2019
DOI: 10.1111/caje.12415
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The rise of supplemental lending at the World Bank

Abstract: World Bank projects sometimes receive supplemental loans months or years after initial project approval. Largely unnoticed, supplemental lending has mushroomed in the last decade, accounting for nearly 30% of all new loans in some years. These loans can serve important functions, as they come without the bureaucratic delays associated with new projects. We argue that supplemental loans are potentially useful foreign policy tools for powerful donors in settings where time is of the essence. Consistent with this… Show more

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“…The right-hand side regular loan cluster is disproportionately AF loans (dashed lines) that add funds to existing projects and are known for short preparation periods(Kilby 2013b). For more on AF loans, seeKersting and Kilby (2019). The WorldBank (2020c, 18) states that emergency health projects approved to respond to the pandemic had an average preparation time of 27 days as of June 2020.6 We define countries as eligible to borrow based on WDI (2020) coding.…”
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“…The right-hand side regular loan cluster is disproportionately AF loans (dashed lines) that add funds to existing projects and are known for short preparation periods(Kilby 2013b). For more on AF loans, seeKersting and Kilby (2019). The WorldBank (2020c, 18) states that emergency health projects approved to respond to the pandemic had an average preparation time of 27 days as of June 2020.6 We define countries as eligible to borrow based on WDI (2020) coding.…”
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