Recent studies on economic growth report that preventing the abuse of state power through democratic institutions is critical to a nation's development. However, there has been little prior research ...

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Policymakers, academics, and civil society leaders have issued an urgent call for African governments to pursue deep ...

The violent protests in Nepal demonstrate that democracy and development are inherently intertwined, and that governments ...

The capitalist financial system blocks democratic control over investment by its very nature. We need a new model of ...

Ethiopia has attempted to transition to democracy twice. First in 1991, when a new government overthrew a dictatorial ...

The Kenyan economy remains tied to the life support of debt, peasant agriculture, and largely the informal sector. Income inequality, poverty, and unemployment remain major defining features of our ...

Why some of Asia’s authoritarian regimes have democratized as they have grown richer—and why others haven’t Over the past century, Asia has been transformed by rapid economic growth, industrialization ...

Oby Ezekwesili, former minister of education, says the decline of independent media is eroding transparency and accountability across the world.

For 75 years, both parties have supported nurturing foreign governments committed to political freedom and free markets.

Africa’s democratic gains are eroding, a new report warns, citing neoliberal economics, colonial currencies and leaders ...