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More Stringent BITs, Less Ambiguous Effects on FDI? Not a Bit!

Berger, Axel; Busse, Matthias; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Roy, … - 2011

We focus on investor-state dispute settlement provisions contained in various, though far from all, bilateral investment treaties as a possible determinant of BIT-related effects on bilateral FDI flows. Our estimation results prove to be sensitive to the specification of these provisions as well...

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Why economic growth trends differ so much across developing countries: the globalization debate and its relevance to Pakistan

Nunnenkamp, Peter - 2002

The claim of globalization critics that the income gap to industrial countries is bound to widen for essentially all developing countries as a consequence of economic globalization is in conflict with empirical evidence. Economic performance differs tremendously across developing countries. We...

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

Dreher, Axel; Mölders, Florian; Nunnenkamp, Peter - 2007

an exceptionally detailed database that allows an assessment of the allocation of Swedish NGO aid in comparison to the …

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Does corporate aid really help fighting worldwide poverty? A case study of Nestlé's aid allocation

Metzger, Laura; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Omar Mahmoud, Toman - 2008

Having passed the "market test", private aid is claimed by its proponents to be better-targeted than official development assistance (ODA). But empirical evidence is largely lacking. We contribute to closing this gap by performing a case study of Nestlé, one of the frontrunners among...

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Is NGO aid not so different after all? Comparing the allocation of Swiss aid by private and official donors

Nunnenkamp, Peter; Weingarth, Janina; Weisser, Johannes - 2008

Being closer to the poor, NGOs are widely believed to provide better targeted aid than state agencies. But empirical evidence is largely lacking. We contribute to closing this gap by drawing on an exceptionally detailed Swiss database that covers different forms of NGO aid and several official...

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Economic policy, institutional development, and income growth: How Arab countries compare with other developing countries

Nunnenkamp, Peter - 2003

Similar to most other developing countries, almost all Arab countries failed to catch up economically with advanced industrial countries. This paper discusses three possible explanations of the disappointing growth performance: (i) an insufficient reformmindedness of developing country...

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Less aid proliferation and more donor coordination? The wide gap between words and deeds

Aldasoro, Iñaki; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Thiele, Rainer - 2009

We present a two-step approach of assessing whether major donors of foreign aid have met recent demands for less proliferated and better coordinated aid efforts. First, we calculate Theil indices revealing the concentration of each donor's aid on recipient countries and specific aid sectors....

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Liberalization and regulation of international capital flows: where the opposites meet

Nunnenkamp, Peter - 2001

The paper discusses the pros and cons of capital account liberalization. Rather than contrasting liberalization and regulation of capital flows as irreconcilable antagonisms, we argue that capital account liberalization requires institutional and regulatory safeguards. Even though the...

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Shooting the messenger of good news: a critical look at the World Bank's success story of effective aid

Nunnenkamp, Peter - 2002

In a report presented at the UN Conference on Financing for Development in March 2002, the World Bank claims that the … policies. However, the World Bank's success story rests on an extremely weak foundation: First, the institution's contribution … the distribution of World Bank financing. Second, the picture portrayed in the report takes a bad turn if only two …

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

Thiele, Rainer; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Dreher, Axel - 2006

We analyze the aid portfolio of various bilateral and multilateral donors, testing whether they have prioritised aid in line with the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). In doing so, we combine sectorally disaggregated aid data with indicators reflecting the situation of recipient countries...

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