Cost of Politics Reports

The report examines the cost of politics in Nigeria and its impacts on the political inclusion of traditionally marginalised groups – women, youth and persons with disability (PWDs). It approaches the cost of politics from the perspective of the financial cost associated with contesting for an elective position in Nigeria, right from the preliminary party stages up to, and including, time in office. Reflecting on the high costs of politics in Nigeria the report offers a comprehensive overview of the dimensions of election financing from the nomination period, throughout the election campaign and even on voting day, and in both the immediate and long-term aftermath of the poll, and the impacts and implications this is having for Nigerian democracy.

Following Sierra Leone's change to a district block proportional representation electoral system ahead of the 2023 elections, this study reflects on how this system altered cost of politics dynamics in the country, with a particular focus on women and youth.

Liberia has held four peaceful and successful multi-party elections since the return to constitutional democracy in 2005. Those polls have facilitated seamless transitions and have been judged to be largely free and credible, despite numerous institutional and fina...

Ghana has held six elections since returning to multiparty democracy in 1992 with three turnovers of power including, in 2016, the first defeat of a sitting incumbent. But multiparty elections are costly affairs for aspiring and current parliamentarians as this cos...

Since independence in 1965, The Gambia has held periodic multi-party elections. But it had never registered an electoral turnover of power until December 2016 when independent presidential aspirant Adama Barrow, backed by seven opposition political parties, defeate...

Les campagnes électorales dans la vie politique au Bénin constituent de toute évidence un moment crucial de la vie des partis politiques. A ce titre, ils vont à la rencontre des électeurs avec le dessein d’user de toute la panoplie possible d’argumentaires et de s...

L’objectif général assigné à cette étude est de contribuer à informer et approfondir le débat sur la question spécifique de la moralisation du financement des campagnes électorales en rapport avec le défi plus global de la démocratisation au Niger.

La présente étude sur les coûts financiers des campagnes électorales et des mandats électifs a pour objectif de contribuer à informer et approfondir le débat sur la question spécifique du financement des campagnes électorales et de l’exercice des mandats politiqu...

Le présent rapport est issu d’une étude réalisée sur les coûts des campagnes électorales et des mandats électifs au Mali. Pour rappel, nonobstant les prescriptions de la loi électorale, on constate qu’au fil des différentes élections présidentielle, législatives ...