NON-STATES ACTORS AND ITS IMAPCT ON INTERSTATE RELATIONS: A STUDY OF THE WORLD BANK OF HANDLING COVID-19

This research investigate the role of non-state actors in international relations, citing the World Bank’s intervention during the covid-19 pandemic as a case study. This study examines how the World Bank, as a non-state actor, contributes to the handling of global crisis through financial assistance and policy coordination with developing countries. This project aims to understand the extent at which the banks actions affected interstate relations, governance response, and also economic stability of developing countries during the covid-19 pandemic. Influenced by cooperate governance theory, this study makes use of an ex-post facto research design and documentary method of data collection from secondary sources. Key themes were identified by analyzing data through qualitative content analysis from official documents, reports and academic literature. The hypothesis of this study made known the world financial incentives and how they alleviated economic pressure in developing countries. Finally this study gives pure insight on how important international institutions are powerful in international relations and how they operate beyond state structures and shape diplomatic and policy interactions during global crises.