Current international relations theory struggles to explain both the autonomy and transformation of organizations (IOs). Previous theories either fail account for any IO behavior that deviates from interests member states, or neglect role states in reforming institutions behavior. We propose an agency IOs can fill these gaps while also addressing two persistent problems study IOs: common long delegation chains. Our model explains slippage between states' behavior, but suggests institutional...

Chinese “aid” is a lightning rod for criticism. Policy-makers, journalists, and public intellectuals claim that Beijing uses its largesse to cement alliances with political leaders, secure access natural resources, create exclusive commercial opportunities firms—all at the expense of citizens living in developing countries. We argue much controversy about stems from failure distinguish between China's Official Development Assistance (ODA) more commercially oriented sources types state...

This paper introduces a new dataset of official financing — including foreign aid and other forms concessional non-concessional state from China to 138 countries between 2000 2014. We use these data investigate whether what extent Chinese affects economic growth in recipient countries. To account for the endogeneity aid, we employ an instrumental-variables strategy that relies on exogenous variation supply over time resulting changes steel production. Variation across results country's...

This article introduces a new dataset of official financing from China to 138 developing countries between 2000 and 2014. It investigates whether Chinese development finance affects economic growth in recipient countries. The results demonstrate that boosts short-term growth. An additional project increases by 0.41 1.49 percentage points 2 years after commitment, on average. While this study does not find significant financial support impairs the overall effectiveness aid Western donors,...

How big is China's aid to Africa? Does it complement or undermine the efforts of traditional donors? China releases little information, and outside estimates size nature Chinese vary widely. In an effort overcome this problem, AidData, based at College William Mary, has compiled a database thousands media reports on Chinese-backed projects in Africa from 2000 2011. The includes information 1,673 51 African countries $75 billion commitments official finance. This paper describes new...

China’s provision of development finance to other countries is sizable but reliable information scarce. We introduce a new open-source methodology for collecting project-level and create database Chinese official (OF) Africa from 2000 2011. find that commitments amounted approximately US$73 billion, which US$15 billion are comparable Official Development Assistance following Organization Economic Cooperation definitions. provide details on 1,511 projects fifty African countries. use this...

Using two new data sources to describe trends in the international relations (IR) discipline since 1980—a database of every article published 12 leading journals field and three surveys IR faculty at US colleges universities—we explore extent theoretical, methodological, epistemological diversity American study relationship between scholarship policy-making community United States. We find, first, that there is considerable increasing theoretical diversity. Although scholars believe teach...

Using data from the Teaching, Research, and International Policy (TRIP) project, we address several questions posed by students of international relations (IR) discipline, specifically, whether to what extent: US scholars, institutions, journals dominate field; national communities IR scholars are insular or inward-looking; and/or discipline is theoretically, methodologically, epistemologically diverse. We draw two major sources: a series cross-national surveys faculty in thirty-two...

In the last decade, electronic medical record (EMR) use in academic centers has increased. Although many have lauded clinical and operational benefits of EMRs, few considered effect these systems on education. The authors review what been documented about EMR learners through lens Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education's six core competencies They examine acknowledged educational risks to consider factors that promote their successful when implemented environments, identify...

How do development projects influence the geographic distribution of economic activity within low-income and middle-income countries? Existing research focuses on effects Western inter-personal inequality across different subnational regions. However, China has recently become a major financier infrastructure in Africa, Asia, Latin America, Middle East, Central Eastern Europe, it is unclear if these investments diffuse or concentrate activity. We introduce an original dataset geo-located...

This article presents findings from the 2014 Teaching, Research, and International Policy (TRIP) Project's worldwide faculty survey that speak to recent claims in Global Relations (IR) Debate. The expansion of TRIP thirty-two countries, including more than a dozen non-Western IR communities, enables an initial empirical assessment some key questions raised by advocates detractors "Global IR." contribution describes analyzes scholars' own perceptions discipline adds literature on In...

China’s provision of development finance to other countries is sizable but reliable information scarce. We introduce a new open source methodology for collecting project-level and create database Chinese official Africa from 2000-2011. find that commitments amounted approximately US $73 billion, which $15 billion are comparable Official Development Assistance following OECD definitions. provide details on 1,511 projects 50 African countries. use this extend previous research aid conflict,...

This article investigates whether China's foreign aid is particularly prone to capture by political leaders of aid-receiving countries. We examine more Chinese allocated the birth regions and populated ethnic groups which belong, controlling for indicators need various fixed effects. have collected data on 117 African leaders' birthplaces geocoded 1,650 development finance projects across 3,097 physical locations that were committed Africa over 2000–2012 period. Our econometric results show...

We thank Tamar Gutner for her thoughtful comments on our article, "Delegation to International Organizations: Agency Theory and World Bank Environmental Reform" (International Organization, Spring 2003). While championing principal-agent (P-A) theory as the most promising approach study of international organizations (IOs) in general, she questions novelty P-A model criticizes both methods data. are grateful opportunity clarify contributions offer concrete solutions research that raises.We...