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NDI

  1. Thanks to @Gheblawi for sparking a great discussion about our latest #Libya focus groups research. Read more: bit.ly/Kwe3lh
  2. "Democracy & Challenge of Change: Guide to Increasing Women's Pol. Participation" now in Arabic along w. Eng, Spa, Fre: bit.ly/koeima
  3. May 19 #Benghazi went to the polls to elect a 41-member city council; the first election in 40+ yrs: bit.ly/Li5a3w #Libya
  4. Debates in #Cambodia focus on issues, platforms, "shift to looking to the future, not past:" bit.ly/MH5afl
  5. 2500+ voters turned up to debates ahead of #Cambodia's commune elections, w. 10 days of radio broadcasts to follow bit.ly/MH5afl
  6. In #Libya, opinions about political parties have improved considerably since NDI's last focus group study: bit.ly/Kwe3lh
  7. Most common areas of apprehension incl. security & opaque political environment. New #Libya focus group research: bit.ly/Kwe3lh
  8. "Monitoring Electronic Tech. in Electoral Processes" manual now avail. in Spanish as well as English, French, Arabic: bit.ly/JQLUdo
  9. Parhamovich Fellow's project to connect women across party & ethnic lines to focus on local issues in #Kosovo: bit.ly/IPQiuJ
  10. MPs in #Burkina Faso visit the gold mine, listen to citizens & mine officials about possible impacts: bit.ly/IQJICe #oversight
  11. Gold production doubled from 2009 to 2010 in #BurkinaFaso. Oversight by parliament crucial to avoiding problems: bit.ly/IQJICe
  12. "#Yemen: The Tribal Islamists" follows history of Islah, the country's Islamist party, & surveys its policy positions: bit.ly/JZjpcY
  13. New book surveys diverse 50+ Islamist parties emerging across MENA region in the wake of #ArabSpring: bit.ly/JZjpcY
  14. Measures needed to implement #Kenya constitution's provision that not more than 2/3 of elected bodies be of same gender bit.ly/K6MPY6