Emilia Kowalewska

Emilia Kowalewska Associate Fellow Emilia Kowalewska, MA (Cantab), LLM, PhD, holds a Law Degree from the University of Cambridge, an LL.M. degree in International Human Rights Law (magna cum laude from the University of Notre

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Gambling on Development? An interview with Stefan Dercon

In this podcast, Stefan Dercon, Professor of Economic Policy at Oxford University and former chief economist at UK Department of International Development, argues that the elites’ policies, rather than the people, are the ones that matter for economic development. He also notes, while democracies and autocracies perform similarly well in economy on average, the real difference is the variance among autocracies.

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Robert H. Wade

Robert H. Wade Fellow Robert H. Wade is a New Zealander, currently Professor of Global Political Economy at the London School of Economics. He has previously worked at the Institute of Development Studies (University of

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Does democracy deliver development?

In this podcast episode, Dr Brian Wong and Alan Doss examined the relations between democracy and development, delving into multiple cases including China, Congo and Myanmar, as well as examining the role of UN in democracy and development. Alan Doss emphasized that democracy is not a panacea for development and it cannot be imported but has to be a “local construct.”

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