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Authoritarian Survival and Poverty Traps: Land Reform in Mexico
June 2017
This paper examines why governments in underdeveloped countries systematically pursue policies that prevent long-term economic growth.
"Political Logic of Poverty Relief" Electoral Strategies and Social Policy in Mexico
October 2016
Poverty relief programs are shaped by politics.
Authoritarian Survival and Poverty Traps: Land Reform in Mexico [Feb. 2015]
February 2015
This paper examines why governments in underdeveloped countries systematically pursue policies that prevent long-term economic growth.
Whither Russia? Autocracy Is Here for Now, but Is It Here to Stay?
December 2012
Judging from some of the titles of recent books on Russia—for example, Richard Sakwa's The Crisis of Russian Democracy, Gulnaz Sharafutdinova's Political Consequences of Crony Capitalism inside...
Azerbaijan's 2005 Parliamentary Elections: A Failed Attempt at Transition
September 2008
The 2005 elections in Azerbaijan qualify as a failed transition from authoritarianism to democracy.
Is it Africa's Turn? Progress in the World's Poorest Region
May 2008
By the turn of this century, sub-Saharan Africa had experienced twenty-five years of economic and political disaster.
Empowering the Poor: What Does Democracy Have to Do with It?
April 2005
Poverty reduction on a large scale depends on empowering those who are most motivated to move out of poverty - poor people themselves.
The Vicious Cycle of Inequality in Latin America
December 2004
The new millennium began with the triumph of democracy and markets. But for whom is life just, how so, and why? And what is being done to correct persisting injustices?
Moving Up Out of Poverty: What Does Democracy Have to Do With It?
August 2004
Morally and analytically, there is no more vexing phenomenon than the persistence of mass poverty.
The Rule of Law as Transition to Democracy in China
December 2003
This paper assesses Pan Wei's proposal for a 'consultative rule of law system' for China, finding it a potentially important step along the path of political reform.
On Democratic Equality
December 2003
Equality points to one of the critical dimensions along which the quality of democracy varies.
The (Too-Low but) Rising Quality of Democracy in Brazil and Chile
December 2003
There is a reading of democracy in both these countries that is not optimistic.
How democracy affects growth
December 2001
This paper introduces a new methodology to examine the empirical relationshipbetween democracy and economic growth.
Democracy in Developing Countries: Latin America
December 1999
Extensively revised since the first edition was published in 1989, this analytically balanced and empirically rich volume thoroughly examines the historical, cultural, social, economic, political,...
How Much Inequality Can Democracy Stand?
December 1996
On 26-27 January 1996, the National Endowment for Democracy's International Forum for Democratic Studies and the Pacific Council on International Policy convened a one-and-a-half-day conference on...
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Ertharin Cousin Payne Distinguished Lecturer, FSI Distinguished Fellow, FSE, Distinguished Fellow, CDDRL 
