Independent Regulatory and Oversight (Fourth-Branch) Institutions
This Primer discusses independent regulatory and oversight institutions. These are public bodies, politically neutral and independent from the three main…
Theme: Democracy
Gender Assessment of Political Parties’ Internal Regulations in Sudan
This Report examines political parties’ internal policies and structures and their impact on women’s access to positions of power and…
Global Passport to Modern Direct Democracy
This document offers basic information about the tools of direct democracy. It introduces key definitions, describes various tools, and includes…
The Global State of Democracy 2021
This Report provides lessons and recommendations that governments, political and civic actors, and international democracy assistance providers should consider in…
The Global State of Democracy IDEAthons
This report summarizes the main findings from each of the IDEAthons, collaborative events that engaged with issues of The Global…
How Federations Responded to Covid-19
This document explores how countries with a federal form of government responded in distinctive ways to the health and economic…
Engaging Young People and Women in European Parliament Elections
This Discussion Paper puts together relevant data on the inclusion of young people and women in European Parliament elections.
Enhancing Natural Resource Governance in Africa
This document discusses the need for a new developmental approach to natural resource governance in Africa, with an emphasis on…
Federalism
This Primer explores how federalism, as a constitutional mechanism for dividing power between different levels of government, can enjoy constitutionally…
Financing of electoral processes: An investment for inclusive and sustainable democracy
This report is about a conference on the topic of financing elections, and how this has become a pressing issue…