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Foreign aid as prize : incentives for a pro-poor policy
Sayanak, Tejashree (contributor); Lahiri, Sajal (contributor) - 2008
We develop a theoretical model of foreign aid to analyse a method of disbursement of aid which induces the recipient government to follow a more pro-poor policy than it otherwise would do. In our two-period model, aid is given in the second period and the volume of it depends on the level of...
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An economic vulnerability index : its design and use for international development policy
Guillaumont, Patrick (contributor) - 2008
In response to the need expressed by the UN General Assembly, an economic vulnerability index (EVI) has been defined by the Committee for Development Policy. The present paper, which refers to this index, first examines how a structural economic vulnerability index can be designed for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003793571
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Famine and the aid response : evidence from the announcement of famine-like conditions in the Republic of Yemen
Tandon, Sharad; Vishwanath, Tara - 2019
Using a high-frequency mobile phone survey of food security conducted by the World Food Programme, this paper investigates how food assistance and access to food changed following the announcement of famine-like conditions in the Republic of Yemen. Among the mobile phone-using population, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012008382
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012229106
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How does the World Bank influence the development policy priorities of low-income and lower-middle income countries?
Knack, Stephen F.; Parks, Bradley; Harutyunyan, Ani; … - 2020
This study investigates the World Bank's use of lending and non-lending instruments to affect the policy priorities of developing countries. In a typical year, the World Bank lends more than USD 30 billion to its client countries. It also spends approximately USD 200 million on the provision of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012240734
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No household left behind : Afghanistan targeting the ultra poor impact evaluation
Bedoya, Guadalupe; Coville, Aidan; Haushofer, Johannes; … - 2019
increase in many fragile and conflict-affected areas where half of the extreme poor are expected to reside by 2030. These areas …-push" interventions can dramatically reduce poverty in fragile and conflict-affected regions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012051866
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Evolution of poor food access over the course of the conflict in the Republic of Yemen
Tandon, Sharad; Vishwanath, Tara - 2019
The Republic of Yemen has undergone a profound transformation following the escalation of conflict in March 2015. There … poor welfare outcomes contrasts with evidence from other conflict settings, and further contrasts with the rationale …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012008383
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Predicting conflict
Celiku, Bledi; Kraay, Aart - 2017
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011730261
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Conflict and poverty : Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2020 background paper
Mueller, Hannes; Techasunthornwat, Chanon - 2020
This paper analyzes the relationship between poverty and conflict in the macro and regional data, including a detailed … that conflict has on health and expectations. Based on this evidence, it develops a statistical framework to track the … cumulative long-term impact that armed conflict has on poverty, which the paper calls conflict debt. The data confirm that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012390600
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How macroeconomic instability lowers child survival
Guillaumont, Patrick (contributor);  … - 2008
The reduction of child mortality is one of the most universally accepted Millennium Goals. However, there is a significant debate on the means of reaching it and its realism with regard to the situation in most of the least developed countries. The recommendations made for the achievement of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003725535