dispensation is young, comprehensive empirical works to this effect in the case of Africa are hard to find. This study, therefore … Africa. Second, the study investigates the joint effect of economic development and elections on debt servicing in Africa … periods are associated with lower debt servicing in Africa, and (2) economic development is significant in enhancing debt …

, measures of democracy, human development, corruption perception index and per capita income, which in turn jointly influence … 2-SLS. Empirically, it has been established that globalization, democracy, human development and low level of corruption …

This study attempts to reconcile competing positions in the debate over whether democracy improves human development by … showing that some aspects of democracy – but not others – affect human development. Specifically, we argue that the “electoral …” aspect of democracy improves human development while aspects related to citizen empowerment do not (or scarcely so). Likewise …