Description

Democracy and development are deeply intertwined in spite of the difficulty of identifying a direct, causal and quantifiable relationship between them. More importantly, they are increasingly understood today as including each other to a great extent and building upon each other.

Both democracy and development are political processes requiring long-term, context-specific and integrated approaches, and they need to be owned, shaped and pursued by those who demand them and who will be their ultimate beneficiaries. Enhancing the capacity of democratic institutions to deliver on the reduction of poverty and inequality is key to the reclaiming of their credibility.

These issues were discussed at the Democracy and Development Round Table held in New Delhi from 17 to 18 June 2008. The Round Table was organized by the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, International IDEA, and the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS).

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Opening statements:
Vidar Helgesen, Rajeev Bhargava, Jairam Ramesh

Panel 1:
Peter deSouza, Pranab K. Bardhan, Maria Amparo Casar, Larry Diamond, Gloria Somolekae

Panel 2:
Javeed Alam, Akwasi Osei Adjei, François-Xavier de Donnea, Aruna Roy, Ravi Srivastava

Panel 3:
Pranab K. Bardhan, Saskia Sassen, Nivedita Menon, Jorge Heine, Najam Sethi

Table of Contents

Introduction
Preface
Acronyms and abbreviations
Opening statements

PART 1. DEVELOPMENT – AN IDEAL, AN ELECTORAL SLOGAN, OR A SINE QUA NON OF DEMOCRACY?

Democracy – facilitating or hampering development?
Challenges to Mexican democracy – structure and key issues on the agenda
Democratic development and economic development – linkages and policy imperatives
Democracy, development and poverty – on strengthening the capacity of African parliaments and political parties to play a more effective role in poverty reduction
Questions and answers

PART 2. ROOM FOR POLITICS – DEMOCRATIZING NATIONAL OWNERSHIP OF DEVELOPMENT

Windows of opportunity – the Ghana experience
Making development efficient – national ownership and strengthened parliaments
Reclaiming Indian democracy through poor people’s protest
Democracy and pro-poor development
Questions and answers

PART 3. DEMOCRACY AND DEVELOPMENT – THE IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION

Towards a multiplication of specialized assemblages of territory, authority and rights
Globalization, democracy and development – rethinking the linkages
Globalization and democracy: how well do they mesh?
Globalization, Pakistan and terrorism
Questions and answers

CONCLUDING REMARKS AND MESSAGES

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