Loan conditionalities compel policy reform, with SAP-era requirements later evolving into subtler forms such as Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers and impact-evaluation demands¶
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q2 i? The reviewed literature shows borrowers in need of funding are compelled to consent to World Bank conditionalities, and that conditionality has evolved but not disappeared, becoming more subtle and less explicit over time. → Edwards Jr. 2023
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Edwards Jr. 2023¶
Edwards Jr., D. Brent; Caravaca Hernández, Alejandro; Rappeport, Annie; et al. (2023). World Bank influence on policy formation in education: A systematic review of the literature. Review of Educational Research, Vol. 94, Núm. 4. https://doi.org/10.3102/00346543231194725
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The review's synthesis of studies on conditionalities: structural adjustment loans in the 1980s required rapid macroeconomic policy changes; later, Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers were seen by some authors as SAPs under a different name, and Steiner-Khamsi (2012) is cited describing impact evaluation as 'a means for imposing programmatic conditionality on recipient governments'.
"In these ways, conditionality has evolved but not disappeared; it has become more subtle, less explicit."
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Related Claims¶
- Loans are the most common pathway of World Bank influence, and their scale and discretionary weight amplify their impact — related
- Pathway mentions in the literature rose over time, suggesting the World Bank diversified its influence strategies beyond lending — related
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Loan conditionalities compel policy reform, with SAP-era requirements later evolving into subtler forms such as Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers and impact-evaluation demands |
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Loan conditionalities compel policy reform, with SAP-era requirements later evolving into subtler forms such as Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers and impact-evaluation demands |
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