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Table 1: Descriptive Statistics for Column 1, Table 3
Table 2: Effect of IDA Board Membership on Share of IDA Disbursements
Table 3: Effect of IDA Board Membership on Share of IDA Commitments (errors clustered by year)
Table 4: Effect of IDA Board Membership on Share of IDA Commitments (controlling for major war)
Table 5: Effect of IDA Board Membership on Share of IDA Commitments (withholding CPIA ratings)
Table 6: Effect of IDA Board Membership on Share of IDA Commitments (with various measures of US influence)
Table 7: Effect of IDA Board Membership on Various Measures of US Influence
Table 1: Descriptive Statistics for Column 1, Table 3
Variable / Mean / Standard dev. / Minimum / MaximumShare of IDA commitments / .0178292 / .040795 / 0 / .5016629
GDP per capita (ln) / 6.090145 / .8861794 / 4.39456 / 8.898443
Population (ln) / 15.48942 / 2.021708 / 10.62584 / 20.94939
Investment/GDP / 21.40112 / 10.00889 / -23.76259 / 71.84037
IBRD debt per capita / 9.616651 / 20.80124 / 0 / 166.9685
CPIA / 2.945825 / .6924689 / .6 / 5
Share of US aid / .0060635 / .0190894 / 0 / .4380068
IDA Board member / .0771536 / .2669349 / 0 / 1
Share of like-minded aid / .0086594 / .0137013 / -3.01e-06 / .1174451
Table 2: Effect of IDA Board Membership on Share of IDA Disbursements
Variables / Cold War / Post-Cold WarIDA Board member / 0.0134*** / -0.00950***
(0.00445) / (0.00323)
GDP per capita (ln) / 0.00484 / 0.00688
(0.00489) / (0.00493)
Population (ln) / 0.0170*** / 0.0210***
(0.00488) / (0.00462)
Investment/GDP / -8.11e-05 / 6.62e-05
(8.66e-05) / (4.36e-05)
IBRD debt per capita / -0.000174*** / 1.13e-05
(5.64e-05) / (5.11e-05)
CPIA / 0.00121 / 0.00321***
(0.000954) / (0.000978)
Share of US aid / 0.276*** / 0.0186
(0.0939) / (0.0504)
Share of like-minded aid / 1.331*** / 0.660***
(0.186) / (0.182)
Constant / -0.215*** / -0.294***
(0.0631) / (0.0636)
Observations / 1219
Countries / 76
R-squared / 0.886
Dependent variable is share of IDA disbursements. Robust standard errors in parentheses. The model also includes country and year fixed effects not reported.
Table 3: Effect of IDA Board Membership on Share of IDA Commitments, Errors Clustered by Year
Variables / Cold War / Post-Cold WarIDA Board member / 0.0122** / -0.0113**
(0.00559) / (0.00436)
GDP per capita (ln) / -0.00341 / -0.00265
(0.00510) / (0.00552)
Population (ln) / 0.0142** / 0.0159***
(0.00540) / (0.00541)
Investment/GDP / -5.07e-05 / 1.60e-06
(7.92e-05) / (6.10e-05)
IBRD debt per capita / -8.57e-05* / 6.44e-05
(4.88e-05) / (5.19e-05)
CPIA / 0.00271** / 0.00684***
(0.00122) / (0.00123)
Share of US aid / 0.399*** / 0.155*
(0.105) / (0.0778)
Share of like-minded aid / 1.531*** / 1.160***
(0.269) / (0.217)
Constant / -0.202 / -0.202
(0.130) / (0.130)
Observations / 1335
Countries / 78
R-squared / 0.816
Dependent variable is share of IDA commitments. Robust standard errors clustered by year in parentheses. The model also includes country and year fixed effects not reported. The Post-Cold War dummy variable dropped out.
