US politics and World Bank IDA-lending
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US politics and World Bank IDA-lending. / Andersen, Thomas Barnebeck; Hansen, Henrik; Markussen, Thomas.
I: Journal of Development Studies, Bind 42, Nr. 5, 2006, s. 772-794.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - US politics and World Bank IDA-lending
AU - Andersen, Thomas Barnebeck
AU - Hansen, Henrik
AU - Markussen, Thomas
N1 - JEL Classification: F34, F35, 019
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - This paper studies the role of US political factors in the allocation of World Bank concessional lending, where US political interests are proxied by voting similarity in the United Nations General Assembly on issues identified as important by the US Department of State. In contrast to previous studies we find that the US exerted a significant influence on IDA lending during the period 1993-2000. We demonstrate that the influence was both statistically as well as economically significant. Finally, we demonstrate that our result is robust with respect to the omission of the IDA Country Performance Rating index
AB - This paper studies the role of US political factors in the allocation of World Bank concessional lending, where US political interests are proxied by voting similarity in the United Nations General Assembly on issues identified as important by the US Department of State. In contrast to previous studies we find that the US exerted a significant influence on IDA lending during the period 1993-2000. We demonstrate that the influence was both statistically as well as economically significant. Finally, we demonstrate that our result is robust with respect to the omission of the IDA Country Performance Rating index
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - aid
KW - World Bank
U2 - 10.1080/00220380600741946
DO - 10.1080/00220380600741946
M3 - Journal article
VL - 42
SP - 772
EP - 794
JO - Journal of Development Studies
JF - Journal of Development Studies
SN - 0022-0388
IS - 5
ER -
ID: 324401