In This Issue

In October, Indian Oil stations in Jaipur, the capital city of Rajasthan, became hotspots for information about the sensitive issue of female feticide.… read more »

IFES Begins New Election Project in Yemen

IFES is beginning a new project in Yemen that seeks to tackle several important issues that emerged during the country's 2006 elections.… read more »

Book Review: Democracy's Good Name

Michael Mandelbaum's Democracy's Good Name plots the rise of democracy as a form of government and its evolving reputation from its beginnings as a discredited and "dangerous" form of government to its present day predominance.… read more »

Partner Spotlight:
Q&A with Liberia's James Fromayan

Liberia is marking two years after historic elections brought Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to power as Africa's first democratically-elected female head of state.… read more »

IFES Helps Ivorians Navigate Identification Process

IFES is conducting its first civic education campaign in Côte d'Ivoire aimed at helping millions of people unable to vote or access basic services due to a lack of official documentation.… read more »

New Photo Gallery

Combating Corruption in Central Africa

IFES is working with civil society organizations in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Burundi on two new anti-corruption projects. The projects train civil society groups and government institutions to investigate corruption, and provide forums in which citizens and politicians discuss serious issues. The end goal is to improve transparency and expose public trust violations.

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Featured Publication

Getting to the CORE:

Practices to effectively reduce costs and maintain integrity in the elections process.
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Featured Website

ACE Electoral Knowledge Network Website

IFES, along with eight partner organizations, manages the ACE website, providing extensive information about the nuts and bolts of election administration.
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Key Elections

	Upcoming Elections on ElectionGuide.org Lebanon: Presidential, November 12 Denmark: Parliamentary, November 13 Nepal: Legislative, November 22
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Events

November 9, Azerbaijan Roundtable: IFES and the Council of Europe will co-host a roundtable in Baku on the composition of election commissions. Contact Laura Ingalls, lingalls@ifes.org for details.

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