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We investigate whether and to what extent Chinese development finance affects infant mortality, combining 92 … demographic and health surveys (DHS) for a maximum of 53 countries and almost 55,000 sub-national locations over the 2002 … mortality at sub-national scales, but decreases mortality at the country-level. In several tests, we show that this stark …
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We investigate whether and to what extent Chinese development finance affects infant mortality, combining 92 … demographic and health surveys (DHS) for a maximum of 53 countries and almost 55,000 sub-national locations over the 2002 … mortality at sub-national scales, but decreases mortality at the country-level. In several tests, we show that this stark …
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There are arguably few topics in current global economic policy as intensely debated as the impact of different facets of globalization on human development. Given that the concept of globalization reflects a multitude of economic and societal transformations, the scope of these discussions...
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NGOs play an important role in international development cooperation, but the allocation of NGO aid has rarely been mapped, let alone explained. Based on a representative dataset for 61 important NGOs from various OECD countries, we analyze the targeting of NGO aid across a large number of...
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We examine whether and under which circumstances World Bank projects and IMF programs affect the likelihood of major government crises. Using a sample of more than 90 developing countries over the period 1970-2002, we find that crises are on average more likely as a consequence of Bank and Fund...
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