non-concessional state financing — from China to 138 countries between 2000 and 2014. We use these data to investigate … effectiveness of Chinese aid vis-à-vis the World Bank, the United States, and all members of the OECD's Development Assistance … no robust evidence that World Bank aid promotes growth. We also find that, irrespective of the funding source, less …

This article introduces a new dataset of official financing from China to 138 developing countries between 2000 and … financial support from China impairs the overall effectiveness of aid from Western donors, aid from the United States tends to … be more effective in countries that receive no substantial support from China. …

We investigate whether temporary members of the UN Security Council receive favorable treatment from the World Bank … temporary UN Security Council membership and the number of World Bank projects a country receives, even after accounting for … economic and political factors, as well as regional and country effects. The size of World Bank loans, however, is not affected …