Table 4: Effect of IDA Board Membership on Share of IDA Commitments, Accounting for Major War
Variables / Cold War / Post-Cold WarIDA Board member / 0.0119** / -0.0112***
(0.00532) / (0.00419)
GDP per capita (ln) / -0.00488 / -0.00389
(0.00511) / (0.00505)
Population (ln) / 0.00911 / 0.0109*
(0.00587) / (0.00559)
Investment/GDP / -9.23e-05 / -2.10e-05
(0.000107) / (5.59e-05)
IBRD debt per capita / -9.77e-05* / 5.55e-05
(5.14e-05) / (5.07e-05)
CPIA / 0.00210 / 0.00697***
(0.00144) / (0.00127)
Share of US aid / 0.392*** / 0.147*
(0.143) / (0.0753)
Share of like-minded aid / 1.486*** / 1.047***
(0.297) / (0.245)
Major war / -0.0103 / -0.00583
(0.00651) / (0.00360)
Constant / -0.0851 / -0.0851
(0.132) / (0.132)
Observations / 1355
Countries / 78
R-squared / 0.817
Dependent variable is share of IDA commitments. Robust standard errors in parentheses. The model also includes country and year fixed effects not reported. The constant in the Post-Cold War columns reflects the Post-Cold War dummy
Table 5: Effect of IDA Board Membership on Share of IDA Commitments, without CPIA
Variables / Cold War / Post-Cold WarIDA Board member / 0.0109** / -0.0117***
(0.00539) / (0.00418)
GDP per capita (ln) / 0.000422 / 0.00131
(0.00464) / (0.00467)
Population (ln) / 0.0190*** / 0.0205***
(0.00569) / (0.00554)
Investment/GDP / -3.33e-05 / 6.19e-05
(0.000106) / (5.69e-05)
IBRD debt per capita / -0.000141*** / 4.74e-05
(4.73e-05) / (5.30e-05)
Share of US aid / 0.407*** / 0.156**
(0.146) / (0.0769)
Share of like-minded aid / 1.543*** / 1.238***
(0.301) / (0.250)
Constant / -0.313** / -0.313**
(0.125) / (0.125)
Observations / 1335
Countries / 78
R-squared / 0.813
Dependent variable is share of IDA commitments. Robust standard errors in parentheses. The model also includes country and year fixed effects not reported. The constant in the Post-Cold War columns reflects the Post-Cold War dummy
Table 6: Effect of IDA Board Membership on Share of IDA commitments, with different measures of US influence
(1) / (2) / (3) / (4) / (5)VARIABLES
IDA Board Member (CW) / 0.0115** / 0.0123** / 0.0302** / 0.00533 / 0.0208***
(0.00586) / (0.00622) / (0.0120) / (0.00656) / (0.00736)
IDA Board Member (PCW) / -0.0125** / -0.0126** / -0.00892* / -0.00324 / -0.0177***
(0.00567) / (0.00553) / (0.00526) / (0.00329) / (0.00591)
US exports, ln (CW) / -0.000557
(0.000906)
US exports, ln (PCW) / 0.00154**
(0.000785)
US Affinity with UN votes (CW) / -0.00419
(0.00527)
US Affinity with UN votes (PCW) / 0.00348
(0.00452)
US military aid, ln (CW) / -0.00189*
(0.000973)
US military aid, ln (PCW) / 0.00196*
(0.00100)
US bank exposure (CW) / -2.897
(6.049)
US bank exposure (PCW) / -1.897
(1.435)
UN Sec. Council Member (CW) / 0.0187**
(0.00772)
UN Sec. Council Member (PCW) / 0.00379
(0.00406)
GDP per capita (ln) (CW) / -0.0169** / -0.0166*** / -0.0301*** / -0.00952 / -0.0170***
(0.00767) / (0.00636) / (0.0111) / (0.00657) / (0.00549)
GDP per capita (ln) (PCW) / -0.0230*** / -0.0214*** / -0.0321*** / -0.0129** / -0.0218***
(0.00687) / (0.00612) / (0.0101) / (0.00619) / (0.00542)
Population (ln) (CW) / 0.0274*** / 0.0212*** / 0.0248 / 0.00516 / 0.0261***
(0.00880) / (0.00716) / (0.0165) / (0.00690) / (0.00741)
