Ruth Ben-Artzi
Research Interests
International relations theory
International political economy
International organizations and institutions
as they relate to North-South relations
Globalization
Development and aid
International finance
Middle East politics
Working Papers and Manuscript
Banking
on Development: The Great Expectations of Regional Development Banks,
Manuscript. [abstract]
Political Aid: Is Multilateral Lending
Strategic? (presented at the
2005 annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Honolulu and at the Browne Center for International Politics, University of Pennsylvania, February 24, 2005).
[abstract]
Unraveling the Mystery of Multilateral
Governance: Hegemonic, democratic, or invisible? (Presented at
the 2004 annual meeting of the International Studies Association,
Montreal). [abstract]
Profiting from Aid Private-public co-financing
and its effect on development. (proposal
submitted to the 2006 annual meeting of the International Studies
Association). [abstract]
Masters of Their Domain Shareholders,
delegation, and policy making in the EBRD. [abstract]
Defiant Soldiers: Causes and Consequences
of Refusal to Serve in Israels
Defense Forces. (with Uri Bar-Joseph) Presented at the Asch
Center, University
of Pennsylvania (March
15, 2005). [abstract]
Shifts between Conflict Resolution and
Conflict Management: The Palestinian-Israeli Negotiation Process.
(with Shirli Kopelman).
Publications
Scaling-Up Poverty Alleviation Programs,
UNDP Asian Bureau, forthcoming (December 2005).
Military and Society Reconsidered: The
IDF and the Question of Conscience, Israel
Horizons, December 2003.
http://www.meretzusa.org/ih200312.pdf
Water in the Middle East:
Is Cooperation Possible Israel
Horizons?, March-April 2001. http://www.meretzusa.org/ih200102.pdf
Book Review: A Dissenting Democracy:
The Israeli Movement Peace Now, by Magnus Norell. Middle
East Studies
Association, Israel Studies Bulletin, forthcoming.
Book Review: The Elections in Israel
1996, by Arian and Shamir. Middle East Studies Association, Israel
Studies Bulletin, Summer 2002.
Selected Conferences
American Political Science Association, September
2005 (Washington, D.C.): Can International
Financial Institutions
be Democratic? [abstract]
International Studies Association, March 2005
(Honolulu): Political Aid: Is Multilateral
Lending Strategic?
IGERT Annual Symposium, November 2004 (Columbia
University): Regional Development Banks
and Developing Countries: Decisions, Loans, and
Development.
International Studies Association, March 2004
(Montreal): Unraveling the Mystery
of Multilateral Governance: Hegemonic, democratic, or invisible?
American Political Science Association, September
2001 (San Francisco): From Rags to
Riches: Regional Development Banks in the Development Process.
Northeast Political Science Association, November
1999 (Philadelphia): Electing for Stability
The Cases of India and Israel, (with Shylashry Shankar).
Selected Data
Inter-American Development Bank Loans 1961-2000
(country, year)
African Development Bank Loans 1966-2000 (country,
year)
Asian Development Bank Loans 1967-2000 (country,
year)
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Loans 1991-2000 (country, year)
Foreign Direct Investment 1970-2000 (country,
year)