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Aid From the World Bank

Aid From the World Bank. Caroline Williams. Research Question. What is the effect of a country ’ s involvement in international organizations (IOs) on the aid it receives from the World Bank ?. Hypothesis. More IOs = More Aid. World Bank Aid vs. Involvement in IOs. World Bank Aid.

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Aid From the World Bank

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  1. Aid From the World Bank Caroline Williams

  2. Research Question • What is the effect of a country’s involvement in international organizations (IOs) on the aid it receives from the World Bank?

  3. Hypothesis • More IOs = More Aid

  4. World Bank Aid vs. Involvement in IOs World Bank Aid Involvement in IOs

  5. Argument • Barnett and Abbott- IOs facilitate agreements • Williams- World Bank looks at credible commitment status • World Bank- says IOs are something they look at (how much?)

  6. Baseline Specification 1 • UN Security Council Preference • World Bank shown to be focusing aid • Main World Bank Powers have control

  7. Baseline Specification 2 • IOs  democratization willingness to reform • IOs help regulate economic activity • Most similar to my hypothesis

  8. Methodology World Bank Aid Data + Involvement in IOs

  9. Results: Control Variables • foreign reserves • temporary member on the UNSC Security Council • population • IMF loan • GDP per capita

  10. Results • 1st: no control all positive correlation • 2nd: all control economic IOs significant • 3rd: all significant control economic IOs significant

  11. Conclusions and Implications • Did not get expected results (Baseline Specification 1) • Only economic IOs significant • All countries • Daniela Donno- conditional

  12. Future Work • Specific Regions • Specific International Organizations • Qualitative Data • Case Studies

  13. Take Aways • My hypothesis: More IOs= More Aid • Results: Positive Correlation without the control variables • But only economic IOs show overall significance to be • Future work could make the project more specific

  14. Works Cited • Abbott, K. W., and D. Snidal. "Why States Act through Formal International Organizations.”Journal of Conflict Resolution 42.1 (1998): 3-32. • Barnett, Michael N., and Martha Finnemore. "The Politics, Power, and Pathologies of International Organizations." International Organization 53.4 (1999): 699-732. • Donno, Daniela. "Who Is Punished? Regional Intergovernmental Organizations and the Enforcement of Democratic Norms." International Organization 64.04 (2010): 593-625. • Dreher, A., J. Sturm, and J. Vreeland. "Development Aid and International Politics: Does Membership on the UN Security Council Influence World Bank Decisions?" Journal of Development Economics 88.1 (2009): 1-18. • Mansfield, E. D., and J. C. Pevehouse. "Democratization and the Varieties of International Organizations." Journal of Conflict Resolution 52.2 (2008): 269-94. • Williams, David, and Tom Young. "Governance, the World Bank and Liberal Theory." Political Studies 42.1 (1994): 84-100.

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