performance of democracy is rather independent of the circumstances. However, democracy leads to more redistribution in favor of … health provision in more unequal societies. "--World Bank web site …

reduces home country fertility by about 0.3 percent for origin countries. "--World Bank web site …"This paper examines the relationship between international migration and source country fertility. The impact of … international migration on source country fertility may have a number of causes, including a transfer of destination countries …

"The authors use a sample of 147 countries to investigate the link between democracy and reforms. Democracy may be … but bring future prosperity. This paper tests these hypotheses, using data on micro-economic reforms from the World Bank … economic institutions. The results provide robust support for the claim that democracy is good for growth-enhancing reforms …

--is part of a larger effort in the group to investigate the political economy of development"--World Bank web site …