What is it about?
Democracy in Africa has expanded steadily since the end of the cold war. This paper examines the impact of democratization on economic growth and civil conflict in African countries and finds evidence of positive impacts on both.
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Why is it important?
This paper uses waves of democracy - the way that democracy tends to spread across multiple countries at the same time - to identify the impact of democracy on growth and civil conflict.
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This empirical study finds solid evidence that democratization encourages economic growth and reduces civil conflict in Africa. Steady progress continues in many parts of the world, which is easy to lose sight of because it rarely makes news.
Dr. Alan M Green
Stetson University
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This page is a summary of: Democracy and institutions in postcolonial Africa, Journal of Institutional Economics, October 2016, Cambridge University Press,
DOI: 10.1017/s1744137416000278.
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