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The impact of international organizations on the environment : an empirical analysis

Dreher, Axel (contributor); … - 2006

extent the presence of IMF, World Bank, regional Multilateral Development Banks, WTO and Global Environmental Facilities has … international organizations affect the environment directly via their impact on CO2 emissions. Projects financed by World Bank, ADB …; environmental governance is not affected. -- International Organizations ; Environment, Governance ; IMF ; World Bank ; WTO ; Trade …

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Do IMF and World Bank programs induce government crises? : an empirical analysis

Dreher, Axel (contributor); Gassebner, Martin (contributor) - 2008

We examine whether and under which circumstances World Bank projects and IMF programs affect the likelihood of major … model specification, those of the World Bank are shown to be robust to the choice of control variables and method of …

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The impact of aid on growth revisited : do donor motives matter?

Kilby, Christopher; Dreher, Axel - 2009

The typical identification strategy in aid effectiveness studies assumes donor motives do not influence the impact of aid on growth. We call this homogeneity assumption into question, first constructing a model in which donor motives matter and then testing the assumption empirically. -- Aid ;...

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Are "new" donors different? : comparing the allocation of bilateral aid between non-DAC and DAC donor countries

Dreher, Axel; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Thiele, Rainer - 2010

Major DAC donors are widely criticized for weak targeting of aid, selfish aid motives and insufficient coordination. The emergence of an increasing number of new donors may further complicate the coordination of international aid efforts. On the other hand, new donors (many of which were aid...

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Sectoral aid priorities : are donors really doing their best to achieve the millennium development goals?

Thiele, Rainer (contributor); Nunnenkamp, Peter (contributor) - 2006

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Are NGOs the better donors? : a case study of aid allocation for Sweden

Dreher, Axel (contributor); Mölders, Florian (contributor); … - 2007

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Keeping a low profile : what determines the allocation of aid by non-governmental organizations?

Koch, Dirk-Jan; Dreher, Axel; Nunnenkamp, Peter; … - 2008

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Aid allocation by German NGOs : does the degree of public refinancing matter?

Dreher, Axel; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Thiel, Susann; Thiele, … - 2010

Using a new dataset for 41 German non-governmental organizations (NGOs), we analyze the allocation of NGO aid across recipient countries in a Tobit regression framework. By identifying for each NGO the degree of public refinancing, we address the largely unresolved issue of whether financial...

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Do human rights offenders oppose human rights resolutions in the United Nations?

Dreher, Axel (contributor); Boockmann, Bernhard (contributor) - 2007

We investigate voting behavior on human rights in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). Our central question is whether countries with a low human rights record systematically oppose human rights resolutions. An instrumental account of voting would suggest that these countries aim to...

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Greasing the wheels of entrepreneurship? : the impact of regulations and corruption on firm entry

Dreher, Axel (contributor); Gassebner, Martin (contributor) - 2007

The paper investigates whether the impact of regulations on entrepreneurship depends on corruption. We first test whether regulations robustly deter firm entry into the markets. Our results show that some regulations are indeed important determinants of entrepreneurial activity. Specifically,...

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