International Campaign Finance Lit Review

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International Campaign Finance (party finance)Resources

IDEA

The International IDEA political finance databse contains information on political finance laws in more than 175 countries. It was originally created in 2003 and was recently overhauled. The updated databse includes more countries, more primary sources, an covers a wider range of issues. The database breaks these questions down into four broad catagories
  1. Bans and limits on private income
  2. Public funding
  3. Regulations of spending
  4. Reporting, oversight, and sanctions
The database makes it simple to break down data by country, region, or specific question. It also provides a form to compare two regions. The database allows you to customize and export the data to suit your needs. It supports Microsoft Excel and CSV formats. 

NDI

USAID

Transparency International

Around the world, political financing is increasingly 
at the forefront of public debate. The rapid growth 
of democracy around the world since the early 1990s 
has highlighted the need for stronger regulation 
and reform to prevent the negative influence of 
money in electoral politics. 

Transparency of political party and campaign contributions is 
essential to protecting the integrity of democratic processes 
and ensuring fair elections. Laws requiring the public 
disclosure of independent political party and campaign 
contributions ensure that individuals, organisations, interest 
groups and corporations do not unduly influence a country’s 
elections or political leadership. 

Measures addressed at reform of political party/campaign 
finance are often met with strong resistance from corporations 
and other organisations that use wealth to influence political 
parties and elections, and from the political leaders that 
rely on this wealth. Even when campaign finance laws are 
passed, they are often not rigorously policed or enforced due 
to weak legal frameworks, under-resourced regulators and/
or lack of capacity. Political leaders and parties, independent 
contributors and regulators all have a critical role to play 
in addressing these weaknesses and in making ‘good faith’ 
efforts to improve transparency in political party and electoral 
campaign financing.
The Crinis Project

With the Carter Center

International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES)

Governance and Social Development Resource Center (GSDRC)

Ace Project - The Electoral Knowledge Center

Global Integrity

In the News

Other

  • Article 19, International Declaration of Human Rights:
"Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.
3 -"Each State Party shall also consider taking appropriate legislative and administrative measures, consistent with the objectives of this Convention and in accordance with the fundamental principles of its domestic law, to enhance transparency in the funding of candidatures for elected public office and, where applicable, the funding of political parties. 
4- "Each State Party shall, in accordance with the fundamental principles of its domestic law, endeavour to adopt, maintain and strengthen systems that promote transparency and prevent conflicts of interest.
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