The Role of Interstate Banks in International Relations. The Case of the World Bank

Student: Donskoy Makar

Faculty: Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs

Educational Programme: Double degree programme in International Relations of the NRU HSE and the University of London (Bachelor)

Year of Graduation: 2021

This work attempts to analyze the overall trends and role of the multilateral development banks (MDBs). It starts with a general analysis of the role of MDBs and the historical background of them. It then moves towards the discussion of the main banks comparable to the World Bank by the total assets. After discussing key multilateral development banks, this research project analyses deeper the loans’ characteristics in each of the key multilateral development banks and compares all of them with the World Bank. The last stage of that work is to identify what are the key independent variables that influence the loans’ characteristics in each of the key multilateral development banks.

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