Barrington Moore's famous line 'no bourgeoisie, no democracy' is one of the most quoted claims in political science …

Does democracy promote economic growth? There is still an ongoing debate over the economic implications of democracy …, and this question has gained critical importance particularly in the African context, where a wave of democratization in … 43 countries in sub-Saharan Africa for the period of 1982-2012, we find strong evidence that democracy is positively …

literature on aid and democracy. It asks: Does aid-especially democracy aid-have positive impact on democracy? How? What factors … most influence its impact? In so doing, it considers studies that explicitly focus on 'democracy aid' as an aggregate … category, its subcomponents (e.g. aid to elections), and 'developmental aid'. Overall, the evidence suggests that i) democracy …

surprise. It challenged international democracy support to learn from its own limitations while potentially offering exciting … new opportunities. The global momentum of democratization, which had appeared to run out of steam, could be reinvigorated …. The decline in fortunes that democracy support had sustained in recent years might be reversed. The recent development …