-affected populations in Democratic Republic of Congo, Liberia, and Sri Lanka, we make two contributions. First, we demonstrate the …

Over the last 35 years, microfinance has been generally regarded as an effective policy tool in the fight against … address this question, we conduct a systematic review of the quantitative literature of microfinance's impacts in the … the limited comparability of outcomes and the heterogeneity of microfinance-lending technologies, together with a …

addition to rural and community banks and microfinance institutions. Using recent household survey data, we ascertain the …

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 …

wars. Six possible trajectories are mapped out: stable democracy, weak democracy, stable autocracy, fragmented rule …