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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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Understanding, Adjudicating, and Resolving Election Disputes
In an effort to guide stakeholders to effectively resolve election complaints, IFES has identified seven principle international standards in electoral complaints adjudication, outlined in this paper.
February 14, 2011
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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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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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Nicaragua: Observacion Internacional 20 de Octubre de 1996
November 30, 1996
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Nicaragua: Election Observation Mission
This report summarizes the IFES observation of the general elections in Nicaragua in 1996. The report discusses IFES activities such as
conducting a pre-electoral assessment, providing in situ technical assistance, election education, civic education, and international election observation.
November 30, 1996
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Nicaragua: Pre-Election Technical Assessment (May 15 - June 4, 1993)
This document summarizes IFES findings from an on-site pre-technical assessment of the Nicaraguan electoral system from 1993. The report provides recommendations, notes on the constitution, election results, political parties and provides a review of the electoral system. The report is mostly in English with various documents in Spanish.
June 30, 1993