The Democratic Alternative: Democracy and Development in South Africa, India, and Brazil

Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Speakers
Ann Bernstein

Executive Director, The Centre for Development and Enterprise, South Africa; Author of The Democratic Alternative from the South: India, Brazil, and South Africa

John Campbell

Ralph Bunche Senior Fellow for Africa Policy Studies, Council on Foreign Relations; Contributing Author to Pathways to Freedom

Presider
Isobel Coleman

Senior Fellow and Director, Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy Initiative, Council on Foreign Relations; Coeditor of Pathways to Freedom

Isobel Coleman hosts Ann Bernstein, executive director of the Centre for Development and Enterprise in South Africa, and John Campbell, Ralph Bunche Senior Fellow for Africa Policy Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, for a discussion on how democracy can achieve inclusive growth in developing countries.

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