Publication
Mar 2007
This paper explores the spread of democracy among developing countries and its implications for shifts in global living standards. It defines 'democratizers' as countries that have made and sustained an advance in their democratic political institutions since the 1970s. The author highlights the varied development experiences of countries by analyzing their economic growth, infant mortality rates and cereal yields. He points to characteristics of democracies' development as their being more stable than developing countries with closed political systems
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Author | Joseph Siegle |
Series | DAI Publications |
Publisher | DAI |
Copyright | © 2007 DAI |