"In From Development to Democracy: The Transformations of Modern Asia, Dan Slater and Joseph Wong seek to explain why democracy emerged in some countries, has been tried in others and is unlikely to ...

There was a time when many Africans viewed democracy as the destination. Today, perhaps it is time to ask a more difficult ...

India can adopt a new path to development, one that no developing country has taken before, wherein its firms come up with world-beating ideas and products and deliver them globally. No large ...

NHRC warns hate speech could undermine democracy, trigger violence and weaken Nigeria’s development ahead of 2027 elections.

History and direct political experience suggest that if democracy and broad-based social and human development are to be sustainable, they must be pursued in tandem. When people are free to choose ...

Former Deputy Governor of Imo State, Prince Eze Madumere, has described democracy as the catalyst for sustainable socio-economic and cultural development in the country.The American-trained technocrat ...

The busy Shibuya district, Tokyo's commercial and financial hub, in November. After World War II, Japan's elites embraced democracy, and economic growth surged ...

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'rendered': 'The Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Dennis Otuaro, has said that Democracy Day represents a defining milestone in Nigeria’s democratic evolution, adding that it ...

Slater and Wong ask why economic development does not always lead to democracy, as traditional modernization theory predicted it would—and also why it sometimes does. They compare 12 Asian states that ...