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Enhancing South Africa's civil society organisations in legislative oversight
From 2018-2020, Democracy Works Foundation, in partnership with Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) and with co-funding from the European Union, supported improved engagement between provincial legislatures and communities in the public health and public safety sectors.
Re-thinking governance for development
Graeme Ramshaw, WFD’s Director of Research and Evaluation, participated in the European Partnership for Democracy launch event of the World Development Report 2017 in Brussels last week. Here are his takeaways on what this means for democracy support.
Conclusion
This chapter is part of our policy brief that discusses where risks to democracy from AI are emerging, what a democratic response to AI governance and safety looks like and the role of parliaments worldwide in enabling this response. It outlines how the democratic governance community can help plot a course of action to ensure that democracy is protected in the face of rapid AI advancements.
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The Cost of Parliamentary Politics in Kyrgyzstan
The Kyrgyz Republic is the sole democracy to emerge from the Central Asian post-Soviet states. While the country has experienced two revolutions in the past ten years, it has emerged as a stable parliamentary system in the region. But the country has seen a dramatic increase in the cost of politics within the last decade that threatens to undermine the fledgling democracy.
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A perennial focus on election day distracts from the real value of election observation, which comes after the vote
Election days matter in democracy – but they are not the only thing that matters. The best time to defend electoral integrity, and therefore democracy, is after an election. To be able to make improvements, we need politically smart approaches to electoral reform.
Resources
WFD produces research that aims to build an evidence base for and improve the quality of democracy assistance. We also generate policy that contributes new tools for democracy support, as well as guides for parliaments, civil society and democracy support practitioners.
A democratic approach to global AI safety
This policy brief discusses where risks to democracy from AI are emerging, what a democratic response to AI governance and safety looks like and the role of parliaments worldwide in enabling this response. It outlines how the democratic governance community can help plot a course of action to ensure that democracy is protected in the face of rapid AI advancements.
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Summary
This is a summary of our policy brief that discusses where risks to democracy from AI are emerging, what a democratic response to AI governance and safety looks like and the role of parliaments worldwide in enabling this response. It outlines how the democratic governance community can help plot a course of action to ensure that democracy is protected in the face of rapid AI advancements.
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Doing anti-corruption democratically
Democracy and anti-corruption are complementary, and that we can ‘do anti-corruption democratically’ in poor and rich countries in ways that are politically informed.
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Myanmar
The WFD Myanmar programme has now ended.

Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) is the UK public body dedicated to supporting democracy around the world.

Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) သည် ကမ္ဘာ့နေရာ အသီးသီးရှိ ဒီမိုကရေစီစနစ်ကို အစဉ်တစိုက် ပံ့ပိုးကူညီပေးသည့် ယူ‌‌ကေနိုင်ငံ၏ ပြည်သူပိုင်အဖွဲ့အစည်းတစ်ရပ်ဖြစ်ပါသည်။
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We deliver policy-relevant research and expert advice on democracy and governance issues.
How much does youth emigration cost Kosovo?
In cooperation with Democracy Plus, the Westminster Foundation for Democracy published the study on “Cost of youth Emigration” on Kosovo, which is a first ever analysis to provide data on how much does Kosovo loose due to young people leaving the country.
On being an MP in a pandemic
The toll of the COVID-19 pandemic on individual workers across all sectors is matched within the institutions of our democracies. This commentary piece analyses, like all other organisations, how parliaments are still learning, adapting, and switching between in-person and virtual processes to deliver democracy.
Discussing political party transparency in North Macedonia
Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD), in collaboration with the Forum for Reasonable Policies, proudly presents the Political Party Transparency Index (PPTI) conducted in North Macedonia. This initiative seeks to assess the transparency, achievements, and challenges of political parties. The Index delves into three key pillars: internal party democracy, financial transparency, and accessibility to the public, utilizing over 80 indicators for a comprehensive evaluation of participating political parties.
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Annex A
This annex is part of our policy brief that discusses where risks to democracy from AI are emerging, what a democratic response to AI governance and safety looks like and the role of parliaments worldwide in enabling this response. It outlines how the democratic governance community can help plot a course of action to ensure that democracy is protected in the face of rapid AI advancements.
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