Die internationale Entwicklungszusammenarbeit verfolgt zwei Ziele: Armutsreduzierung und Demokratisierung. Auf der … weniger Demokratisierung – und umgekehrt. Dieser Trade-Off lässt sich auflösen, wenn es gelingt, bei diktatorischen Regimes … democratization. Using a rational choice approach to non-democratic regimes, this paper argues that there is a trade-off between these …

This paper examines the development of microfinance market from the household perspective as it relates to poverty …

This paper extends the analysis on microfinance and poverty from the household perspective by focusing on the role of …

simple model of transition and democratization is presented wherein we show that the effectiveness of repression by the … country to start a transition process towards democratization is not necessarily the one nearest to the free world. …

through the extension of franchise. This is because democracy always implements a highly redistributive fiscal policy, which … makes fighting hard incentive-compatible for the citizens-soldiers. We show that a transition to democracy is more likely to …

unterschiedlichem Tempo und sequencing den Weg zu Demokratie und einer marktwirtschaftlichen Wirtschaftsordnung. Die polit … die Frage, ob die Einführung von Demokratie angesichts umfassender ökonomischer Reformen nicht besser verzögert werden … sollte. Nach einer theoretischen Betrachtung von Governance, Demokratie und Reformen folgt in diesem Beitrag ein Überblick …

subjects may exit. In a simple model, both kinds of competition are substitutes. Internal competition (democracy) benefits … democracy, and rulers are less eager to oppose it, when external competition is high. In a panel of countries, there are fewer … changes towards democracy when states have low GDP relative to their neighbours. …

Using a new set of micro evidence from an original survey of 28 transition countries, we show that democracy increases … reformist parties in the former socialist block lies in a deepening of democracy. …