Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Shazmeen Maroof
Author-Name-First: Shazmeen
Author-Name-Last: Maroof
Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Economics, University of Strathclyde
Title: Assessing the Impact of China’s Aid on the World Bank Conditionality
Abstract: This study aims to investigate whether the stringency of conditions attached to the World 
Bank aid projects are influenced by the additional supply of aid from China. The World 
Bank’s conditionality has been disaggregated into prior actions and benchmarks. Prior 
actions are the legal conditions that determine aid disbursement, while benchmarks describe 
the contents and progress of an aid project. We find that, in particular, China is challenging 
the way the World Bank is providing aid to African countries, and its impact appears 
evident from the World Bank’s response; it has reduced the number of prior actions. 
However, providing an alternate source to China’s aid for other regions seems rather 
difficult, as no statistically significant association between China’s aid and prior actions can 
be found.
Length:  pages
Creation-Date: 2020-12
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File-URL: https://www.strath.ac.uk/media/1newwebsite/departmentsubject/economics/research/researchdiscussionpapers/20-17_-_Assessing_the_Impact_of_Chinas_Aid_on_the_World_Bank_Conditionality_Shazmeen_Maroof_Dec_20.pdf
File-Format: Application/pdf
Number: 2017
Classification-JEL: F00, P16, O19 
Keywords: China’s aid, World Bank conditionality, prior actions; benchmarks
Handle: RePEc:str:wpaper:2017