to effect policies that favour the development of financial intermediary depth, activity and size. Democracy has … promoting financial development when compared with autocracies. Once democracy is initiated, it should be accelerated (to edge … out the appeals of authoritarian regimes) to reap the benefits of level and time hypotheses in financial development. …

our results, investing in female health is therefore an important lever for development policies. However, and without … short-run interests of households and long-run development goals. Our numerical analysis shows that even small changes in …