Assessing the Quality of Democracy: A Practical Guide
This guide includes all the normative principles and practical elements of IDEA’s State of Democracy Assessment framework, including the experiences…
Geographical Coverage: Global
International IDEA’s #GlobalStateofDemocracy 2022 Report was published yesterday and findings show that #democracy weakened in 2022 globally but people are coming together in innovative ways to #RenewSocialContracts‼️
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Unpacking the Summit for Democracy Commitments
This report provides an analysis of the first Summit for Democracy (2021) and presents several options and opportunities for the…
Voter Turnout Since 1945: A Global Report
The report brings together information on and analysis of electoral turnout in the world, and includes statistics from more than…
Security Sector Reform in Constitutional Transitions
This Policy Paper aims to support advisors and decision-makers in navigating reforms concerning security, democratization and constitutional transitions. The Paper…
Regulating Online Campaign Finance
this report outlines some of the challenges that policymakers, legislators and oversight agencies face when drafting and implementing laws to…
Religion–State Relation
This document discusses how constitutions regulate the relationship between religious and state authorities.
Removal of Presidents
This Primer seeks to inform and aid decisions on the constitutional design of presidential removal processes through a comparative discussion…
The Potential Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Political Finance Systems: Insights from Recent Public Funding Reforms
This Technical Paper analyses case studies of past public funding reforms and provides practical insights for states considering reform during…
Presidential Legislative Powers
This document examines how presidents in presidential and semi-presidential democracies typically possess, in addition to executive powers strictly defined, certain…