implications of democratization in African countries: better economic growth through improved institutions and less civil conflict …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 …

to Democracy covers a wide array of topics, including the economy, elections, judicial and educational systems, relations … President Gamsakhurdia, through the experience of civil war in the 1990s, to democracy today."-- …

-middle-income countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) where both capitalism and democracy are still immature and sometimes …