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Democracy Measures/Projects & Close Friends
- Bertelsmann Transformation Index (BTI)
Access rankings, country reports, working papers, and more. To get a PDF of a specific country report, click REPORTS in the band at the top right. Select your country from the pulldown list. Then scroll down a bit until you see the PDF download. You might want to look at the FAQs or METHODOLOGY there as well. There is a link to look at older reports there, too.
- Freedom House "Freedom in the World"
Find recent reports for specific countries from this page. To get to the report on a specific country, click on Countries in the bar at the top. Then scroll down or search. The most recent report will open and 2 or 3 earlier years seem to be available as well.
- National Endowment for Democracy
This is a private, nonprofit foundation that supports projects promoting democracy. Find out what is going on all over the world on their website. Click on the links under IDEAS or NEWS to find out about projects and events. Scroll down and follow additional links to find out what's happening where.
- Transparency International
Since 2001, TI has been promoting transparency and democracy throughout the world. Publications include the Corruption Perceptions Index, Global Corruption Barometer & a wide variety of reports.
- V-Dem: Varieties of Democracy
Probably the newest international collaborative social science project to measure Democracy. They have created a huge database of over 350 indicators on democracy and political systems.