October 6, 2004 ☼ Foreign Affairs
This is an archived blog post from The Acorn.
OxBlog’s Patrick Belton points out a fine article by CFR scholars on Why Democracies Excel.
U.S. and international development agencies, believing that poor countries should develop economically before they become democratic, have not taken politics into account when disbursing aid. This is a mistake: poor democracies are almost always stronger, calmer, and more caring than poor autocracies, because they allow power to be shared and encourage openness and accountability. They deserve all the help they can get. [NYT/Foreign Affairs]
Related Link: It’s Democracy, stupid!
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