We prove that, given $2< p<\infty$ , the Fourier coefficients of functions in $L_2(\mathbb {T}, |t|^{1-2/p}\,{\rm d}t)$ belong to $\ell _p$ and $1< p<2$ series sequences \vert {t}\vert ^{2/p-1}\,{\rm . Then, we apply these results study conditional Schauder bases almost greedy Banach spaces. Specifically, for every $0\le \alpha <1$ there is a basis whose conditionality constants ...

Does the United States shape the content of International Monetary Fund conditionality agreements? If so, in pursuit of what goals does the United States use its influence? We present evidence that American interests do shape the content of IMF conditionality agreements. We find that American policymakers use their influence in the IMF to pursue American financial and foreign policy objectives....

An evaluation of recipient countries’ experience with foreign aid in the 1980s and 90s shows that there is plenty of evidence that policy conditionality has by and large failed, and that there is no evidence that the policy conditions attached to aid have by and large been appropriate. In that light, is the currently advocated move in aid allocation away from policy conditionality and towards s...

My focus is on the use by aid donor agencies of conditionality to induce changes in economic policies and institutions. At the most general level, this throws light on whether it is feasible to use donor leverage to overcome weak institutions and anti-reformist governments – whether it is possible to use this as a device for prevailing over domestic political constraints on the adoption of bett...