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Development Aid and International Politics: Does membership on the UN Security Council influence World Bank decisions?

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Axel Dreher () (KOF Swiss Economic Institute, ETH Zurich)
Jan-Egbert Sturm () (KOF Swiss Economic Institute, ETH Zurich)
James Raymond Vreeland () (Yale University, Department of Political Science, USA)

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We investigate whether temporary members of the UN Security Council receive favorable treatment from the World Bank, using panel data for 157 countries over the period 1970-2004. Our results indicate a robust positive relationship between temporary UN Security Council membership and the number of World Bank projects a country receives, even after accounting for economic and political factors, as well as regional and country effects. The size of World Bank loans, however, is not affected by UN Security Council membership.

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Paper provided by KOF Swiss Economic Institute, ETH Zurich in its series Working papers with number 07-171.

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Date of creation: Jul 2007
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Keywords: World Bank; UN Security Council; Voting; Aid;

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O19 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - International Linkages to Development; Role of International Organizations
O11 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
F35 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Foreign Aid

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  1. Axel Dreher & Peter Nunnenkamp & Hannes Öhler & Johannes Weisser, 2009. "Acting Autonomously or Mimicking the State and Peers? A Panel Tobit Analysis of Financial Dependence and Aid Allocation by Swiss NGOs," Ibero America Institute for Econ. Research (IAI) Discussion Papers 182, Ibero-America Institute for Economic Research. [Downloadable!]
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  2. Axel Dreher & Stefan Voigt, 2008. "Does Membership in International Organizations Increase Governments’ Credibility? Testing the Effects of Delegating Powers," CESifo Working Paper Series CESifo Working Paper No. , CESifo GmbH. [Downloadable!]
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  3. Dirk-Jan Koch & Axel Dreher & Peter Nunnenkamp & Rainer Thiele, 2008. "Keeping a Low Profile: What Determines the Allocation of Aid by Non-Governmental Organizations?," Kiel Working Papers 1406, Kiel Institute for the World Economy. [Downloadable!]
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  4. Peter Nunnenkamp & Janina Weingarth & Johannes Weisser, 2008. "Is NGO Aid Not So Different After All? Comparing the Allocation of Swiss Aid by Private and Official Donors," Kiel Working Papers 1405, Kiel Institute for the World Economy. [Downloadable!]
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