Browsing CMI Open Research Archive by Document Types "Journal article"
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Uno sguardo al ruolo delle donne giudici nella magistratura afghana tra passato e presente
(Nuovi Autoritarismi e Democrazie: Diritto, Istituzioni, Società (NAD-DIS) vol. 4 no. 1, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-07-01)The paper discusses some aspects related to the current state of the judicial system in Afghanistan in light of the chaotic evacuations that occurred in the summer of 2021 and the consequent loss of competencies due to ... -
Veiled nannies and secular futures in France
(Ethnos, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-01-01)This article focuses on recent French efforts to expand legal regulation of religious symbols to childcare. Controversies over ‘veiled nannies’ serve as points of departure for investigating laïcité – French secularism – ... -
Vers plus d'éthique dans les douanes en Afrique subsaharienne; The pursuit of integrity in customs: experiences from sub-Saharan Africa
(Afrique Contemporaine vol. 230 no. 2009-2, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2009-08-01)This paper examines recent experiences from sub-Saharan Africa in combating corruption in customs. It argues that integrity reforms have been too focused on reforming formal institutions, and too little attention has been ... -
Warfare with Songbooks
(Journal article, 2023-12-01)This article focuses on songbooks that were published during World War II on the territory of Yugoslavia. These publications are discussed as an entry point into everyday experience of the communist-led antifascist resistance. ... -
Western and Chinese Development Engagements in Uganda's Roads Sector: An Implicit Division of Labour
(African Affairs vol. 00 no. 00, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-01-01)How has the process of institution and governance building in Africa, a domain traditionally subject to western development interventions, been changed by Chinese-led development? Taking Uganda’s roads sector, and ... -
What does it mean to be poor? Investigating the qualitative-quantitative divide in Mozambique
(World Development vol. 117, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-01-01)Motivated by the siloed nature of much poverty research, as well as the challenge of finding inclusive operational definitions of poverty, this study reflects on the merits of seeking to reconcile economic (quantitative) ... -
What's trust got to do with it? Non-payment of service charges in local authorities in South Africa
(The Journal of Modern African Studies vol. 42 no. 4, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2004-01-01)A major financial problem in many municipalities in South Africa is the inadequate collection of service charges due to widespread non-payment. The prevailing view is that non-compliance is caused by poverty and the existence ... -
When incentives work too well: Locally implemented Pay for Performance (P4P) and adverse sanctions towards home birth in Tanzania - a qualitative study
(BMC Health Services Research vol. 14 no. 23, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-01-01)Background: Despite limited evidence of its effectiveness,performance-based payments (P4P) are seen by leading policymakers as a potential solution to the slow progress in reaching Millennium Development Goal 5: improved ... -
When Men do Women's Work : Structural Adjustment , Unemployment and Changing Gender Relations in the Informal Economy of Accra, Ghana
(Journal article, 2007)Economic crisis and structural adjustment in Ghana have put large numbers of formal sector employees and civil servants out of work. This informalisation process has gendered consequences. Unemployed people, rural–urban ... -
When Men do Women's Work: Structural Adjustment, Unemployment and Changing Gender Relations in the Informal Economy of Accra, Ghana
(Journal of Modern African Studies vol. 45 no. 4, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2007-11-01)Economic crisis and structural adjustment in Ghana have put large numbers of formal sector employees and civil servants out of work. This informalisation process has gendered consequences. Unemployed people, rural-urban ... -
When Rape Becomes Politics: Negotiating Islamic Law Reform in Sudan
(Women's Studies International Forum vol. 44, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-01-01)Under Sudan’s Criminal Act (1991), rape is defined as zina (adultery and fornication) without consent. This means that the strict rules of evidence used for zina are also applied to rape. Women activists have contested ... -
When Truth Commission Models Travel: Explaining the Norwegian Case
(International Journal of Transitional Justice vol. 00, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023-02-01)This article explores ‘late justice’ in the context of settler democracies with a history of racism, using Norway as a case study. It examines the background for the Norwegian Truth and Reconciliation Commission ... -
Where are the women? Towards gender equality in the ranger workforce
(Park Stewardship Forum vol. 37 no. 1, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-01-01)The ranger workforce is currently characterized by an extreme gender skew. Exact data—or even reliable estimates—are scarce, but the general understanding is that only 3–11% of the global ranger workforce ... -
Why people pay taxes: The case of the development levy in Tanzania
(World Development vol. 29 no. 12, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2001-01-01)This paper examines factors determining tax compliance behavior in local authorities in Tanzania. The poll tax - locally named "development levy" - is used as case. The study finds support for the hypotheses that tax ... -
Will REDD+ safeguards mitigate corruption? Qualitative evidence from Southeast Asia
(The Journal of Development Studies vol. 55 no. 10, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-07-01)High levels of faith and finance have been invested in REDD+ as a promising global climate change mitigation policy. Since its inception in 2007, corruption has been viewed as a potential impediment to the achievement of ... -
Women and legal pluralism: Lessons from indigenous governance systems in the Andes
(Journal of Latin American Studies vol. 49 no. 3, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-01-01)The shift towards legally plural multicutural and pluri-national citizenship regimes in the Andes formally recognised indigenous peoples' community-based governance systems. These tend to emphasise participation, deliberation ... -
Women at work in Sudan: Marital privilege or constitutional right
(Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society vol. 26 no. 2, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-06-01)This article explores how working women in Sudan's capital negotiate legal constraints placing them under the guardianship of their husbands, imposing strict public dress and behavioral codes upon them, and upholding ... -
Women’s use of family planning services: An experiment on the husband’s involvement
(Journal of Development Economics vol. 158, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-01-01)Despite the increased availability of family planning services (FPS) in low-income countries, their use remains low, especially in rural sub-Saharan Africa. To investigate to what extent this is explained by the husband’s ... -
Working with the Taliban: from the first to the second Emirate
(Central Asian Survey vol. 42 no. 3, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023-06-01)Nearly two years after the Taliban seized power in Kabul, in August 2021, the international aid community continued to search for workable approaches to deal with the new situation. Afghanistan’s deepening economic ...