Building Up the Democratic Potential of the New Russian Emigrants
Estimates for the number of Russians who have left Russia since its full invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 range…
Theme: Democracy
Assessment of Myanmar Civic Space
This updated monitoring assessment from a working group of local Myanmar civil society organizations (CSOs) and networks explores the challenges…
2023 Final Report
In democracies around the world, we are witnessing an alarming surge in disengagement and discontent in democratic institutions – paving…
Democracy is under attack but a new approach to “political innovation” is helping to revitalize it
To counter increasing polarization, populism, inequality and authoritarianism, a new civil society approach to “political innovation” is supporting citizen-led innovations…
Deepening the response to authoritarian information operations in Latin America
Authoritarian governments are escalating their efforts to manipulate the information ecosystem globally in order to undermine democratic institutions, advance their…
Barometer in Context: Debt, Development, and Climate
It is estimated that the world needs a massive increase in investment in development and climate if we are to…
Annual young leaders survey 2022
Restless Development’s Annual Young Leaders Survey is conducted every year to gain feedback from our young leaders on their experience…
Red Lines Around a Free and Fair Polish Election
The October 15, 2023 Polish parliamentary election will not be fair. The country’s last fair election was in 2015, when…
Defying expectations, she raises her voice
Article about Halima, the 24-year-old businesswoman who coordinates the Al Qamar Justice Centre in Nairobi which tackles gender-based violence, police…
The precarity of Independent Public Interest Media: An Urgent Global Threat
This year, the theme of UNESCO’s annual World Press Freedom Day was “Shaping a Future of Rights: Freedom of expression…