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Parliamentary monitoring in a failing democracy: Cambodia & COMFREL
How do parliamentary monitoring organisations function when core principles of democracy are not being upheld?
Can parliamentary monitoring organisations help reverse democratic decline in Taiwan and Asia more broadly?
Elections are no guarantee of democracy, but parliamentary monitoring organisations (PMOs) in Asia and elsewhere may be game-changers.
How civil society in the Philippines helped pass the ‘Sin Tax’ law and the lessons learned
Civil society organisations built strong networks of trust with legislators against the interests of commercial lobbyists.
Lessons from the Latin American way of advancing parliamentary transparency
Civil society groups from 15 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have formed an Index to monitor legislative transparency.
Parliamentary monitoring in Indonesia: Limited transparency and unmeaningful participation
It’s been a bleak five years for legislative processes and transparency in Indonesia and that’s unlikely to change.
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