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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.
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The front cover of the report which has the words how not to engage with authoritarian states in large letters above the names of the authors and the WFD and FCDO logos

This report examines how states that are committed to strengthening democracy engage with authoritarian states – and how this can strengthen authoritarianism. It outlines how pro-democracy governments can better engage with authoritarian states to avoid doing democratic harm and ultimately strengthen democracy around the world.

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National Survey: Young People and Politics in Albania
Young people in Albania show little interest in engaging with the political life in the country, a new WFD study shows: Two thirds of the youth surveyed by WFD in Albania claim that they are not satisfied at all with the current political situation in the country. Similarly, they have low trust in the democratic institutions of the country with around half of them (49%) not trusting the parliament as a law-making body and only 2% saying that they have full trust in the role of the parliament in the country. Young people have similarly low levels of trust in political parties, with 53% of them saying thy do not trust them at all and another 28% only having a little trust in them.
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Cost of Youth Emigration in the Western Balkans
In order to get a better picture of the scale of the problem and to understand the dynamics behind it, WFD commissioned analysis that uses an innovative research methodology to extract valuable data on the cost of youth emigration in Albania, Montenegro and North Macedonia.     
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Assessment of the work of human rights committees from Western Balkans parliaments
The committees on human rights in Western Balkans have many similarities regarding the status, competences, institutional set up, capacities as well as the cooperation and communication with the other national and international
institutions and organizations that have focus on protection and promotion on human rights.
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Assessment report on e-parliament - WFD Uzbekistan
The usage of information and communication technology by parliaments can enhance the transparency and accountability of institutions and legislative processes as well as provide anopportunity to engage citizens.
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Making running for office more affordable in Albania
In September 2019, WFD and the Albanian Enterprise Institute published a study which outlined and analysed the costs that at present are incurred by party candidates. The study reveals how much the political landscape in Albania is open to citizens' engagement with politics.  
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Getting better rights for working women in Bosnia and Herzegovina
In Bosnia and Herzegovina, private sector employees are usually underpaid and their employment status is often not regulated enough. Also, their salaries paid in illegal ways meaning they get fewer pension benefits. What is more, employers often violate or deny employees’ labour rights.
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Violence against women in politics affects more than 60% in Bosnia and Herzegovina
As part of a three-year programme (2018–2021), Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) prepared a landmark survey – the first dedicated study in the country – on Violence Against Women in Politics in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which also explores gender-based pressures faced by women politicians.
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WFD VAWP Conference Report to UN SRVAW
The findings, experiences and recommendations from the the Women MPs of the World conference have been collated into this report and is respectfully submitted for consideration by the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, Its Causes and Consequences for her special report on violence against women in politics.
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It’s not (only) about the numbers: how to amplify the voices of women in politics
This paper examines the extent to which parliamentary committees provide women in African parliaments with an avenue for influencing laws and policies in the health sector. It maps the inclusion of women in parliamentary committees across sub-Saharan Africa and presents a case study of Malawi, where in 2017 female legislators made use of parliamentary committees to influence a new law on HIV and AIDS – an issue of vital importance to women.
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Parliamentary boycotts in the Western Balkans: a challenge to institutional democracy
Boycotting parliament has become an increasingly common occurrence in parliamentary life in the Western Balkans. To better understand the phenomenon and its potential implications for parliamentary support projects in the Western Balkans, WFD through the Western Balkans Democracy Initiative commissioned a research study on the causes and effects of boycotting parliament.
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Comparative Study on PLS in the Americas
This study is only available in Spanish
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Overview-of-Legislative-Scrutiny-Practices – Myanmar
ယူေက၊အိႏၵိယ၊အင္ဒိုနီးရွားႏွင့္ျပင္သစ္ႏိုင္ငံတို႔ရွိဥပေဒစိစစ္ျခင္းက်င့္သံုးေဆာင္ရြက္မႈမ်ားအေပၚသံုးသပ္ခ်က္
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Just Add Women? Parliamentary Committees and the health sector in Africa
This policy paper examines the extent to which parliamentary committees provide women in African parliaments with an avenue for influencing laws and policies in the health sector.
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Youth emigration costs Serbia €1.2 billion a year
Youth emigration could cost Serbia up to €1.2 billion per year and 4 out of 5 young Serbs think about emigrating. That’s according to new research which WFD and think tank the Institute for Development and Innovation have published.
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Young Serbians learn about their political rights through WBDI
Independent oversight institutions and regulatory agencies, and their relationship to parliament
This paper proposes one assessment framework to analyse the institutional characteristics and functioning of independent oversight institutions and regulatory agencies and their relationship to parliament.
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