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FORT - Political Finance Oversight Database
IFES's unique political oversight database.
Oversight
Welcome to Oversight — the toolkit for political finance institutions!
1.1 International Standards and Agreements
International standards are a set of principles defined in international/universal instruments and good practice guidelines.
0.2 Acknowledgements
The development of the Political Finance Implementation toolkit benefited hugely from support by more than 30 people from more than 15 countries.
0.3 Glossary
This Oversight glossary is based in part on the IFES TIDE Political Finance Oversight Handbook.
1 Part 1 Implications of the Legislative Framework for Oversight Institutions
This part of Oversight, toolkit for political finance institutions, includes information about areas of political finance regulation.
1.2 Reasons to Regulate Political Finance
Protection against corruption and undue influence is one of the key reasons to regulate political finance.
1.3 Components of Political Finance Regulatory Systems
Political finance regulation can be boiled down to five key elements: donations, public funding, expenditures, transparency and oversight/enforcement.
1.4 Emerging Legal and Regulatory Issues
Regulating political finance raises numerous and significant challenges. It is worth remembering that legislation must be appropriate for the political and legal context of each individual country.