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The transition from official aid to private capital flows: Implications for a developing country
Kohli, Renu - 2004
India’s capital account displays a sharp swing in external financing from official assistance to private capital transfers in the 1990s. This paper examines the implications of this transition for the country. An analysis of the private resource transfer reveals that unlike official flows,...
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Aid withdrawal as punishment for defaulting sovereigns? An empirical analysis
Brandt, Jana; Jorra, Markus - 2012
This paper empirically investigates whether donor countries punish sovereign defaults by reducing foreign aid ows. Our findings reject the hypothesis formulated in the theoretical literature that a default leads to a loss of foreign aid for the defaulting country. Creditor countries directly...
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On the Channel and Type of International Disaster Aid
Raschky, Paul A.; Schwindt, Manijeh - 2009
Research suggests that a donor country's decision to provide post-disaster assistance is not only driven by the severity of a disaster and the resulting humanitarian needs in the recipient country but also by strategic considerations. We argue that the identification of the determinants of the...
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IWF und Weltbank: trotz aller Mängel weiterhin gebraucht?
Nunnenkamp, Peter - 2002
Der Vorwurf von Globalisierungsgegnern, der IWF und die Weltbank trügen einen wesentlichen Teil der Verantwortung für weltweite Armut und gehäufte Finanzkrisen, ist nicht haltbar. Der Einfluss der Bretton- Woods-Institutionen auf die Wirtschaftspolitik und die wirtschaftliche Entwicklung...
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Tobin-Steuer: Neue Vorschläge entkräften nicht alte Einwände
Frenkel, Michael; Langhammer, Rolf J. - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 82 (2002) 9, pp. 548-554
Kürzlich ist die ursprünglich von James Tobin vorgeschlagene Steuer auf Devisenmarkttransaktionen wieder in die politische Diskussion gerückt. Die deutsche und die französische Regierung haben sich bereits im vergangenen Jahr positiv zur Einführung einer Tobin-Steuer geäußert. Anfang 2002...
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Development Aid and the CDM - How to interpret "Financial Additionality"
Dutschke, Michael; Michaelowa, Axel - 2003
International climate negotiations have specified that projects under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) should not lead to a „diversion“ of official development assistance (ODA). It is however unchallenged that ODA can be used in capacity building for the CDM. Diversion can be...
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The World Bank as an International Financial Institution
Shams, Rasul - 2004
The World Bank is a prestigious and large international financial institution. Since its foundation it has widened the … scope and the size of its activities. One interpretation of what the World Bank is doing is the provision of public goods … more and more the functions of a world government in the making. An alternative interpretation would look at the World Bank …
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National CDM criteria, baseline methodologies and case studies for Uzbekistan
Zavyalova, Liliya; Michaelowa, Axel - 2001
The Clean Development Mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol could create a great chance for developing countries to profit from projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve the economic and environmental situation in the host country. The project cycle for the CDM differs from a usual...
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The Contribution of the IMF and the World Bank to Economic Freedom
Boockmann, Bernhard; Dreher, Axel - 2002
We analyse the effect of IMF and World Bank policies on the composite index of economic freedom by Gwartney et al … World Bank credits is negative. These effects are stronger during the 1990s than in earlier periods. There is no clear …
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The Multilateral Donor Non-System: Towards Accountability and Efficient Role Assignment
Reisen, Helmut - 2009
Global governance refers to several pillars; one important pillar is the multilateral aid architecture. Its reform can be discussed under the perspectives of representativeness, inclusiveness, and efficiency (of aid delivery).A prerequisite for efficient aid delivery is to map the rising...
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