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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...
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The right to be nudged? : rethinking social and economic rights in the light of behavioral economics
Gauri, Varun - 2019
Social and economic and rights are incorporated into many national constitutions, and courts in many countries are effectively and legitimately enforcing them. However, the large majority of rights rulings addresses the cost of goods and services and focuses exclusively on access. There is now...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012058927
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Is it the journey that matters? : a fresh look at the impact of World Bank policy lending
Moll, Peter G.; Smets, Lodewijk - 2018
This paper investigates the impact of World Bank development policy operations on the quality of economic policy during …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012002353
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Do Capital Inflows Boost Growth in Developing Countries? Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
Calder�n, C�sar - 2015
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The Minimum Core of the Human Right to Health
Tasioulas, John - 2017
This Report offers a critical interpretation of the idea of 'minimum core obligations' associated with the right to health in international, regional and domestic law and practice. Two important methodological complexities affecting this project need to be highlighted from the very outset....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012645008
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Speech at Migration and the Global Development Agenda Conference
Kim, Jim Yong - 2015
Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, discussed the following topics. The Bank is helping many manage the …
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Investment climate reforms : an independent evaluation of World Bank Group support to reforms of business regulations
2015 - Online-Ausg.
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Global Monitoring Report 2015/2016 : Development Goals in an Era of Demographic Change
2015 - Online-Ausg.
The Global Monitoring Report 2015/2016: Development Goals in an Era of Demographic Change details the progress toward the global development goals and examines the impact of demographic change on achieving these goals. Part I examines global development progress, the unfinished development...
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Mobilization effects of multilateral development banks
Broccolini, Chiara; Lotti, Giulia; Maffioli, Alessandro; … - 2020
This study uses loan-level data on syndicated lending to a large sample of developing countries between 1993 and 2017 to estimate the mobilization effects of multilateral development banks (MDBs), that is, their ability to crowd-in capital from private creditors. Controlling for a large set of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012229764
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Beyond Aid
Zoellick, Robert B. - 2011
Robert B. Zoellick, President of the World Bank Group, spoke about leaving behind the past and facing today …'s challenges squarely, constructively, and creatively. This is not the 1944 world that surrounded the creation of the Bank. Old … responsible stakeholders in an interdependent global economy. Zoellick spoke of what this new world means for development. Modern …
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