As the people of South Sudan undertake the task of building a new nation, public opinion research conducted by NDI shows they are optimistic about South Sudan’s future while also concerned about the fundamental challenges it faces.
Author:
Traci D. Cook
Publisher:
National Democratic Institute
Published Date:
11/23/2011
Resource Type:
Focus Group
Language:
English
Left to right: Sandra Houston, NDI country director; Peter Manikas, NDI regional director for Asia; and Wollack meet President Zardari.
NDI President Kenneth Wollack met in Islamabad last week with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari for a wide ranging conversation that included discussion of Institute programs to support political reform in Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and to strengthen Pakistani political parties.
Wollack also met with Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, the chief minister of Punjab, Pakistan’s most populous province, as well as other leaders of ruling and opposition political parties, civil society and the diplomatic community.
Author:
National Democratic Institute
Publisher:
National Democratic Institute
Published Date:
11/17/2011
Resource Type:
Press Release
Language:
English
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The Nigeria Governors' Forum (NGF) has inaugurated a Steering Committee to appraise the performance of its members across the country.
The seminar was organised by the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI) with funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
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In an improvised office daubed with revolutionary slogans, part of an appropriated complex in Tripoli that once housed Moammar Gaddafi’s cronies, rebel commander Muhammad Zintani contemplated his future.
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A controversial constitutional amendment, envisaging increase of number of MPs from current 150 to 190 in the next Parliament, has been initiated this week.
According to the poll carried out by Caucasus Resource Research Centers (CRRC) for the U.S. National Democratic Institute (NDI) in September, 60% of respondents were against of increasing number of seats in the Parliament with only 8% responding positively.
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The Obama administration was encouraged by Myanmar’s recent release of some prisoners through a “humanitarian” amnesty, but wants to see more reforms before the U.S. considers lifting economic sanctions against the impoverished nation, officials say.
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The Seattle Times
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Published Date:
10/28/2011
Philip N. Howard, an NDI election observer during Tunisia's recent elections, writes that the big story to take away from the first elections of the Arab Spring is that the election process was the biggest victory. Howard writes that, thanks to the use of digital media and other technology, there was a real effort to draw voters into the election process and to enfranchise them.
Honduras has taken important steps to restore its democracy since a coup d’état two years ago, but Hondurans remain polarized and frustrated with the quality of their political institutions.
A majority lacks confidence in all of the country’s institutions, from political parties and the courts to the army and the presidency, according to Democracy in Honduras: Political Values and Civic Engagement in 2011, a new NDI publication based on public opinion research conducted earlier this year.
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