Research Handbook on Democracy and Development
Edited by Gordon Crawford and Abdul-Gafaru Abdulai
Abstract
Countries in sub-Saharan Africa have experienced a growth revival and substantial democratization. This raises the question, has democracy increased growth in Africa? We test this hypothesis with four different measures of democracy and do not find any strong and robust empirical support for a democracy causes growth story in Africa, but it has not slowed growth either.
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