Covid-19 & Elections
This document explores how several countries including members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have had their…
Type: Briefs/Notes
Understanding and responding to the protection needs of climate activists and movements
Activists and civil society organisations have warned of a gap preventing communication between those who identify as climate activists and…
Local Public Services and Sustainable Development
This Analytics Note seeks to capture the change in focus devoted to different local public services by city governments around…
Local Public Services In Crisis Mode: Adapting Governance Models To Exceptional Times: Emergency Governance for Cities and Regions
This paper explores how due to capacity and funding constraints, local and regional governments may not always be able to…
Multilevel Governance and Covid-19 Emergency Coordination
This Analytics Note focuses on multilevel governance and emergency coordination during the COVID-19 pandemic. Section 1 draws on case study…
Asset Recovery
This document is about UNCAC (Article 53) which provides for direct recovery of assets, whereby a foreign state is able…
Post-workshop Briefing Paper: Preventing a COVID-19 Crisis in Africa
This document reports on an event organised by the Carter Center’s China Program partnered with the China Institutes of Contemporary…
Challenges and Opportunities for Transatlantic Democracies in the wake of COVID-19
The virus has also called into question the capacity of Western-style democracies to cope with challenges like the coronavirus. Rather…
East African Federation: A New Regional Power?
In September 2018, the East African Community appointed a twelve member Committee of Experts to begin drafting a new constitution…
Is Democracy in Decline? Tracking Developments Over the Past Twenty Years
Headlines concerning the outlook for democracy generally lean toward two conclusions: it is in dangerous decline and the free world…