My new @devex piece: Why we should be Doing Development Democratically in this era of democratic backsliding, global protest, and rising authoritarianism https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="đŸ§”" title="Thread" aria-label="Emoji: Thread"> https://www.devex.com/news/opinion-doing-development-democratically-97977#.X1dvW95RUX8.twitter">https://www.devex.com/news/opin...
We cannot be content with just “good governance” and transitory results. We need a far more robust approach to supporting democracy and countering authoritarianism. We should be Doing Development Democratically.
According to @freedomhouse & @vdeminstitute there are 80-100 flawed democracies & electoral autocracies whose direction will determine whether the 21st century will be more open or closed than at the end of the 20th https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2020/leaderless-struggle-democracy">https://freedomhouse.org/report/fr...
Supporting civil society, independent media, legislative oversight, responsive government to create in a cycle of inclusion, participation, & accountability can result in transformative change in challenging environments like #Nigeria http://www.perlnigeria.net/ ">https://www.perlnigeria.net/">...
Faltering democracy in US & EU, legacy of systemic racism & colonialism, failing to deal w/ #COVID19 causes many to ask “who are you to talk about promoting democracy?”. US cannot preach democracy because we have it figured out, we work on it together bc we are all in it together
It will always be citizens struggling on front lines who bring about change in their own society. Comes from confronting #kleptocracy w/ anti-corruption efforts, #disinformation w/ free speech, oppression w/ the exercise of the right of assembly! h/t @NDI https://www.ndi.org/reports/35th-anniversary-report">https://www.ndi.org/reports/3...
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