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    Political Finance Regulation: The Global Experience

    Political Finance Regulation: The Global Experience offers insight into how the often-muddy intersection between money and politics can be regulated, taking into account the experiences of various countries around the world. The concept for the book arose from the two-plus years of IFES’ work on a United Nations Democracy Fund project aimed at establishing global standards for political finance.

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    Political Finance, Financial Disclosure, Public Funding

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    Currency from around the world.

    Political Finance

    Promoting political integrity through the establishment of transparent and accountable systems of political finance and public ethics is a priority in emerging, consolidating, and established democracies. Recognizing that each environment requires a unique approach, IFES partners with international organizations and works with all key in-country stakeholders – government institutions, political parties, civil society groups, media, and scholars – in a collaborative and holistic manner to support effective and appropriate transparency and accountability measures.

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Features

BRIDGE stands for Building Resources in Democracy, Governance and Elections. It is a modular professional development program with a particular focus on electoral processes.

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Since 1998, ElectionGuide has been an election information leader, providing profiles of national-level elections with up-to-date information on contending parties/candidates, issues at stake, news and analysis, government and electoral structures, election results, and voter turnout. Click on the link above to learn more about or to visit ElectionGuide.

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The F. Clifton White Virtual Resource Center (VRC) is a repository of unique election materials from countries around the world.  The VRC also features video and photo exhibits highlighting materials and elections of interest.  IFES’ ongoing work, as well as historic moments in democracy-building are captured in the VRC pages.  We invite you to contribute materials and provide feedback as we improve this dynamic resource portal.

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Promoting political integrity through the establishment of transparent and accountable systems of political finance and public ethics is a priority in emerging, consolidating, and established democracies. Recognizing that each environment requires a unique approach, IFES partners with international organizations and works with all key in-country stakeholders to implement initiatives that apply tested best-practices.

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