Population (ln) (PCW) / 0.0195*** / 0.0161** / 0.0148 / 0.00138 / 0.0195***
(0.00751) / (0.00654) / (0.0162) / (0.00640) / (0.00662)
Investment/GDP (CW) / 9.57e-05 / 0.000130 / 0.000226 / 0.000271** / 0.000389***
(0.000113) / (8.95e-05) / (0.000249) / (0.000132) / (9.48e-05)
Investment/GDP (PCW) / 8.27e-05 / 9.23e-05 / -6.69e-05 / 0.000123** / 2.53e-05
(8.06e-05) / (6.31e-05) / (0.000105) / (6.09e-05) / (5.83e-05)
IBRD debt per capita (CW) / 4.11e-06 / -8.85e-05* / 4.68e-05 / -2.53e-05 / -0.000134**
(5.74e-05) / (4.78e-05) / (9.51e-05) / (4.63e-05) / (5.70e-05)
IBRD debt per capita (PCW) / 0.000144** / 0.000153*** / 0.000189** / 9.93e-05* / 0.000213***
(6.64e-05) / (5.22e-05) / (7.71e-05) / (5.27e-05) / (5.54e-05)
CPIA (CW) / 0.00355** / 0.00292** / 0.00343* / 0.00547*** / 0.00239*
(0.00159) / (0.00144) / (0.00189) / (0.00122) / (0.00136)
CPIA (PCW) / 0.0103*** / 0.00849*** / 0.0103*** / 0.00836*** / 0.00727***
(0.00169) / (0.00143) / (0.00215) / (0.00163) / (0.00137)
Post-Cold War Dummy / 0.0678*
(0.0396)
Constant / -0.357* / -0.0125 / -0.226 / 0.0605 / -0.153*
(0.188) / (0.0801) / (0.239) / (0.159) / (0.0891)
Observations / 1,099 / 1,295 / 727 / 1,066 / 1,306
R-squared / 0.767 / 0.772 / 0.809 / 0.794 / 0.786
Robust standard errors in parentheses
*** p<0.01, ** p<0.05, * p<0.1
Table 7: Effect of IDA Board Membership on Various Measures of US Influence
(1) / (2) / (3) / (4) / (5) / (6)VARIABLES / Share of US aid / US exports, ln / US Affinity with UN votes / US bank exposure / US military aid, ln / UN Sec. Council Member
IDA Board Member (CW) / 0.000502 / -0.0621 / 0.00859 / -0.000509 / -1.293** / -0.0627
(0.00290) / (0.106) / (0.0127) / (0.000478) / (0.551) / (0.0420)
IDA Board Member (PCW) / -0.000824 / 0.192** / -0.0293** / 0.000789*** / -0.321 / 0.00139
(0.00204) / (0.0972) / (0.0142) / (0.000227) / (0.314) / (0.0498)
GDP per capita (ln) (CW) / -0.00192** / 0.661*** / -0.00547 / 0.000907*** / 1.077** / 0.0708**
(0.000928) / (0.116) / (0.0195) / (0.000265) / (0.475) / (0.0349)
GDP per capita (ln) (PCW) / -0.00279*** / 0.607*** / -0.0281 / 0.000942*** / 0.469 / 0.0618**
(0.00103) / (0.102) / (0.0188) / (0.000273) / (0.482) / (0.0263)
Population (ln) (CW) / 0.00557*** / -0.501 / -0.0508 / -0.000483 / -6.099*** / 0.0181
(0.00203) / (0.312) / (0.0639) / (0.000416) / (1.218) / (0.110)
Population (ln) (PCW) / 0.00454** / -0.563* / -0.0577 / -0.000399 / -6.329*** / 0.00285
(0.00213) / (0.316) / (0.0633) / (0.000401) / (1.222) / (0.109)
CPIA (CW) / -0.000439 / -0.0695* / 0.00433 / -5.25e-05 / 0.253* / -0.0269
(0.000331) / (0.0414) / (0.00678) / (5.84e-05) / (0.148) / (0.0167)
CPIA (PCW) / 0.000818 / 0.0203 / 0.0105 / 6.88e-05 / 0.175 / -0.0564***
(0.000674) / (0.0558) / (0.0108) / (6.23e-05) / (0.178) / (0.0175)
Post-Cold War Dummy / (Dropped) / (Dropped) / (Dropped) / (Dropped) / (Dropped) / 0.341
(0.269)
Constant / -0.0424* / 15.96** / 0.814 / -0.00141 / 117.0*** / -0.664
(0.0226) / (6.400) / (0.716) / (0.00562) / (25.15) / (2.018)
Observations / 1,487 / 1,193 / 1,430 / 1,173 / 784 / 1,458
R-squared / 0.733 / 0.922 / 0.830 / 0.878 / 0.677 / 0.100
Robust standard errors in parentheses
*** p<0.01, ** p<0.05, * p<0.1