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Sowing and reaping: institutional quality and project outcomes in developing countries

The authors use the success rate of World Bank-financed projects in the 1990s, as determined by the Operations Evaluation Department, as their dependent variable. Using instrumental variables estimation, the authors find that existence of high-quality institutions in a recipient country raises the probability that aid will be used effectively.

Link http://www-wds.worldbank.…64258546&theSitePK=523679
Author Dollar, D., Levin, V.
Date 01-Feb-2005
Institute World Bank
Tags developing, institutional, effective

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