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Donor Competition for Aid Impact, and Aid Fragmentation
Annen, Kurt - 2012
This paper shows that donors that maximize relative aid impact spread their budgets across many recipient countries in … a unique Nash equilibrium, explaining aid fragmentation. This equilibrium may be inefficient even without fixed costs … theoretical results. These imply that, short of ending donors' maximization of relative aid impact, agreements to better …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013098604
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Good Governance and Good Aid Allocation
Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2021
We model the aid allocation decision where the donor government has announced that good governance is the criterion for … receiving aid. Potential recipients must compete for the aid funds. The structure of the competition is important to the donor … recipient countries look at aid availability through this contest as part of the competing objectives they face - some good …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013325086
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Export competitiveness of textile commodities : a panel data approach
Arora, Tarun - 2015
The Paper assesses the export competitiveness of top fifteen textile products (different for each export destination …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011374068
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The failure of competition in the credit card market in Turkey : the new empirical evidence
Aysan, Ahmet Faruk; Muslim, Nusret Ahmet - 2006
The high credit card interest rates in Turkey attracted considerable attention in recent years to regulate the Turkish credit card industry. Before any regulation decision taken, there needs to be better conceptualization and analysis of the Turkish credit card market. This paper sheds some...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011528629
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Microfinance for Poverty Alleviation : Do Transnational Initiatives Overlook Fundamental Questions of Competition and Intermediation?
Arp, Frithjof - 2018
Numerous microfinance initiatives around the world aim to alleviate poverty in developing countries. However, debate persists about their effectiveness and sustainability – a concern for transnational corporations and the international business community, which contribute about $9.4 billion to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012932679
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Competitiveness and FDI Inflows in ASEAN Member Countries
Raeskyesa, Dewa Gede Sidan; Suryandaru, Reinardus Adhiputra - 2021
Purpose: The goal of this study is to investigate the empirical effect between competitiveness and FDI inflow in ASEAN … member countries over the period 2007-2017. Design/methodology/approach: The effect of competitiveness and foreign direct … the majority of ASEAN countries have a strong and positive association between competitiveness and the FDI inflow …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013218027
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Competitiveness and FDI inflows in ASEAN member countries
Raeskyesa, Dewa Gede Sidan; Suryandaru, Reinardus Adhiputra - In: International journal of business and economic sciences … 13 (2020) 1, pp. 14-20
Purpose: The goal of this study is to investigate the empirical effect between competitiveness and FDI inflow in ASEAN … member countries over the period 2007-2017. Design/methodology/approach: The effect of competitiveness and foreign direct … the majority of ASEAN countries have a strong and positive association between competitiveness and the FDI inflow …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012240076
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Microfinance for poverty alleviation : do transnational initiatives overlook fundamental questions of competition and intermediation?
Arp, Frithjof; Ardisa, Alvin; Ardisa, Alviani - 2017
Numerous microfinance initiatives around the world aim to alleviate poverty in developing countries. However, debate persists about their effectiveness and sustainability - a concern for transnational corporations and the international business community, which contribute about $9.4 billion to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011763095
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Decentralizing Development : Allocating Public Goods Via Competition
Chavis, Larry W. - 2012
Decentralizing the allocation of public goods by giving funds directly to communities takes advantage of local information concerning needs, but decreases the accountability over how funds are used; leaving funds open to misuse or capture by local elites. In Indonesia, the World Bank attempts to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014026407
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Competitive Conditions in Development Finance
McHugh, Christopher A. - 2022
This paper evaluates the competitive conditions in development finance and the implications for successfully mobilising private sector finance in order to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Using a market definition of cross-border development finance, the analysis...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013403771