Here is a statement, issued Jan. 20 in Abuja, from the NDI and International Republican Institute joint pre-election assessment mission for Nigeria's presidential election. The delegation visited Nigeria from Jan. 15-20.  Its goals were to:

• assess  the current political  and  electoral  environment in the lead-up to the February 14 presidential election;

• assess preparations for the presidential election and offer recommendations to enhance citizen confidence in the process and mitigate violence; and

In remote and mountainous regions of Nepal, news comes slowly and it can take days to travel short distances. These conditions pose numerous challenges, including making voting problematic, both because it’s difficult to register and because voter education is limited. 

Albanians have deep concerns about their country’s health care system. A lack of professionalism among medical personnel, broken or missing equipment, and corruption were among the primary complaints of those who participated in focus group discussions organized by NDI that were held throughout the country this month.

But civil society groups are working to quantify and overcome these challenges by collecting hard numbers on these concerns that will help the government find solutions. They are doing it using a data-collection methodology traditionally used by election observers.

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