literature on aid and democracy. It asks: Does aid-especially democracy aid-have positive impact on democracy? How? What factors … most influence its impact? In so doing, it considers studies that explicitly focus on 'democracy aid' as an aggregate … category, its subcomponents (e.g. aid to elections), and 'developmental aid'. Overall, the evidence suggests that i) democracy …

This study explores the complex relationship between information pollution, polarisation, and democracy in Brazil, a … lastly support for democracy itself. The findings of this study point to critical entry points for addressing information …

average effects of 46% higher exports for countries after thirty years in democracy, but demonstrate that these effects are … driven by the democratic dividend for income: the causal chain runs from democracy to economic prosperity to trade, and … democracy appears to have a limited ‘direct’ effect on trade flows. …

forms of populist authoritarianism and the securitization of civil society. Previously hopeful calls for dignity, democracy …