The International Forum for Democratic Studies was established in 1994 by the National Endowment for Democracy to respond to the need for sustained and serious study of democracy’s problems and prospects throughout the world. The Forum serves as a clearinghouse for information on the varied activities and experiences of groups working to achieve and maintain democracy. It has initiated four interrelated programs: the Research and Conferences Program, the Democracy Resource Center (consisting of a library and archives, an electronic database, and a World Wide Web site on the Internet), a Visiting Fellows Program, and the Journal of Democracy (a quarterly published for the National Endowment for Democracy by the Johns Hopkins University Press). Many of the Forum’s activities are funded by private contributions.
This report was produced by Stephanie E. Lewis, Production Editor of the Journal of Democracy. The views expressed in this report do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for Democracy or the International Forum for Democratic Studies, or any of the groups that have con-tributed to this project. Photocopies may be made. When using any part of this document, please cite the International Forum for Democratic Studies.
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The National Endowment for Democracy is a nonprofit, nongovernmental, bipartisan grant-making organization created in 1983 to help strengthen democratic institutions around the world. Funded by an annual Congressional appropriation, the Endowment’s grants program assists organizations abroad working for democratic goals. The Endowment’s programs encourage democratic political development, primarily in three major functional areas—pluralism; democratic governance; and education, culture, and communications. In the last year, Endowment grants supported programs in some 84 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and the former Soviet Union.
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