countries an incentive to improve policies. The paper estimates that a change in the World Banks Country Policy and …

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 … countries has made it difficult for policymakers and scholars to understand which World Bank instruments are most useful for …

This paper investigates the impact of World Bank development policy operations on the quality of economic policy during …