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Kumar, Geeta - 2010

Output-Based Aid (OBA) and other results-based financing mechanisms are gaining popularity in the development context for many reasons, in particular, the desire to link scarce public funding with actual results on the ground. But withholding disbursements until the delivery of 'results' or...

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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...

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Better policies from policy-selective aid?

Annen, Kurt; Knack, Stephen F. - 2019

This paper shows that the increased policy-selectivity of aid allocations observed in recent years provides recipient countries an incentive to improve policies. The paper estimates that a change in the World Banks Country Policy and Institutional Assessment policy index from 1.5 to 2 for a...

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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 the period 1998-2015. A new theoretical framework distinguishes among three effects that have been conflated hitherto: (a) marginal impacts of additional policy actions within...

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Correlates of Success in World Bank Development Policy Lending

Moll, Peter - 2015

This paper examines the correlates of success of development policy lending operations of the World Bank between 2004 and 2012. The paper uses a data set constructed of individual loan characteristics and ex-post loan ratings produced by the World Bank's Independent Evaluation Group. Departing...

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Exchange Rate Flexibility and the Effect of Remittances on Economic Growth

Lartey, Emmanuel K.K. - 2016

This paper studies the question of whether exchange rate policy affects the impact of remittances on economic growth in … regime classification, whereas the data for remittances and all other variables are from the World Bank's World Development … economic growth following an increase in remittances, but also that the impact of remittances on growth is positive under a …

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Slow rockets and fast feathers or the link between exchange rates and exports : a case study for Pakistan

Brun, Martín; Gambetta, Juan Pedro; Varela, Gonzalo - 2020

Export responses to real exchange rate (RER) depreciations in Pakistan are lower than those to appreciations. This …

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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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Conflict and Poverty in Afghanistan's Transition

Floreani, Vincent A. - 2016

Despite record economic growth for more than a decade, poverty has remained stubbornly high in Afghanistan, especially in the regions that suffered less from conflict. This paper aims to explain this paradox by combining a model of conflict intensity at the province level over period 2007-14...

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Increased Coverage of Maternal Health Services among the Poor in Western Uganda in an Output-Based Aid Voucher Scheme

Obare, Francis - 2016

Vouchers stimulate demand for health care services by giving beneficiaries purchasing power. In turn, health facilities' claims are reimbursed for providing beneficiaries with improved quality of health care. Efficient strategies to generate demand from new, often poor, users and supply in the...

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