A large body of econometric research has generated growing support for the existence of a political resource curse, but has nonetheless continued to be regularly punctuated by …
According to United Nations' estimates, there were nearly 272 million international migrants worldwide in 2019, representing 3.4 percent of the world's total population (United Nations …
A Carnegie, LR Dolan - The review of international organizations, 2021 - Springer
How do states improve their international status and prestige short of war? We argue that rejecting international assistance can boost a government's image by making it appear self …
Governments borrow from a range of creditors—commercial banks, sovereign bondholders, official bilateral creditors, and multilateral financial institutions. Sovereigns' creditor portfolios …
The relationship between aid and state building is highly complex and the effects of aid on weak states depend on donors' interests, aid modalities and the recipient's pre-existing …
This book argues that explaining judicial independence-considered the fundamental question of comparative law and politics-requires a perspective that spans the …
What role do bureaucrats play in the development of the resource curse in countries that have recently discovered oil? Much of the resource curse literature argues that political …
Received wisdom argues that citizens more readily demand accountability from government for taxes than for nontax revenue from oil or foreign aid, giving rise to an important …
N Marinov, S Nili - International Interactions, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
How do economic sanctions affect democratization, and should the former be used to promote the latter? Imposing economic pain on large swaths of an already vulnerable …