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 …