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This study provides detailed consideration and comparison of the state-of-the-art research and thinking on leading VCV techniques, including consideration of the programmatic, practical, and financial advantages and disadvantages of different VCV methods in order to develop a best-practice guide for international development organizations and implementers regarding what VCV techniques to select and when.

Under a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Democracy International organized an international election observation mission for the August elections in Afghanistan. The purpose of DI’s mission was to observe and report on the electoral process and, to the extent possible, evaluate the degree to which the elections conformed to international standards. In so doing, the mission would help promote good governance by strengthening democratic election systems and processes. The project complemented ongoing efforts supported by the U.S.

The Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy (NIMD) commissioned this evaluation as a review of its programs working with the Indonesian Community for Democracy (KID) in Indonesia. The team for this evaluation included Eric Bjornlund of Democracy International and Sugeng Bahagijo of Prakarsa, an Indonesian NGO and policy research organization. In May 2009, the team reviewed documents from NIMD and KID and conducted in-depth interviews of key stakeholders and others in The Hague and in Jakarta and other locations in Indonesia.

Eric Bjornlund, the co-founder of Democracy International, recently returned from
monitoring the vote in Afghanistan. He joins Martin Savidge to discuss
reports of fraud, the potential for a runoff and the status of women in
Afghanistan.