In his presentation, Mr. Dayo Aiyetan, an accomplished Nigerian investigative journalist, examined the threat posed by corruption to Nigerian democracy and explored the role that new models of watchdog journalism, particularly non-profit centers and other research organizations, can play in reversing this troubling trend.

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Peter Cary, a veteran journalist with extensive experience reporting about the U.S. military, presented a summary of his report for CIMA, The Pentagon, Information Operations, and Media Development, and examined DoD's evolving role in media development worldwide.

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Over 20 scholars from Latin America, Africa, Asia, postcommunist Europe, and the United States to discuss how political clientelism affects social policy and the quality of democracy in Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Japan, Thailand, the Philippines, India, postcommunist Europe, and Africa.

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The chairman of NED grantee Database Center for North Korea Human Rights (NKDB) participated in a seminar at Johns Hopkins SAIS examining the findings of the 2010 White Paper on North Korean Human Rights, which provided systematically researched and analyzed data on human rights violations in North Korea.

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