lower levels of democracy and development. …

freedom is frequently associated with electoral democracy, developments in countries such as Hungary, Poland, Turkey and … Russia, where elected populist leaders with authoritarian tendencies rule, suggest that electoral democracy may not be the … provide a firmer foundation. We investigate empirically how electoral democracy and judicial independence relate to personal …

judiciary in a democracy, since democracy implicitly assumes political elements to selection of all leaders (including judges … framed tension has been about the relative importance of judicial independence and judicial accountability in a democracy …, the underlying issue has been about which structure better promotes the legitimacy of the judiciary. An institution has …

, particularly in (i) Education, (ii) Rural Development, (iii) Renewable Energy and the Environment, (iv) Peace Building and … Consolidation of Democracy, and (v) Trade facilitation and integration in the international economy. …