1. What is the research topic of the paper?
The poverty effect of democratization is the research topic of the paper. It discusses
the influence democratization has on poverty.
2. What is the research question of the paper?
The research question is how are institutions related and influence poverty. It
questions whether democratization really means growth and the influence it has on
inequality and health.
3. What is the dependent variable?
Poverty
4. What is the independent variable?
Democracy
5. How many countries are in their sample?
140 for the time period 1980-2018
6. What is the time period under analysis?
1980-2018
7. What is the authors’ source for poverty data?
From WDI database.
8. List three sources of previous literature cited in the literature review
a. Abouharb and Cingranelli, 2007,M. Rodwan Abouharb, David Cingranelli,
Human rights and structural adjustment,Cambridge University Press (2007)
b. Acemoglu, 2008,D. Acemoglu,Growth and Institutions
Steven N. Durlauf, Lawrence E. Blume (Eds.), The New Palgrave Dictionary of
Economics (Second Edition.), Palgrave Macmillan (2008)
c. Acemoglu and Daron, 2008,Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson,Persistence of
power, elites, and institutions,American Economic Review, 98 (1) (2008),
pp. 267-293
9. Table 1 on p. 7 has a table of descriptive statistics. We’ll talk more about these soon,
but for now: which has more observations in the sample used by the researchers,
democracies or non-democracies?
Democracies
10. The abstract provides a short overview of the research. According to the abstract,
what are the findings of the research?
The relationship between democracy, eradicating poverty, and achieving global
development goals is examined in this study. In light of recent unrest, it recognises
challenges to democratic values and highlights poverty reduction as a major
worldwide goal. Through processes like wealth redistribution and improved access to
society institutions, democracies can aid in the eradication of poverty. However, when
influenced by elitism or dysfunctionality, they could impede growth. The data from
140 nations from 1980 to 2018 using a variety of methodologies to address causality
issues is used . The results are conflicting: some assessments find no discernible effect
of electoral democracy on poverty, while others predict a drop in poverty of 11–14%
within five years and a 20% reduction between ten–fourteen years of democratization.
Despite uncertainty, it is believed that inclusive democratic institutions are essential
for social well-being, even though it is still unclear how electoral democracy alone
will affect poverty.