more effective development strategies leading to welfare-improving outcomes. In terms of democratization, it is assumed … programs also has a different impact on the quality of democracy in recipient countries. Empirically, this paper analyzes the … joint effects of World Bank and IMF programs on democratization in 80 developing countries from 1974 to 2007. Our results …

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 …

In this paper we examine the interrelatedness between regime types of democracy and non-democracy and poverty reduction …, GDP and inequality we find no significant impact of democratization on poverty rates. In more flexible and causal … treatment effects estimates we find democratization reduces poverty rates by about 11-14% in the first five years after …

estimates to estimate average treatment effects of democratization on poverty reduction and estimates this separately for … countries with relatively weaker and stronger institutions at the time of democratization. The estimations reveal no clear … democratization that only occur when institutions are still relatively weak, rather than due to growth or inequality changes. When the …