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"If you look at the elite level and particularly in Sana’a, you’re seeing a competition among traditional rivals playing out,” said Leigh Miles, the Yemen program manager for the National Democratic Institute in Washington, D.C. Miles has spent six years watching Yemen’s political changes.
Author:
National Democratic Institute
Publisher:
National Democratic Institute
Published Date:
10/10/2011
Resource Type:
Press Release
Language:
English
Political parties lead a “pro peace” demonstration in Tunis in August 2011.
Constituent assembly elections in Tunisia next month – the first competitive poll in the country’s history – will mark a significant milestone in the political transition following the overthrow of autocratic President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in January. One of the new legislators’ tasks will be to draft a new constitution.
Author:
Nicole Rowsell, Asma Ben Yahia
Publisher:
National Democratic Institute
Published Date:
09/30/2011
Resource Type:
Focus Group Report
Language:
Arabic, English
Author:
National Democratic Institute
Publisher:
National Democratic Institute
Published Date:
10/03/2011
Resource Type:
Focus Group Report
Language:
English
As Kyrgyzstan prepares for presidential elections Oct. 30, unemployment and corruption are top issues for voters in Central Asia’s first parliamentary democracy. According to recent focus group research, Kyrgyz generally have a positive view of the current government thanks to steps it has taken to improve living standards, including wage increases for teachers, doctors and civil service employees; lower utility costs; and lower interest rates for farmers.
Author:
National Democratic Institute
Publisher:
National Democratic Institute
Published Date:
04/01/2011
Resource Type:
Newsletter
Language:
Portuguese
Source:
Voice of America
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Published Date:
09/01/2011
Traci Cook, Southern and East Africa advisor at NDI, sits down with Voice of America to talk about the findings of the Institute's upcoming focus group research report. Cook discusses the type of nation Southern Sudanese are hoping to create — democratic, peaceful, with an emphasis on equality, fairness and responsive government. But above all, she says, the Southern Sudanese expressed the desire for unity, to be united as Southern Sudanese first, with tribal affiliations coming second.
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"The U.S. based National Democratic Institute (NDI) has just released a study formulated from focus group discussions that took place right across the ten states of South Sudan. The study, conducted in March and April of this year, asked people what aspirations and fears they have as South Sudan emerges as a new nation.
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