According to World Forum on Democracy, electoral democracies now represent 120 of the 192 existing countries and constitute 58. 2 percent of the world's population.

According to the Economist Intelligence Unit in 2008, Uruguay scored an 8. 08 in the Democracy Index and ranked 23rd amongst the 30 countries considered to be Full Democracies in the world.

According to Hua-yu Li, writing in Mao and the Economic Stalinization of China, 1948-1953 in 1953, Mao, misled by glowing reports in History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ( Bolshevik ): Short Course, authorized by Stalin of social and economic progress in the Soviet Union, abandoned the liberal economic programs of " New Democracy " and instituted the " general line for socialist transition ", a program to build socialism based on Soviet models.

According to Professor John Dryzek, early work on Deliberative Democracy was part of efforts to develop a theory of Democratic legitimacy.

" According to Leiby and Linton Weeks, in their essay " In the Shadow of a Scandal ", Riza's employment at the World Bank predated Wolfowitz's nomination as Bank president: " Riza started at the World Bank as a consultant in July 1997 and became a full-time employee in 1999 "; and the relationship between Riza and Wolfowitz pre-dated it as well: In the early 1990s, Riza joined the National Endowment for Democracy and is credited there with development of the organization's Middle East program.

According to the NED's online Democracy Projects Database it has given funding the following groups for programs relating to East Turkestan and the Uyghur people

According to the NED's online Democracy Projects Database it has given funding the following groups for programs relating to Iran ( 1990 – 2006 ):

According to a January 10, 2007 episode of the news and commentary program Democracy Now !, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics ( CRE ) called for a congressional investigation into the legality of broadcasting Radio and TV Marti over commercial airwaves from southern Florida.

According to a press release by Democracy Now !, Goodman herself was arrested after confronting officers regarding the arrest of her colleagues.

According to Baher Asmy of the Center for Constitutional Rights, " ll three plaintiffs that are journalists with Democracy Now reached a final settlement with the city of Minneapolis and St. Paul, and the United States Secret Service, that will resolve the claims that they had against them from unlawful and quite violent arrests.

According to a 2003 study by the Center for Democracy and Technology, even the simplest " transparent name mangling " of e-mail addresses can be effective.

According to data of Centre of Democracy in Montenegro from February 2007, the Serbian Orthodox Church was the most trusted institution in Montenegro by public opinion ( coefficient 3. 29 ), while the Montenegrin Orthodox Church was ranked sixth ( coefficient 2. 35 ).

According to The Washington Post in 2005, Renton maintained that " the genius of the upper house is that it includes world-renowned experts in law, science and the arts who would never run for election ", and that " Democracy has its limitations.

According to a story told to the audience during the 2006 leg of the Chinese Democracy Tour, none of the other band members had wanted to partake in the production of this song ( or the other notable ballad " Estranged ").

According to Michael Cornfield, director of the Democracy On Line Project at George Washington University, MoveOn's achievement created " a change in attitude " in the political fundraising community.

According to GuideStar, the Institute on Religion & Democracy generated $ 1. 1 million in contributions in 2009.

According to Pierre Vidal-Naquet in " Torture ; Cancer of Democracy " and " Les Damnees de la Terre " by Franz Fanon, torture was practiced endemically by the French forces, commanded by General Jacques Massu, bringing together the experience of " Les Paras " in the Indo-China War and German troops in the French Foreign Legion.

According to Chris Driscoll, the state party chairman, the party plans to run candidates for municipal, county, state and federal seats, under the slogan " Democracy and a Better Paycheck Too.

According to the European Commission for Democracy through Law ‘ the role and functions of the Prosecutor ’ s Office is not in accordance with Council of Europe standards ".

According to New York Times reporter Matt Bai, Stryker attended the April 2005 meeting of the Democracy Alliance near Scottsdale, Arizona.

According to a report on Human Rights Practices, by the U. S. Department of State's Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, released March 31, 2003, In May 2002, Toledo's government authorities placed the Wolfenson brothers, publishers of pro-Fujimori tabloid El Chino and of opposition daily La Razón, under house arrest on corruption charges.

According to the report, Higiro acknowledges supporting a group called the " Rally for Unity and Democracy ," what the report characterized as ' a political and military organization aimed at opening up political space in Rwanda and peacefully removing what called " the dictatorial government " of President Paul Kagame.

