Publication

This brief discusses the implications of technocratic styles of policymaking for democracies. The author argues that they distort structures of accountability, as governments become more answerable to multilateral agencies and investors than to representative institutions and the public at large and also affect responses to employment and social protection, poverty eradication and conflict management. Furthermore, he states that citizens may lose confidence in the democratic process if they believe their votes are irrelevant in decisions that affect their lives.