1999 wurde die sogenannte HIPC-Initiative zugunsten der ärmeren Länder, von der Weltbank und dem IWF 1996 ins Leben gerufen, erheblich erweitert. Die Initiative zielt darauf ab, die Bekämpfung der Armut ins Zentrum der internationalen Entwicklungszusammenarbeit und der nationalen...

This paper analyzes the determinants of the location choices made by foreign investors at the district level in India to gauge the relative importance of economic geography factors, local business conditions, and the presence of previous foreign investors. We employ a discrete-choice model and...

Performance-based aid has been proposed as an alternative to the failed traditional approach whereby donors make aid conditional on the reform promises of recipient countries. However, hardly any empirical evidence exists on whether ex post rewards are effective in inducing reforms. We attempt...