We argue that membership in International Organizations (IOs) is an important determinant of FDI inflows. To the extent … that membership restricts a country from pursuing policies that are harmful to investors, it can signal low political risk …. Using data over the 1971-2005 period, we find that membership in IOs does indeed increase inflows of FDI. Controlling for …

World Bank projects and generally find that projects that are potentially politically motivated – such as those granted to … governments holding a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council or an Executive Directorship at the World Bank … Council members with higher short-term debt, however, a negative quality rating is more likely. So we find evidence that World …

World Bank projects and generally find that projects that are potentially politically motivated – such as those granted to … governments holding a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council or an Executive Directorship at the World Bank … Council members with higher short-term debt, however, a negative quality rating is more likely. So we find evidence that World …

World Bank projects and generally find that projects that are potentially politically motivated – such as those granted to … governments holding a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council or an Executive Directorship at the World Bank … Council members with higher short-term debt, however, a negative quality rating is more likely. So we find evidence that World …

We argue that membership in International Organizations (IOs) is an important determinant of FDI inflows. To the extent … that membership restricts a country from pursuing policies that are harmful to investors, it can signal low political risk …. Using data over the 1971-2005 period, we find that membership in IOs does indeed increase inflows of FDI. Controlling for …

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