Democracy and Development:

A Historical Perspective

Principal authors:

John Gerring, Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak, Strom Thacker

Contributing authors:

Caroline Beer, David S. Brown, Kevin Gallagher,

Peter Kingstone, Matthew Lange, Aseema Sinha

Forward:

Amartya Sen

Corresponding author:

John Gerring

Department of Political Science

Boston University

232 Bay State Road

Boston MA 02215

jgerring@bu.edu

Draft:  April 11, 2007

Table of Contents

              Foreward

              1. Introduction

              2. Methodological Issues

I. ECONOMIC POLICIES 

              3. Growth

              4. Economic Policy

              5. Infrastructure

              6. Policy Continuity

II. NONECONOMIC POLICIES

              7. Environmental Policy

              8. Education

              9. Public Health

              10. Gender Equality 

III. CASE STUDIES 

              11. Brazil

              12. India

              13. Mauritius

IV. CONCLUSIONS

              14. The Statistical Findings

              15. General Conclusions

              References