According to the journalist René Monzat, investigations lasted seven years, during which it was alleged that the Golpe Borghese had benefitted from military accomplices, as well as from political support not only from Borghese's National Front or from MSI deputy Sandro Saccucci, but also from other political personalities belonging to the Christian Democracy ( DC ) and to the PSDI ( Italian Social-Democrat Party ).

According to the Heritage Foundation Index of Economic Freedom in 2012, Chile has the strongest private property rights in Latin America, scoring 90 on a scale of 100.

* According to the June 2009 update of the Cisco Visual Networking Index IP traffic forecast, by 2013, annual global IP traffic will reach two-thirds of a zettabyte or 667 exabytes.

According to the Human Development Index, the country enjoys a very high standard of living, and, according to The Economist, has the world's 8th highest quality of life.

Latvia is ranked the 21st in the world by the Ease of Doing Business Index prepared by the World Bank Group, According to the Human Development Report 2011, Latvia belongs to the group of very high human development countries.

According to the India State Hunger Index ( 2008 ) compiled by the International Food Policy Research Institute, the malnutrition situation in Madhya Pradesh was " extremely alarming ", receiving a severity rating between Ethiopia and Chad.

According to the 2011 Index of Economic Freedom published by the Heritage Foundation and the Wall Street Journal, Bahrain has the freest economy in the Middle East and North Africa region and is tenth overall in the world.

According to Hofstede's Framework for Assessing Culture, the culture of France is moderately individualistic and high Power Distance Index.

According to the footnote of the " The lunar calender of Qin and Chu " (《 秦楚之际月表 》) from the Index of the Records of the Grand Historian (《 史记索隐 》), the first month Zhengyue, " due to the taboo of the First Emperor's given name Zheng, was reformed as Duanyue ( 端月 ).

According to the 2003 Coldwell Banker Housing Price Comparison Index ( HPCI ), Yankton was found to have the lowest housing costs of any municipal entity in the entire United States.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Index has a total area of, all of it land.

According to the Index of Multiple Deprivation 2000, Castleford Ferry Fryston ward falls today within the top 5 % of most deprived wards in England.

According to the Child Poverty Index, over 45 % of 0-16 year olds living in Castleford are living in families claiming means tested benefits.

According to a 2007 story in Forbes magazine's list of " America's Wildest Weather Cities " and the Weather Variety Index, Springfield is the city with the most varied weather in the United States.

According to the 2011 Global Go To Think Tank Index, Cato is the 6th most influential US based think tank, ranking 3rd in Economic Policy and 2nd in Social Policy.

According to the Traditional Ballad Index, " The singer tells his lady that she must love him because he loves her.

According to the 2005 Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index, Tulane's French program was ranked 6th in the country.

According to the Government's 2007 Index of Deprivation ( ID 2007 ), Sandwell is the third most deprived authority in the West Midlands region, after Birmingham and Stoke-on-Trent, and the 14th most deprived of the UK's 354 districts.

According to the 2010 Index of Economic Freedom ( of the Heritage Foundation, Fraser Institute and WSJ ), Chile's economy is the 10th freest.

According to the Nature Publishing Index Asia-Pacific ( 2012, corrected count ), NTHU ranks as 3rd institution ( 2nd university ) in Taiwan.

According to the Sutton Index of Deaths, 180 deaths during the Troubles were the result of booby trap bombs, the vast majority of them laid by the Provisional IRA.

According to Kerala Migration Survey ( 1998 ) by Center for Developmental Studies, Kerala, Saint Thomas Christians lead all other communities in Kerala with respect to Socioeconomic Development Index which is based on parameters like possession of land, housing & consumer durables, education and employment status.

According to the 2nd edition of a study by the United States Public Interest Research Group ( US PIRG ) published in February 2005: " Textbook prices are increasing at more than four times the inflation rate for all finished goods, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Producer Price Index.

According to a survey conducted by Thomson Scientific in 2006, an established authority in compiling Science Citation Index, PolyU has been ranked number one in the world on the number of papers published in leading journals from 2003 to 2005 in the field of civil engineering.

According to the Reporters Without Borders, Hong Kong enjoys " real press freedom " and ranks the second in Asia after Japan in the Press Freedom Index.