qualities. In doing so, we do not simply assess whether, how and to what extent qualities of democracy in East Africa are … qualities of democracy, we find that while the frequency of change has a beneficial impact on the qualities of democracy, the …

This paper throws new light on the relationship between income and democracy. Using data for 162 countries over 1960 … support. These findings are robust to, among others, using night-lights instead of GDP, different democracy measures and …

countries, and (b) workers' remittances help reduce poverty in Latin American countries. In recent decades, workers' remittances …' remittances on economic growth and poverty in 21 Latin American countries. The study uses annual data covering all Latin American … addition, we estimate the short-run and long-run effects of workers' remittances on economic growth and poverty on individual …

Africa has seen a steady rise in democracy since the end of the Cold War. This paper investigates two possible … estimated using a new instrument: the spatial lag of democracy. This instrument varies over time, allowing for consideration of …

Bringing together the classic defense of liberty and democracy, the political economy of hierarchy, endogenous growth … theory, and the new institutional economics on growth, we propose a new institutional theory that identifies democracy … channel in which democracy holds a unique advantage over autocracy in promoting growth, especially during the stage of growth …

centuries. This unprecedented global growth coincided with the global proliferation of democracy, with some evidence for …

tries to identify the effect of democracy on economic prosperity, little work has been done to understand the determinants … of economic growth under democracy. This paper examines whether the determinants of economic growth in Latin America are …