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Internet Use and Democratic Demands: A Multinational, Multilevel Model of Internet Use and Citizen Attitudes About Democracy
Africa, Article / Working Paper, Asia and the Pacific, Media, Academic/Think TankThe success of a democracy depends, in part, on public demand for democratic institutions. How does Internet use shape citizens' preferences for regime type? Combining individual public opinion data from Africa and Asia with country-level indices, we test a multilevel model examining the relationship between Internet penetration, individual Internet use, and citizen demand for...
The Making of Policy: Institutionalized or Not?
Article / Working Paper, Civil Society, Democracy, Latin America and the Carribean, Media, Parliament, Political Parties, Inter-Governmental OrganizationFormal analysis of policy-making within the realm of political institutions has deepened the understanding of how political institutions shape economic policies. Other than voting, forming political parties, bargaining in the legislature, and the like, there are a number of alternative political technologies (APTs), like threats of violence and of disruption of economic activity,...
Impact assessment of ICT-for-development projects: a compendium of approaches
Article / Working Paper, Civil Society, Media, Academic/Think TankThis paper is a part of the Development Informatics working paper series, which discusses the broad issues surrounding information, knowledge, information systems, and information and communication technologies in the process of socio-economic development. While there has been an increase in the investment in information and communication technologies for development (ICT4D) projects, little is...
Economic freedom and economic performance: evidence from ECOWAS countries using panel data analysis
Africa, Article / Working Paper, Media, Academic/Think TankThe paper used the Heritage Foundation measure of economic freedom (the aggregate and the component indices) and analyzed its impact on economy-wide as well as sectoral economic performance using panel data and mixed-fixed random effects models estimation approach. The results suggest that: · economic freedom negatively affected...