This document is for registered party treasurers in Great Britain and Northern Ireland who want an introduction to their responsibilities.

This policy paper highlights current political finance regulatory trends in Central and Easter European countries in the following aspects: 1) private donations; 2) public funding; 3) spending; and 4) reporting, oversight and sanctions, as well as providing a set of key policy recommendations.

In Asia, the comprehensiveness of political finance systems and the level of implementation vary significantly across countries. This policy paper draws on the 2018 data of the International IDEA Political Finance Database and covers South Asia, South East Asia and East Asia.

This Discussion Paper addresses an urgent topic: the use of illicit political finance in a systematic manner to influence or ‘capture’ agencies, local governments, territory or even the entirety of states.

This Handbook addresses the problems of money in politics by analysing political finance regulations around the world and providing guidance for reform. The chapters are divided by region; each assesses the current state of regulations in relation to its challenges and offers a series of recommendations to tackle the identified shortcomings.

This primer is one of five primers being produced on different aspects of gender and democratic governance by the United Nations Development Programme Bureau for Development Policy. The aim is to support UNDP/BDP Democratic Governance Group staff and networks in promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment through their programme and policy advice.

Currently, only a small number of countries have political finance online reporting and disclosure systems in place. International IDEA has collected their experiences and lessons learned from building their systems and consolidated it into this Guide. The hope is that the knowledge contained here will help other oversight agencies interested in building similar systems in […]

This discussion paper presents some of the basic notions behind cryptocurrencies and their regulation, especially targeting their use in the financing of political parties and election campaigns. Special attention is given to how cryptocurrencies can allow foreign contributions and anonymous donations to enter politics unnoticed, while analyzing their capacity to improve political finance reporting, disclosure […]

The Swedish Social Democratic Party is a popular movement party that believes in the equal value and rights of all people, standing up to inequality, racism, sexism and homophobia. The party believes in creating an equal society where everyone can experience freedom, security and faith in the future. The Parental Policy outlines the party’s approach […]

The Swedish Social Democratic Party is a popular movement party that believes in the equal value and rights of all people, standing up to inequality, racism, sexism and homophobia. The party believes in creating an equal society where everyone can experience freedom, security and faith in the future. The Defense and Emergency Preparedness Policy defines […]