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Phoenix666 [soylentnews.org] writes:

A study by the Germany-based Bertelsmann Foundation notes a global decline in democracy and models of social market economy [laprensasa.com], and an increase in religion's influence in political and legal institutions.
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The study, in which 250 experts participated, analyzed 129 developing countries and countries in transition every two years to assess the situation based on 17 criteria.

Only six of those 129 countries are credited with "very good governance" lowest level since 2006, when the study began to be regularly performed; while governments of other 46 countries "demonstrate either failed or weak transformation efforts."

Since two years ago, when the last study took place, the number of autocracies has increased from 58 percent to 73 percent, and only 15 of 55 autocracies protect "civil rights even on a basic level, with modest political rights."

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