Does democracy travel well? Exporting democratic governance to sub-Saharan Africa

Promoting democracy in developing countries has proved difficult and its impact hard to evaluate.

Since the end of the Cold War the international donor community has tried to promote democratic systems of governance in developing countries. What governance trends are currently observable in sub-Saharan Africa? Is progress being made or do African states slide back into autocracy? Prof. Gordon Crawford will address these questions and suggest alternative approaches to democracy support.

Gordon Crawford is professor and director of the Centre for Global Development at the University of Leeds. He is co-editor of the journal Democratization. He has published the book "Foreign Aid and Political Reform: A Comparative Analysis of Democracy Assistance and Political Conditionality", Palgrave Macmillan, 2001.