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 …

States. Micro-data is also used to model union membership in a further eleven non-OECD countries. Union density is found to … with diverse industrial relations systems including early retirement and cohort effects. -- unions membership ; non-OECD …

International climate negotiations have been troubled by mutual mistrust. At the same time, a hope seems to prevail …

Highly-skilled migrants are becoming a more important part of the world economy and of policy debates in a diverse set … of countries. The proliferation of skills around the world, increases in world trade, the growth of R&D, and the general …