Report / White Paper

Citizenship and gender are integral to development theory and practice. This report attempts to illustrate how reframing citizenship from a gender perspective can introduce broader rights and political participation as development goals.

By focusing on issues of gender in the context of conflict and post-conflict reconstruction, this paper assesses the progression over the past decade in international thinking, policy statements, and development programming related to post-conflict reconstruction and gender.

This document consists of two papers, "Electoral Operations, Human Rights and Public Confidence in a Democratic System" and "Electoral Campaigns and Pre-Election Issues: The 'Level Playing Field' and Genuine Elections." Both papers were presented at the 1994 African Election Administrators' Coll

This paper discusses the importance of promoting global democratic reform using tailored, country-specific approaches.

This paper highlights the importance of transparent elections and outlines the role of election monitoring in securing free and fair elections.

This report presents the findings of the second component of the African Political Party Finance Initiative, which aimed to increase awareness about the need for transparent and accountable party financing and to promote reforms appropriate to the respective country contexts, specifically in Gha

This paper focuses on the communication channels that parties can use to strengthen their outreach to citizens. It also examines the communication policies that governments can adopt to improve free and fair party competition.

This paper describes the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs’ (NDI) experience working with GONG, a Croatian coalition formed before the 1997 elections, and Transparencia, a Peruvian Organization consisting of professionals and intellectuals.

This paper examines the role of presiding officers in three general models of legislatures: the Westminster Model, the U.S. Congress Model, and the French Bureau Model.