Global State of Democracy Report 2021
- November 23, 2021
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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Global State of Democracy Report 2021
Subject – Governance
Context – Authoritarianism is on the rise, says report
Concept –
- Released by: International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance
Key findings of the report –
- The number of countries moving towards authoritarianism in 2020 was higher than that of countries going towards democracy.
- Democratically elected Governments are increasingly adopting authoritarian tactics.
- Brazil and India were highlighted as “some of the most worrying examples of backsliding”.
- India remained in the category of a mid-level performing democracy.
- The pandemic has thus had a particularly damaging effect on non-democratic countries.
- In non-democratic regimes, the trend was deepening. The year 2020 was the worst on record, in terms of the number of countries affected by deepening autocratisation.