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The Cycle of Corruption: Elections and the Abuse of State Resources
In many ways, elections are a central component in cycles of systemic corruption. IFES conducted a two-year research project to develop an assessment methodology to evaluate the effectiveness of a given country’s framework for addressing the abuse of state resources in election campaigns. The final product of this project is a detailed methodology that specifically examines three categories of state resources: state personnel; state funds and physical resources; and official government communications to the public.
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Report/Paper
Global Trends in The Regulation of Political Finance
This paper deals with the role of money in politics, and in particular with certain efforts by countries around the world to regulate this role. In the current world (and probably since we first started organising ourselves politically), money in politics or political finance as we commonly know it is a central aspect of any political system, whether democratic or undemocratic, "developed" or "developing" and regardless of political culture or tradition.
February 14, 2011
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Book
Political Finance in Post-Conflict Societies
This study of political finance in post-conflict society identifies lessons learned from international donor-funded efforts to support political processes in post-conflict environments in general and the funding of political parties and campaign finance in particular. The document consists of eight case studies that seek to improve our understanding not only of the political dynamics of post-conflict situations but also of how to rally international support for holding elections and supporting democratization under such circumstances.
April 30, 2006
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Report/Paper
Information Technology Mission: May - September 1996, Bosnia and Herzegovina
This report summarizes IFES’ provision of technical assistance to the Provisional Election Commission (PEC) in Bosnia Herzegovina in 1995. The IFES projects assisted with preparation for the September 14, 1996 National Elections.
This report discusses in detail the USAID-funded project which was the most technologically complex of the IFES projects - an Information Technology Mission whose work began in May 1996 as the OSCE began to realize the importance and necessity of an Information Technology capability within the Sarajevo headquarters.
November 30, 1996
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Report/Paper
Pre-Election Technical Assessment of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
This report summarizes IFES efforts to analyze the Macedonian election system in regards to new Election Laws, political party organizations. Additionally, the report assesses the various needs and priorities addressed by the international donor community with regard to democratization assistance efforts.
June 30, 1994