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Elite capture of foreign aid : evidence from offshore bank accounts
Andersen, Jørgen Juel; Johannesen, Niels; Rijkers, Bob - 2020
Do elites capture foreign aid? This paper documents that aid disbursements to highly aid-dependent countries coincide with sharp increases in bank deposits in offshore financial centers known for bank secrecy and private wealth management, but not in other financial centers. The estimates are...
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The right to be nudged? : rethinking social and economic rights in the light of behavioral economics
Gauri, Varun - 2019
Social and economic and rights are incorporated into many national constitutions, and courts in many countries are effectively and legitimately enforcing them. However, the large majority of rights rulings addresses the cost of goods and services and focuses exclusively on access. There is now...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012058927
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Is it the journey that matters? : a fresh look at the impact of World Bank policy lending
Moll, Peter G.; Smets, Lodewijk - 2018
This paper investigates the impact of World Bank development policy operations on the quality of economic policy during …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012002353
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Aid, Growth, and Jobs
Fields, Gary - 2013
absolute economic misery in the world. In this paper, I focus on an important but relatively underemphasized approach to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013087872
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Where Has All the Money Gone? Foreign Aid and the Quest for Growth
Chatterjee, Santanu; Giuliano, Paola; Kaya, Ilker - 2021
This paper examines fungibility as a possible explanation for the missing link between foreign aid and economic growth. The composition of aid plays a crucial role in determining the composition of government spending and, consequently, the magnitude of fungibility and its impact on growth....
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Do Capital Inflows Boost Growth in Developing Countries? Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
Calder�n, C�sar - 2015
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Whither Corruption? A Quantitative Survey of the Literature on Corruption and Growth
Campos, Nauro F. - 2010
Does corruption grease or sand the wheels of economic growth? This paper uses meta-analysis techniques to … corruption on growth from 41 empirical studies. The main factors explaining the variation in these estimates are whether the … model accounts for institutions and trade openness (both are found to deflate the negative effect of corruption), authors …
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The Minimum Core of the Human Right to Health
Tasioulas, John - 2017
This Report offers a critical interpretation of the idea of 'minimum core obligations' associated with the right to health in international, regional and domestic law and practice. Two important methodological complexities affecting this project need to be highlighted from the very outset....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012645008
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Speech at Migration and the Global Development Agenda Conference
Kim, Jim Yong - 2015
Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, discussed the following topics. The Bank is helping many manage the …
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Investment climate reforms : an independent evaluation of World Bank Group support to reforms of business regulations
2015 - Online-Ausg.
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