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From Enlargement to the Unification of Europe
"The European Union needs to boost the tools of the European Commission... This means creating a directorate general that would have the resources to drive forward the accession process with the Western Balkans countries and the ambitious trade and reform agenda in Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova" (Cvijic et. al., 2019).
Social Media Monitoring During Elections: Cases and Best Practice to Inform Electoral Observation Missions
"This scoping report explains why social media is one of the elements of a democratic, rule of law–based state that observer groups should monitor. It aggregates experience from diverse civil society and nongovernmental initiatives that are innovating in this field, and sets out questions to guide the development of new mandates for election observers" (Schmuziger Goldzweig et. al., 2019).
A new look at the declining labor share of income in the United States
Globalization, technology, and other often-cited factors may not be the main causes of the declining labor share of income.
‘Tech for Good’: Using technology to smooth disruption and improve well-being
Focusing on innovation, skills, and labor fluidity will be keys to good social outcomes of technology adoption.
Global Report: Democracy Beyond the Ballot Box
"This report provides a review of progress made by OGP member countries in the first eight years of the partnership… the report examines a vast amount of the world’s governance data, across multiple dimensions of democracy and openness, specifically looking at three areas of progress and next steps" (Open Government Partnership, 2019).
Latin America’s missing middle of midsize firms and middle-class spending power
Digital could help the region reboot inclusive growth and regain lost ground.
Democratic Deconsolidation in Developed Democracies, 1995-2018
The authors “show that levels of support for democratic governance are not stable over time, even among high-income democracies, and have declined in recent years” and “suggest that...a process of democratic deconsolidation can” as well (Mounk and Foa, 2019).
V-Dem Annual Democracy Report 2019. Democracy Facing Global Challenges
"Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) produces the largest global dataset on democracy with some 27 million data points for 202 countries from 1789 to 2018." This report details the state of democracy in 2018 and presents data for democratically advancing and declining states around the world and global challenges.
China’s Algorithms of Repression
“This report provides a detailed description and analysis of a mobile app that police and other officials use to communicate with the Integrated Joint Operations Platform” to determine “the kinds of behaviors and people this mass surveillance system targets” (Human Rights Watch 2019).
Mission-led employee-owned firms: The Best of the Best
This report examines mission-led employee firms as a “powerful model of enterprise design for a new era of environmental sustainability and social equity” (Stranahan and Kelly, 2019).
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