Harding, Robin; Wantchekon, Leonard - Human Development Report Office, United Nations … - 2010
do we know? In this paper we seek to review these labors, the fruits of which can be summarized as follows. Democracy … elements of human development, longevity and knowledge - democracy has a positive effect on indicators of education and health …. Given these findings, it seems pertinent to ask why democracy has such effects. Our conclusion from the literature is that …