Research

 

We undertook the following assessments for UNDP Lesotho

• UNDP Intra and Inter-party Democracy Assessment
• UNDP Conflict, Peacebuilding and Gender Context Assessment
• European Centre for Election Support (ECES) research on electoral violence in the SADC Region. We undertook research on Lesotho and contributed a chapter on the research publication.
• International IDEA global study on timing and sequencing of elections. We contributed to this research that inquired into decisions and policy options considerations in the timing and sequencing of elections in post-conflict elections, post-authoritarian elections and post-political crisis elections. We also contributed to the research publication.
• The V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg online survey on measuring democracy. Our Principal Consultant contributed to this research by providing a multidimensional and disaggregated dataset that reflects the complexity of the concept of democracy as a system of rule that goes beyond the simple presence of elections. His focus country was Lesotho
• EISA Election Integrity study on electoral integrity: Our Principal Consultant served on an expert panel on this research aimed at contributing to the assessment and mitigation of electoral flaws that undermine democratic consolidation and good governance in Africa.
• The International IDEA Political Party Finance database or the Political Party Finance Global Survey. We contributed to this was a global study that was used to gather information on political party finance and this was then used to revise the IDEA global database. Our Principal Consultant was part of the IDEA Expert Group and a  verifier for Southern Africa.