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World Bank Capital Neither Complements Nor Substitutes for Private Capital
Clemens, Michael - 2002
What should the World Bank optimally do with the US$10 to $20 billion it can loan each year? Has it, in fact, done what is optimal? These two questions, one theoretical and one empirical, have been around for a long time and remain controversial in both academic and policy circles. This study...
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The dynamic effects of information on political corruption: Theory and evidence from Puerto Rico
Bobonis, Gustavo J.; Cámara Fuertes, Luis R.; Schwabe, … - 2012
Does the disclosure of information about corrupt activities induce a sustained reduction in corruption? We use … short-term and dynamic effects of information on corruption and re-election rates. We conclude that audit programs must be …
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Does Digital Divide or Provide? The Impact of Cell Phones on Grain Markets in Niger
Aker, Jenny - 2008
market information and increased efficiency in moving goods across the country. Aker concludes by outlining the ways in which … information technology can be used as an effective poverty-reduction strategy in low-income countries. …
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Exogenous Targeting Instruments under Differing Information Conditions
Spraggon, John - 2007
controlled laboratory experiments. This study investigates whether the information individuals have about others’ payoffs affects … how they make their decisions in this environment. Ledyard (1995) suggests that when subjects have less information in … differs between groups with homogeneous and heterogeneous payoff functions. The results show that reducing information reduces …
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Direct Distribution of Oil Revenues in Venezuela: A Viable Alternative?
Pedro L. Rodríguez, José R. Morales, Fancisco J. Monaldi - 2012
Venezuela is a textbook example of a resource-dependent country—between 1950 and 2008, oil generated over a trillion dollars of income for the state. Nevertheless, Venezuela currently combines an economy that is stagnant, despite high oil prices, with an increasingly authoritarian government....
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Federalism and fiscal reform in India.
Rao, M. Govinda; Sen, Tapas K. - 2011
This paper attempts to analyse the experience of incentivising economic reforms at the state level through central transfers to states. It reviews the experiences of the central government introducing incentives for reform directly through various specific purpose transfers as well as the...
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Ten Myths of the International Finance Facility
Moss, Todd - 2005
The British proposal to create an International Finance Facility in order to ‘frontload’ $50 billion in aid per year until 2015 has generated a lot of attention and will likely be a major topic at the G8 meeting this July. But the IFF has also been shrouded in confusion and misconceptions....
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Global Health and the New Bottom Billion: What Do Shifts in Global Poverty and the Global Disease Burden Mean for GAVI and the Global Fund? - Working Paper 270
Amanda Glassman, Denizhan Duran, Andy Sumner - 2011
After a decade of rapid growth in average incomes, many countries have attained middle-income country (MIC) status. At the same time, the total number of poor people hasn’t fallen as much as one might expect and, as a result, most of the world’s poor now live in MICs. In fact, there are up...
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Cash On Delivery Aid for Health: What Indicators Would Work Best- Working Paper 275
Savedoff, William D.; Martel, Katherine Douglas - 2011
The idea of applying a Cash on Delivery Aid (COD Aid) approach to the health sector has been raised many times, particularly in relation to addressing malaria, HIV/AIDS, maternal health, and water. After assessing the challenges of applying COD Aid in the health sector, this paper considers 10...
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An Index of the Quality of Official Development Assistance in Health - Working Paper 287
Glassman, Amanda; Duran, Denizhan - 2012
Health is one of the largest and most complex aid sectors: 16 percent of all aid went to the health sector in 2009. While many stress the importance of aid effectiveness, there are limited quantitative analyses of the quality of health aid. In this paper, we apply Birdsall and Kharas’s Quality...
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