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A world of insecurity — Pranab Bardhan

In Pursuit of Development

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Democracy in India Unlocks Both the Positive and the Negative

Youv been highlighting how important the lack of democratic accountability has been in china. The classic case, you know, from my ph d, looking at omotcens work, et cetera, is what happened during the great leap forward,. And estimated 35 million people died because there was no freedom of speech and information was suppressed. So tat the role of informal democratic early warning was not there in china, which caused that. I wanted to then ask you about india, because you mentioned all of these things about democracy that is good in india.

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