Blar i Bora-import på forfatter "Villanger, Espen"
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Accounting for poverty reduction in Norwegian development aid to Mozambique
Tvedten, Inge; Villanger, Espen (Research report, Research report, 2008)Poverty reduction is the overarching goal of Norwegian development assistance, as expressed in the “Government Plan of Action for Combating Poverty in the South Towards 2015” and other related documents. At the same time, ... -
Arab Foreign Aid: Disbursement Patterns, Aid Policies and Motives
Villanger, Espen (Research report, Research report, 2007)This report examines Arab aid flows and aid policies, and contrasts them with the broad picture of Western practice in these areas. The lack of analysis of Arab aid in the literature is unfortunate since (1) Arab countries ... -
Company influence on foreign aid disbursement: Is conditionality credible when donors have mixed motives?
Villanger, Espen (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2003)When donors enforce conditionality upon recipients who do not implement the conditions, companies can suffer from cancellation of their contracts with the recipient when aid dries up. A strategic recipient may avoid ... -
Company interests and foreign aid policy: Playing donors out against each other
Villanger, Espen (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2003)Despite the importance attached to conditionality by the donors, and the fact that aid is a crucial income source for the recipient, it is found that conditionality fails. One explanation for this failure could be that a ... -
Determinants of foreign direct investment in services
Kolstad, Ivar; Villanger, Espen (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2004)This study uses industry level foreign direct investment (FDI) data from 57 countries 1989-2000, to examine the host country determinants of FDI flows in services as a whole, and in the major service industries. Consistent ... -
Does Social Development Affect Poverty? The Role of Participation in Income Dynamics in Indonesia 1993-2000
Villanger, Espen (Research report, Research report, 2005)The objective of this study is to assess whether there are any effects on household income changes and poverty reduction in Indonesia from living in a community that has a more democratic system of decision making, or from ... -
"Economic Aid to Post-Conflict Countries: A Methodological Critique of Collier and Hoeffler"
Suhrke, Astri; Villanger, Espen; Woodward, Susan L. (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2005)This paper retests the analysis of “Aid Policy and Growth in Post-Conflict Societies,” by Paul Collier and Anke Hoeffler (October 2002 and forthcoming in European Economic Review). It finds that their data and analysis do ... -
Economic Prospects for Ethiopia and Challenges for Poverty Reduction
Villanger, Espen (Research report, Research report, 2006)The report analyses Ethiopia’s economic performance and expected future development. The economic growth rate is likely to remain high despite large fluctuations in agricultural production. Projections indicate, however, ... -
How does social development affect FDI and domestic investment?
Kolstad, Ivar; Villanger, Espen (Research report, Research report, 2004)Creating a favourable investment climate is crucial for economic development. In this study, we explore the impact of social development variables on FDI and private domestic investment, using panel data from 75 countries ... -
Is Bonded Labor Voluntary? A Framework against Forced Work
Villanger, Espen (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2006)UN estimate that 20 million are held in bonded labor. Several economic analyses assert that bonded laborers accept these contracts voluntarily, which could imply that a ban would make such laborers worse off. We question ... -
Is Bonded Labor Voluntary? Evidence from the Liberation of the Kamaiyas in the Far-Western Region of Nepal
Villanger, Espen (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2006)The UN estimates that 20 million are held in bonded labor. Several economic analyses assert that bonded laborers accept these contracts voluntarily, which could imply that a ban would make such laborers worse off. We ... -
Powerful donors and foreign policy: The role of multilateral financial institutions
Villanger, Espen (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2004)The opportunity for a powerful donor country, such as the United States, to use a multilateral financial institution (MFI) strategically in order to promote its own foreign policy goals has received little attention. The ... -
Promoting investment in small Caribbean states
Kolstad, Ivar; Villanger, Espen (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2004)This study performs an econometric analysis to determine the main policy levers for investment promotion in the Caribbean. The results provide the following policy advice to Caribbean policy makers seeking to increase ... -
Social development and industry level foreign direct investment
Kolstad, Ivar; Villanger, Espen (Research report, Research report, 2004)Investment is crucial for economic development. A number of empirical studies document a relationship between social development and aggregate foreign direct investment (FDI). This study complements aggregate studies by ... -
The effects of disasters on income mobility: Bootstrap inference and measurement error simulations
Villanger, Espen (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2003)We evaluate the impact of disasters on income mobility by drawing on “natural experiments”. While the poor have a much higher probability of remaining poor when entering a crisis compared to normal times, there is also a ... -
The role of participation and empowerment in income and poverty dynamics in Indonesia 1993-2000
Villanger, Espen; Enes, Anette (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2004)The objective of this study is to assess whether living in a community that has a more democratic decision making system or in a society with a higher degree of participation and cooperation has any effect on household ... -
The SAPRIN Report: An assessment of the empirical analysis supporting main conclusions
Villanger, Espen; Pausewang, Siegfried; Jerve, Alf Morten (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2003)In 1996, the World Bank and a network of non-governmental organizations (SAPRIN) started cooperating on an evaluation of 15 years of structural adjustment programs (SAPs). The background of our paper is the criticism raised ... -
Verdensbankens strukturtilpasningsprogrammer: Virkninger og politiske linjeskift
Villanger, Espen (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2003)Dette notatet bidrar til den offentlige debatten om Verdensbankens rolle langs to dimensjoner. Først defineres de mest sentrale elementene i strukturtilpasningspolitikken og det blir stilt opp en oversikt over de ulike ... -
Will International Trade Reduce Poverty? A Background Note to Norad
Wiig, Arne; Tøndel, Line; Villanger, Espen; Mæstad, Ottar (Research report, Research report, 2007)NORAD is currently developing a trade strategy towards developing countries. This background note presents a review of the current literature and empirical findings on the relationship between trade, growth and poverty ...