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Abstract: Ghana held its fourth successful elections in late 2008 and subsequently witnessed the peaceful handover of power from ruling party to opposition. The country's leaders must now reform its institutions of governance.

DEMOCRACY SUPPORT IS A RELATIVELY NEW FORM OF DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE. THERE ARE NO BLUEPRINTS FOR BUILDING DEMOCRACY OR FOR ASSISTING THOSE SEEKING TO DO SO. THIS AUTHOR DISPUTES TWO SCHOLARS' VIEW THAT DEMOCRACY ASSISTANCE IS TOO EXPENSIVE. HE STATES THAT IN ADDITION TO DWELLING ON THE DOLLAR COSTS OF DEMOCRACY, SCHOLARS MUST ALSO LOOK AT WHAT MIGHT BE CALLED THE "MISSED-OPPORTUNITY COST" - THE QUANTIFIABLE AND NONQUANTIFIABLE COSTS OF THE ALTERNATIVE TO DEMOCRACY AND THE LONG-TERM COST SAVINGS FROM DEMOCRATIZATION.

Identifies broad movements toward democratization, and ways that the foundation for liberal government and democratic consolidation is being laid despite remaining setbacks; focuses on renewed interest in constitutional government, surge in civil society, and resurrection of parliaments; 1990s, chiefly.