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Is democracy favorable or adverse for the environment? While some studies find democracy
to increase the likelihood of achieving sustainable development, others propose that …

Is economic development conducive to political democracy? Does democracy foster or
hinder material welfare? These two questions are examined by looking at the experiences of …

Published in 1998. The question of whether democracy and development are allies or
adversaries has long been debated and with the triumph of the democratic spirit worldwide …

The trend t:: Jwards democratization in politics, global integration and the market
mechanism in the developing world in the last two decades of the twentieth century has …

For Amartya Sen, winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize for economics, it was clear:" The most
important thing that has happened in the 20th century is democracy." Yet today, for many …

The paper dissects the hypothesis that democracy is inimical to economic development. The
historical origin of this perspective is presented and its key theoretical and empirical …

One of the most discussed topics in comparative politics is the relationship between
democracy and economic development. One of the best established results in this field is the …

Competing theoretical models have been proposed that represent each of the possibilities:
democracy as facilitating development, democracy as a hindrance to development, and …

Development and Democracy confirms the robust relationship between levels of economic
development and democracy, but suggests that globalization is a key variable in …