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		<title>Has Democratization Reduced Infant Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tiago Peixoto]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Evidence suggests it has. Excerpts from paper by&#160;Masayuki Kudamatsu: Does democracy promote development? Despite a large number of empirical studies of&#160;this question, the evidence remains inconclusive since it is dif&#64257;cult to establish causality&#160;running from democracy to development: democracy is likely &#8230; <a href="http://democracyspot.net/2014/02/11/has-democratization-reduced-infant-mortality-in-sub-saharan-africa-2/">Continue reading <span>&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=democracyspot.net&#38;blog=39878169&#38;post=948&#38;subd=democracyspotdotnet&#38;ref=&#38;feed=1" width="1" height="1">
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