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Category: development & democracy

Blinded by the rights? How democracy can win

DemDigest February 16, 2023 February 16, 2023

A study commissioned by USAID found that every $10 million of democracy assistance provided between 1992-2000 contributed to a 7-point jump on the Varieties of Democracy 100-point global electoral democracy… Read more »

Analysis, Authoritarianism, Democracy Assistance and Promotion, development & democracy #authoritarian #nedemocracy #jodemocracy, #SAMANTHAPOWER #USAID

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