The IEA presidential debates: 15 years of upholding electoral accountability
This post is part of a series on think tanks and elections around the world. Mrs. Jean Mensa, Executive Director of the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), shares IEA's...
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Think tanks and elections: a series on experiences from around the world
This new series on think tanks and elections introduces new initiatives from around the world. It complements a series focused on Latin America and illustrates a new Page...
Think tanks and electoral processes: an opportunity that should not be missed
About 4 years ago, Fernando Straface from CIPPEC called for Latin American think tanks to share what he called a new technology of influence in electoral years. After...
Lessons on the role of Latin American think tanks in electoral processes – the way forward
In this post, Leandro Echt outlines a number of key lessons from cases of Latin American think tanks working to inform and improve the electoral processes in their...
Paraguay debate: The challenge of nourishing the political debate in times of elections
In this post, Marcelo Mancuello, from CADEP in Paraguay, describes a initiative to influence the Paraguayan elections that was developed with the support of CIES, in Peru....
Fernando Straface: “The challenge is refining the think tanks’ technology for influence in electoral campaigns”
In this interview, Fernando Straface, Executive Director of CIPPEC, describes the organisation's experiences of 2011 and 2014. He also outlines the main characteristics of...
Experience of Fedesarrollo in presidential campaigns in Colombia
In this post, Leonardo Villar, Executive Director of the Foundation for High Education and Development (Fedesarrollo), reflects on the think tank's recent efforts to...
Orazio Bellettini: “Think tanks can create spaces for dialogue among relevant actors of the policy community”
In this interview, Orazio Bellettini, Director of Grupo Faro reflects on the initiative that the think tank carried out in 2006 to influence the electoral debate in...
Focusing the electoral debate: CIES’ experience during the Peru 2011 campaign
n this second post of the series of Think Tanks and Elections Javier Portocarrero reflects on the lessons learned from CIES' most recent effort to influence the electoral...
Think tanks and the electoral process: lessons from Latin America
Many think tanks argue that elections are the worst time to attempt to influence policy. Think tanks in Latin America, disagree. There, they have developed a new...
The role of think tanks in the South Korean presidential race
The Korea Herald has recently published a piece on how South Korean presidential hopefuls for this year´s presidential race have been increasingly relying on public...
Can think tanks have the cake and eat it too? CIPPEC´s dilemmas in promoting electoral reform in Argentina
In Argentina, we use the French ballot voting system: each political party prints, distributes and supplies its own ballots during Election Day. The system worked fairly...
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