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Political Ideology, Quality at Entry and the Success of Economic Reform Programs

This study investigates how government ideology matters for the success of World Bank economic policy loans, which typically support market-liberalizing reforms. A simple model predicts that World Bank staff will invest more effort in designing an...

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Main Authors: Smets, Lodewijk, Knack, Stephen, Molenaers, Nadia
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ACCOUNTABILITY
ADJUSTMENT
AGRICULTURE
BALANCE OF PAYMENTS
BANK DEBT
BANK POLICY
BANK SUPERVISION
BORROWER
BORROWING
COMMITMENT
COMMITMENTS
COMPARATIVE ECONOMICS
CONDITIONALITY
CREDIBILITY
DEBT
DEBT REDUCTION
DECISION MAKING
DEMOCRACY
DEREGULATION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
DEVELOPMENT BANK
DEVELOPMENT BANKS
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DISBURSEMENTS
DISCOUNT RATE
ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC OUTCOMES
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
ECONOMIC POLICY
ECONOMIC REFORM
ECONOMIC SECTORS
ENDOGENOUS VARIABLES
EQUATIONS
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FISCAL DEFICIT
FISCAL REFORM
FOREIGN AID
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
GOVERNMENT CAPACITY
GOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONS
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP
GROWTH RATE
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
IDA CREDITS
INCOME GROWTH
INCOME TAX
INFLATION
INFLATION RATE
INFORMATIONAL ASYMMETRIES
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
INVESTIGATION
INVESTING
INVESTMENT PROJECTS
LEADERSHIP
LENDING DECISIONS
LENDING INSTRUMENT
LENDING VOLUME
LEVY
LOAN
LOAN AGREEMENT
LOAN AGREEMENTS
LOAN AMOUNT
LOAN COVENANTS
LOAN DISBURSEMENTS
LOAN QUALITY
LOAN SIZE
LOAN SUPERVISION
LOANS TO COUNTRIES
MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS
MACROECONOMIC MANAGEMENT
MACROECONOMIC POLICY
MACROECONOMICS
MARKET REFORM
MARKET REFORMS
MARXISM
MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION
MINISTER
MOBILE PHONE
MONETARY POLICY
MONOPOLY
NATURAL DISASTERS
PERSONAL INCOME
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLITICAL LEADERS
POSITIVE COEFFICIENT
PRIVATIZATION
PRODUCT MARKETS
PUBLIC SERVICES
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS
REGIONAL DUMMIES
RETURNS
RULING PARTY
STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT
SUBVENTIONS
TAX
TAX REFORM
TAXATION
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TRADE BARRIERS
TRADE POLICY
TRANCHE
TRANCHES
TRANSPORT
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
UTILITY FUNCTION
UTILITY MAXIMIZATION
VALUE ADDED
VOTERS
WORLD BANK LENDING
WORLD BANK LOAN
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/07/16496879/political-ideology-quality-entry-success-economic-reform-programs
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11949

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