Die Bundesrepublik Deutschland ist für viele Entwicklungsländer ein wichtiges Gläubigerland. In der Gruppe der "Highly Indebted Poor Countries" (HIPCs), einer von Weltbank und IWF klassifizierten Gruppe von 40 hoch verschuldeten und besonders armen Ländern, gehört die deutsche...

This paper investigates the impact of World Bank development policy operations on the quality of economic policy during the period 1998-2015. A new theoretical framework distinguishes among three effects that have been conflated hitherto: (a) marginal impacts of additional policy actions within...

This paper examines historically the World Bank's twin features: lending to developing economies to achieve tangible results and advocating specific development policies. Section 1 provides some conceptual underpinnings for the view that an effective state is essential for development. It asks...