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Building Resilience Against Election Influence Operations
IFES in partnership with ASD at the German Marshall Fund provides timely insights and recommendations for how countries can bolster their resilience against the rising scale and sophistication of election disinformation.
April 23, 2024
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Report/Paper
Overcoming Challenges to Democracy and Governance Programs in Post-Conflict Countries: CEPPS Lessons Learned
How can democracy and governance programs be more effective in post-conflict environments?
May 18, 2021
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Electoral Assessment
New Report on Abuse of State Resources Assessment in Bosnia and Herzegovina
As part of a two-year research effort, IFES recently developed a detailed methodology for evaluating a country’s legal framework related to the abuse of state resources (ASR) in elections. A new report details findings from an ASR assessment conducted by IFES in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
June 20, 2018
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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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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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International Election Support: Helping or Hindering Democratic Elections?
Based on an analysis of the potential effectiveness of various modalities of electoral support utilized by international donors to promote democracy, this paper seeks to identify whether improvements to those democracy-promoting tools are warranted.
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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IFES Bosnia and Herzegovina Voter Education and Civic Organizing Project, FINAL REPORT, Concerning USAID Indefinite Quantity Contract (IQC)
This report summarizes IFES efforts in Bosnia and Herzegovina to spread and enhance voter education and civic organizing. The report details ho IFES urges citizens to realize the information and tools to engage in the political process; help them understand that they have a right and an obligation to demand government accountability; assist them to develop the skills and confidence to approach authorities; and counsel them through the process of seeing their needs met.” The report also details IFES Citizens' Guides for a number of municipalities, with the goal of completing one in each municipality where IFES has a presence. These guides explain local government structure and the responsibilities of each agency and official and provide the municipal budget and phone numbers to contact officials.
May 31, 2002
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Report/Paper
Judicial Independence Conference Lima, Peru Nov 29-30, 2001
This report summarizes the Judicial Independence Conference in Lima, Peru from November 2001. The event was intended to and served multiple purposes. Among other things, it imparted a wealth of rich, new comparative information, as well as lessons learned, through a serious, well organized discussion of judicial independence.
January 27, 2002
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Lima Declaration on Judicial Independence
IFES organized a conference on judicial independence in Lima, Peru, in November 2001 to roll out the recently released IFES/USAID publication entitled Judicial Independence Guide: Guidance for Promoting Judicial Independence and Impartiality. The Lima Declaration was developed during the conference with a view to prioritizing judicial independence issues, developing specific strategies to implement short and long-term reforms and identifying specific programs and best practices.
November 29, 2001