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 …

they threaten the stability of the world economy. More recently, the government debt crisis of the European Union shows …

low bargaining power and fixed costs, small states face a severe disadvantage in negotiations with the rest of the world …