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The Georgian Elections: Popular Perceptions of Leaders and Parties

By Giselle Lopez | May 06, 2013

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In Georgia, presidential elections are set to take place this October, generating new interest in the country’s changing political landscape. NDItech has been engaged with our local partners in using tech to systematically monitor the…

Facebooking To End Corruption?

By | May 02, 2013

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We know that corruption grows and spreads in areas where public accountability is low. The question is how can technology facilitate public accountability and better governance? Over the last few…

Democracy's Fourth Wave: Digital Media and the Arab Spring. A Conversation with Phil Howard and Muzammil Hussain

By Katrin Verclas | Apr 29, 2013

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NDI is pleased to welcome Philip Howard and Muzammil Hussain for a conversation on the role of digital media in the recent MENA revolutions. Here is their talk today at NDI.

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New Technology and the Prevention of Violent Conflict

By Giselle Lopez | Apr 26, 2013

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In an era of rapidly increasing global interconnectivity, information and communication technologies (ICTs) have generated an unprecedented quantity of data. In 2012 alone, humans generated more data than over the course of their entire history.…

Governing Democratically in a Tech-Empowered World

By Katrin Verclas | Apr 23, 2013

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NDI's Governance and NDItech teams are co-convening, with illustrious partners (Omidyar, International IDEA, CDDRL at Stanford University, Google.org, and other) a conference in the next few days on how democratic institutions respond to and more…

Show Me Your Data: The Visual Web in the Kenyan Elections

By Katrin Verclas | Apr 18, 2013

A special guest post by Phil Brondyke from NDI’s Elections team.

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#FutureNews - Techifying Parliamentary Communications

By | Apr 15, 2013

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A new report published in the UK examines the role that technology plays in providing citizens access to information and events related to Parliament. The report: “…

Innovation in Context

By Chris Doten | Apr 08, 2013

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Given my instinctive cringe whenever I hear the term "innovation" these days, the word may a wee bit overused. However, it the concept remains as important as ever - if organizations aren't trying new things, they're stagnating.

As a global…