The report by GSDRC aims to answer the following question: what is the range of ways that civil society organizations (CSOs) help people hold governments to account? It summarizes the different interventions of over 30 different CSOs, operating across a range of contexts.
Broad distinctions are...
On May 19, 2017, Iranians went the polls to elect a new president for a four-year term. While the presidential race understandably received considerable attention domestically and internationally, Iranians also elected more than 133,000 fellow citizens to represent them on village, municipal and...
When people think about elections, they mostly focus on voting. While election day is certainly a critical component, it is important to view elections as a long-term “cycle” in which the periods before and after the election equally contribute to the credibility of the process. For example in the...
