, reveals that …

for droughts for rice production in Indonesia. To reduce basis risk, we construct district specific indices that are based …

between increase in minimum temperature and rice crops is suggested by natural science literature. We use Indonesia as a case …