Russia, North Korea, and Iran, democracy remains the world’s most commonly practiced form of government. In 2018, for example, a total of 96 out of 167 countries (57%) with populations of at least 500,000 were democracies of some type. Statistics show that the percentage of democracies...
Mozambique: An illustrative case of prosperity divergence 23 February, 2023 There are many countries in the bottom 40 group where the phenomenon of unsustainable development can be observed. One such example is Mozambique, even though it is… ...
Significant negative correlations between infection rates and the percentage of fully vaccinated individuals were found during September, October, and November, but not December. The loss of this protective effect in December is likely due to the emergence of the omicron (B.1.1.529) variant, ...
the jury is still out on whether this democratic experiment—the first of its kind, imperfect as it may be—has succeeded. In a 2023 Pew Research survey of more than 30,000 people in 24 countries, a median 26 percent said that rule by a strong leader who could make decisions without in...
Isn’t it better for a free Libyan people to trade and cooperate with foreign countries to benefit itself rather than for a dictator like Kaddafi to do the same thing while oppressing his people for the benefit of himself and his sons with their many lovers? A free people determines its ...
I count more than 50 democracies with GDP / capita lower than China’s. Is it your view that these countries should not be democracies, Menzie? Or look at it another way: Taiwan was at China’s current level of income at per cap PPP levels in 1992. By similar measures, 1995. ...
While some would put the existence of such a surveillance state down to the fact that there are no elections in China and hence no democracy, democratic countries are not immune from becoming surveillance states either. It is true that every government in every country is partially democratic. ...
Economic effects of positive credit information sharing: the case of Korea In many countries, in addition to negative credit information such as loan default and arrears, positive credit information is also exchanged on a voluntar... Joon-Ho Hahmsupa/supsup*/sup & Sangche Leesupb/sup - 《Ap...
In CEE coverage has shrunk year after year since free collective bargaining was restored after 1989 and during the Recession the mean dropped by 13 percentage points, from 42 to 29 percent. In Western Europe the coverage rate, averaged over 18 countries, stayed close to 80 percent until 1995 ...
But those places tend to be developing countries where law and order is weak, or places with political unrest. Compared to other industrialized democracies, the U.S. gun homicide rate is through the roof. The U.K., for example, had just 0.04 gun killings per 100,000 in 2019, and Japan...