Long-term growth in developing countries has been explained in four frameworks: ‘extractive colonial institutions … the disease environment on African long-term growth runs through a human capital channel rather than an extractive-institutions …, contra Acemoglu et al., (2001). Further, we find that instrumented human capital explains long-term growth better, and shows …

African countries for the period 1994-2010. Political regimes of democracy, polity and autocracy are instrumented with income … that democracy has an edge over autocracy while the latter and polity overlap. As a policy implication, democracy once …

propensity to effect policies that favour the development of financial intermediary depth, activity and size. Democracy has … policies towards financial development. As a policy implication, once democracy is initiated, it should be accelerated (to edge …

components in the development of the continent: law, democracy and quality of government. Political regimes of democracy, polity …-stability, regulation quality and rule of law. Findings indicate democracy has an edge over autocracy while the later and polity overlap. A … democracy that takes into account only the voice of the majority is better in government quality than autocracy, while a …

components in the development of the continent: law, democracy and quality of government. Political regimes of democracy, polity …-stability, regulation quality and rule of law. Findings indicate democracy has an edge over autocracy while the later and polity overlap. A … democracy that takes into account only the voice of the majority is better in government quality than autocracy, while a …

propensity to effect policies that favour the development of financial intermediary depth, activity and size. Democracy has … policies towards financial development. As a policy implication, once democracy is initiated, it should be accelerated (to edge …

growth and of greater political participation on civil violence. Democracy is endogenous to economic growth and other … model, which is strong. Results indicate a positive significant effect of property rights institutions on economic growth in … participation on civil violence and, strong effects of aid per capita on both economic growth and civil violence. …