Long: Problem Elections in Emerging Democracies
Election assistance increasingly targets countries where fraud or the perception thereof can trigger mass violence. To reduce this likelihood, donors must consistently support independent commissions, conduct parallel vote tabulations, and coordinate civil society actors.
Burundi 2010 Ushahidi deployment: 2nd report
The Amatori mu Mahoro project recently released a report on political stalemate and preventing potential election violence in Burundi.
Tolstrup on when democracy assistance works
Writing for Stanford’s CDDRL, Jakob Tolstrup argues host-country elites constitute a critical element to theory-building about the effectiveness of democracy assistance.
Dodging reformers, dodging dictators
Focusing partly on new media, the journal of Georgetown’s DG think tank looks at strategies autocrats use to evade democratizing interventions and the strategies reformers pursue to evade those autocrats.
FRIDE on revitalizing democracy assistance
The European think tank FRIDE recently completed a study on 14 nations with varying degrees of stability to try and answer questions on the effectiveness of democracy assistance efforts.
Demeš on European democracy assistance
Changing political circumstances demand new approaches to democracy assistance, but lessons can be learned from past efforts, concludes Pavol Demeš of the German Marshall Fund.
USAID/State Citizen’s Guide to Foreign Affairs
A brief report summarizes US foreign assistance strategy, performance measurement issues, and budget allocations. Letters from Administrator Rajiv Shah and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are included.
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