Corruption in the commons: How quality of government shapes the provision of safe drinking water in democracies.While more than half of all countries in the world are qualified as democratic, more democracies than ever before are in decline. According to a new study, the setbacks amount to a third wave of autocratization in which 60 of the 75 democracies that ever underwent autocratization turned into autocracies. What is the effect of regime-type on public goods provision such as clean drinking water? In Gothenburg, Sweden, Dr. Marina Povitkina joins GWF’s Jesper Svensson to discuss democracy, quality of government and water provision. She also talks about her experience in the Republic of Moldova and the mechanisms at play there.