Democratic governance
- Policies to enable democratic policing of Kenyan elections
- Centre for Human Rights and Policy Studies, 2013
- The 2007 elections spawned Kenya’s worst election-related violence and resulted in sharp criticism of the police. In light of lessons from 2007, and also from previous elections, this Policy Brief presents arguments for the adop...
- What path will Ethiopia follow after the death of Prime Minister Meles?
- M. Handino; J. Lind; B. Mesfin / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2012
- The death of the Ethiopian Prime Minister, Meles Zenawi in August 2012 has raised serious questions about Ethiopia's political stability and development trajectory. Meles built up a complex web of relationships that conjoined domestic...
- Libya needs integrated and systemic economic reconstruction
- D. Vandewalle / African Development Bank, 2011
- The economic, social, and political challenges Libyans will face in the aftermath of its civil war will be enormous. This paper demonstrates that with the state's economic and political institutions having been weakened, Libya will ne...
- Right to Information in South Asia: challenging the bureaucratic process
- Institute of Informatics and Development, 2012
- The Right to Information (RTI) Act in South Asia has seen mixed results. The sub-continent’s largest country, India, has largely proved to be an exemplar of RTI with a lot of publicity and use from civil society organisations an...
- Report of the law commission on the review of the constitution [of Malawi]
- Z. Kadzamira / Sustainable Development Networking Programme, Malawi, 2007
- The Malawi Constitution was adopted in 1994 to operate provisionally for one year and was enacted into definitive force in 1995. The adoption of the Constitution followed the results of a referendum held in 1993 which were in favour o...
- Are Malawians accessing civic education on democracy?
- Eldis Document Store, 2006
- The 1995 Constitution requires the government to undertake legal, social and political changes necessary to transform Malawi into a democracy with respect for human rights, the rule of law and popular participation in public decision-...
- Libya: where to now?
- Chatham House [Royal Institute of International Affairs], UK, 2011
- What now for Libya with the fall of the authoritarian, centralised ‘one-party’ system? With the Gaddafi regime defeated and dispersed policy analysts and development professionals will swiftly look to support reconstructio...
- Are political parties in Malawi deficient when it comes to intra-party democracy?
- B. Chisinga; G. Chigona / Eldis Document Store, 2010
- There is a widespread perception that political parties in Malawi are heavily deficient when it comes to intra-party democracy. This study examines, in a comparative perspective at national and international levels, the extent to whic...
- What prospects for democracy in Tunisia?
- M.Salah Eddin Jorshi / The Arab Reform Initiative, 2011
- Since there is still no country in the Arab world that can be counted among the world’s democratic states, it is necessary to seek out the root causes of why the Arab region is subject to the logic of the exception in sever...
- Exploring the origins and processes of the African Peer Review Mechanism
- South African Institute of International Affairs, 2010
- The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) is a tool designed to promote good governance on the continent. It was created when the African Union, the New Partnership for Africa’s Development and the Pan-African Parliament emerged ...
- Policies to enable democratic policing of Kenyan elections
- Centre for Human Rights and Policy Studies, 2013
- The 2007 elections spawned Kenya’s worst election-related violence and resulted in sharp criticism of the police. In light of lessons from 2007, and also from previous elections, this Policy Brief presents arguments for the adop...
- What path will Ethiopia follow after the death of Prime Minister Meles?
- M. Handino; J. Lind; B. Mesfin / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2012
- The death of the Ethiopian Prime Minister, Meles Zenawi in August 2012 has raised serious questions about Ethiopia's political stability and development trajectory. Meles built up a complex web of relationships that conjoined domestic...
- Libya needs integrated and systemic economic reconstruction
- D. Vandewalle / African Development Bank, 2011
- The economic, social, and political challenges Libyans will face in the aftermath of its civil war will be enormous. This paper demonstrates that with the state's economic and political institutions having been weakened, Libya will ne...
- Right to Information in South Asia: challenging the bureaucratic process
- Institute of Informatics and Development, 2012
- The Right to Information (RTI) Act in South Asia has seen mixed results. The sub-continent’s largest country, India, has largely proved to be an exemplar of RTI with a lot of publicity and use from civil society organisations an...
- Report of the law commission on the review of the constitution [of Malawi]
- Z. Kadzamira / Sustainable Development Networking Programme, Malawi, 2007
- The Malawi Constitution was adopted in 1994 to operate provisionally for one year and was enacted into definitive force in 1995. The adoption of the Constitution followed the results of a referendum held in 1993 which were in favour o...
- Are Malawians accessing civic education on democracy?
- Eldis Document Store, 2006
- The 1995 Constitution requires the government to undertake legal, social and political changes necessary to transform Malawi into a democracy with respect for human rights, the rule of law and popular participation in public decision-...
- Libya: where to now?
- Chatham House [Royal Institute of International Affairs], UK, 2011
- What now for Libya with the fall of the authoritarian, centralised ‘one-party’ system? With the Gaddafi regime defeated and dispersed policy analysts and development professionals will swiftly look to support reconstructio...
- Are political parties in Malawi deficient when it comes to intra-party democracy?
- B. Chisinga; G. Chigona / Eldis Document Store, 2010
- There is a widespread perception that political parties in Malawi are heavily deficient when it comes to intra-party democracy. This study examines, in a comparative perspective at national and international levels, the extent to whic...
- What prospects for democracy in Tunisia?
- M.Salah Eddin Jorshi / The Arab Reform Initiative, 2011
- Since there is still no country in the Arab world that can be counted among the world’s democratic states, it is necessary to seek out the root causes of why the Arab region is subject to the logic of the exception in sever...
- Exploring the origins and processes of the African Peer Review Mechanism
- South African Institute of International Affairs, 2010
- The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) is a tool designed to promote good governance on the continent. It was created when the African Union, the New Partnership for Africa’s Development and the Pan-African Parliament emerged ...
- Research Programme on Democracy (Democracy as Idea and Practice)
- Research Programme on Democracy (Democracy as Idea and Practice) is based at the University of Oslo. (website under construction - more details to follow)
- Taiwan Foundation for Democracy (TFD)
- TFD strives to play a positive role in consolidating Taiwan's democracy and fortifying its commitment to human rights; internationally. TFD's core activities include: Building relationships with related institutions around the world; Participating actively in the global promotion of democracy and supporting the improvement of human rights conditions; Su...
- Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network
- Network of human rights organisations in Europe
- Open Democracy
- Independent website on global current affairs
- Crawford School of Economics and Government, Australian National University
- A post-graduate school and research institute focussing on economics and government
- The Arab Reform Initiative
- The Arab Reform Initiative aims to advance knowledge and develop a programme for democratic reform in the Arab World.
- Jordan Center for Public Policy Research and Dialogue
- The Jordan Center for Public Policy Research and Dialogue (JCPP) is a non-profit think tank focusing on issues critical to the development process in Jordan.
