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A Framework for the Elite's Role in Development with Stefan Dercon

Charter Cities Podcast

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The Importance of Democracy in Growth

The east Asian tigers china Rwanda Ethiopia they are all either autocratic today or were autocratic during their take off and you do write that i think while there's some evidence that democracy helps for longer run growth it's not clear whether it's an important ingredient to spur take off. Do you worry then with your development bargain framework that as the authoritarian regimes in say china or a wanda or others continue to deliver growth that this could only serve to consolidate authoritarianism? "I worry all the time about things like that"

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