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Geopolitics, aid and growth : conference paper

Dreher, Axel; Eichenauer, Vera; Gehring, Kai - 2014

We investigate the effects of short-term political motivations on the effectiveness of foreign aid. Donor countries political motives might reduce the effectiveness of conditionality, channel aid to inferior projects, reduce the aid bureaucracy s effort, and change the power structure in the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010487721

The Development and Implementation of IMF and World Bank Conditionality

Dreher, Axel - 2003

The paper presents a detailed description of IMF and World Bank conditionality and tries to explain changes in this … conditions seem to be influenced by contemporaneous World Bank activity. Moreover, the paper tries to explain compliance with … World Bank conditionality as well as interruptions of IMF programs in the recipient countries. Compliance with World Bank …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014107912

Do IMF and World Bank Programs Induce Government Crises? An Empirical Analysis

Dreher, Axel; Gassebner, Martin - 2008

We examine whether and under which circumstances World Bank projects and IMF programs affect the likelihood of major … model specification, those of the World Bank are shown to be robust to the choice of control variables and method of …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014216940

IMF Conditionality : Theory and Evidence

Dreher, Axel - 2014

This article analyzes whether and to what extent reliance on conditionality is appropriate to guarantee the revolving character of Fund resources. The paper presents theoretical arguments in favour of conditionality, and those against the use of conditions. It summarizes the track record of...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014047693

Does Globalization Affect Growth?

Dreher, Axel - 2014

The paper presents an index of globalization covering its three main dimensions: Economic integration, social integration, and political integration. Using panel data for 123 countries in 1970-2000 the effects of the overall index of globalization as well as sub-indexes constructed to measure...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014103182

Geopolitics, Aid and Growth

Dreher, Axel - 2013

We investigate the effects of short-term political motivations on the effectiveness of foreign aid. Donor countries' political motives might reduce the effectiveness of conditionality, channel aid to inferior projects or affect the way aid is spent in other ways, reduce the aid bureaucracy's...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013079379

The Impact of Aid on Growth Revisited : Do Donor Motives Matter?

Kilby, Christopher - 2009

The typical identification strategy in aid effectiveness studies assumes donor motives do not influence the impact of aid on growth. We call this homogeneity assumption into question, first constructing a model in which donor motives matter and then testing the assumption empirically

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013159934

Are ‘New’ Donors Different? Comparing the Allocation of Bilateral Aid between Non-DAC and DAC Donor Countries

Dreher, Axel - 2010

Major DAC donors are widely criticized for weak targeting of aid, selfish aid motives and insufficient coordination. The emergence of an increasing number of new donors may further complicate the coordination of international aid efforts. On the other hand, new donors (many of which were aid...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013146442

Are 'New' Donors Different? Comparing the Allocation of Bilateral Aid Between Non-DAC and DAC Donor Countries

Dreher, Axel - 2010

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013146599

Geography, economics, and power : global assessments of development with geo-referenced Data

Cruzatti, John - 2021

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013165991