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The rapid growth of trust funds at multilateral development organizations has been widely neglected in the academic literature so far. Using a simple illustrative model, this paper examines the choice by sovereign donors among various trust fund options. The authors contend that the choice among...

The rapid growth of trust funds at multilateral development organizations has not received much attention in the academic literature. We consider the choice by sovereign donors among various types of multilaterally channeled funds. Taking the example of the World Bank, we distinguish between...