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15 YEARS OF UNINTERRUPTED DEMOCRACY IN NIGERIA WHAT IS THE CORRELATION BETWEEN DEMOCRACY AND DEVELOPMENT
The wave of democratization that swept through some developing countries in the 1980s prompted academic scholars to debate the interface between democracy and development. The debate actually polarized the academic arena. Some scholars are of the view that democracy leads to development. On the other hand, proponents of the negative relation between democracy and development argued that democracy brings no development. They based their hypothesis on Taiwan, Singapore and South Korea that have no democratic institutions, yet they are economically developed. This debate has led this paper to exa…
