The role of democracy in Uganda's move to universal primary education

By D. Stasavage. The Journal of Modern African Studies, 2005

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Is Democracy Good for the Poor (2006, background): “An analysis of 44 African states by Stasavage (2005a) finds strong evidence that democracy has increased government spending on education, and a series of studies of Latin America finds that democracy is robustly linked to higher spending on health, education, and social security (Avelino, Brown,…”
The Long Walk to School: International Education Goals in Historical Perspective (2004, background): “That is, [t]he Ugandan government has been able to meet its objectives in the area of primary education, because as a prior condition it established macroeconomic stability (Stasavage 2003, p. 3).”