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[b]Still, there are some who challenge this benign interpretation, pointing to two recent opinion surveys, one conducted by the UN’s Development Program and the other by the Chile-based Latinobarómetro, that reported that most respondents would choose a dictator over an elected leader if it provided economic benefits. In fact a closer reading of the surveys shows that although it is true that respondents are fed up with the slow way market reforms are working, support for democracy as the form of government and generic support for market policies has actually grown.