Earmarked aid to international organizations has quadrupled over the last two decades and
now represents almost 20% of total aid. This paper introduces a new dataset on earmarked …

Abstract The Sustainable Development Goals are intended to be implemented in an
indivisible manner, underlining the importance of interlinkages and interdependencies …

There has been a significant rise in the share of women legislators in Africa. What makes
this fact puzzling is that it cannot be attributed to an African electorate that values gender …

Aid donors face growing demands to explain and justify the allocation choice between
multilateral and bilateral aid channels. Among other reasons, this is because the aid …

Public spending often increases at the end of fiscal years. This is undesirable because late
spending tends to be inefficient. The causes for these spending spikes are however poorly …

While existing research has suggested that delegating foreign aid allocation decisions to a
multilateral aid fund may incentivize recipient countries to invest in bureaucratic quality, our …

Одной из ключевых проблем глобального управления на современном этапе считается
достижение качественного прорыва в области ликвидации крайней бедности в …

This primer to Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) provides an up-to-date overview of
the MDB system. In addition to developing a systematic definition, it outlines the …

Building on previous research on the relations between the European Union (EU) and the
World Bank, this paper contributes to the debate on the World Bank focality in the regime …

The eradication of extreme poverty in fragile states is one of the central problems of global
governance at the present time. Development of these states is hindered by instability, weak …