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Through our books, case studies, journal articles, papers, and surveys, the Ash Center is home to some of the world’s most advanced research and publications on issues related to democratic governance and self-governance.

To explore all research authored by Ash Center faculty, please visit the Harvard Kennedy School website. You can view the Ash Center’s open access policy here.

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Making the Case to Strengthen State Election Associations

A new paper by Executive Session on Elections and Election Administration members Trey Grayson, Tammy Patrick, Judd Choate, Wesley Wilcox and Al Schmidt advocates for strengthening and investing in state associations to support election administrators year-round.

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Transparency for Development: Project Results and Implications
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Transparency for Development: Project Results and Implications

In the past three decades, the concept of citizens playing a role in monitoring and holding government officials accountable for poor services has gained prominence as a potential tool to fight mismanagement, poor resource prioritization, and corruption around the world. The idea is extremely appealing – who better than citizens to observe breakdowns in government decisions and actions and to fight for solutions to these breakdowns when they occur?
To test these assumptions, the Transparency for Development team ran a transparency experiment through 200 villages in Indonesia and Tanzania and then a modified version in Ghana, Malawi, and Sierra Leone.

Democracy’s Tripwire: Global Corruption and Whistleblowing in Europe and the U.S.

Democracy’s Tripwire: Global Corruption and Whistleblowing in Europe and the U.S.

This paper compares whistleblower protection politics in Europe and the United States to bring into fuller relief the vital role insider truth-telling plays in combatting global corruption, keeping elites honest, and sustaining liberal democracy.