A review of recent quantitative studies on the International Monetary Fund reveals that much
of the conventional wisdom is incorrect. Recent studies have demonstrated a new degree of …

A vast literature evaluates the effectiveness of development aid, often reaching sobering
conclusions. We argue that a key shortcoming of this literature is the focus on a narrow …

The fourth edition of The Process of Economic Development offers a thorough and up-to-
date treatment of development economics. This landmark text will continue to be an …

In theory, the IMF could influence economic growth via several channels, among them being
advice to policy makers, money disbursed under its programs, and its conditionality. This …

The third edition of this popular core textbook provides wide-ranging coverage of the
structure, internal working, policies and performance of international organizations such as …

Following calls for a more disaggregated approach to studying the consequences of IMF
programs, scholars have developed new datasets of IMF-mandated policy reforms, or …

Studies of the relationship between FDI and domestic investment reach contradictory
findings. We argue that some of the conflicting evidence may be explained by the use of …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between commercial
bank lending terms, financial literacy and access to formal credit by small and medium …

The main objective of this study is to examine the effect of health on economic growth based
on 719 estimates obtained from 64 studies from all over the world. We find evidence of a …

Das Lehrbuch führt theorieorientiert und zugleich gut verständlich in die Bedeutung
internationaler Organisationen (zB UNO, EU, WTO, IWF) für die Weltpolitik von heute ein …