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The non-oil tax reform in Angola: On track or losing momentum?
(Angola Brief vol. 4 no. 2, Report, 2014-02-18)Since 2010, Angola has been implementing a tax reform aiming to increase non-oil tax revenues. This brief addresses main achievements of the reform since mid-2012 on administrative and legislative issues. Does the reform ... -
The Norad Programme in Arts and Cultural Education. A Mid-Term Review of the Programme Period 2006-2008/9
(Research report, Research report, 2008)This report is a review of the Norad Programme in Arts and Cultural Education (ACE). ACE is a programme for cooperation between institutions for cultural education in the South and partners in Norway, established to ... -
The NORAD Programme in Arts and Cultural Education. A review of the first phase 2002-2004
(Research report, Research report, 2005)The Norad Programme in Arts and Cultural Education was established in 2002 and is administered by Centre for International University Co-operation (SIU). The total budget for the programme period (2002-2005) is NOK 15 ... -
The Norwegian People's Aid, oil and development. A review of Oil for the Common Good (2007-2011).
(CMI Report R 2012:5, Research report, 2012-12-11)The NPA has since 2007 implemented an Oil for the Common Good programme (OCG) with funding from Norad’s Oil for Development programme. The main purpose is to contribute to strengthening democratic control and participation ... -
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the Islamic Development Bank: The regional dimension of humanitarian diplomacy
(Research report, 2021-12-01)This paper analyses the role of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) during crises, considering their limits and potential. Besides the diplomatic role in negotiating and ... -
The overlooked role of elites in African grassroots conflicts: A case study of the Dinka-Mundari-Bari conflict in Southern Sudan
(CMI Sudan Working Paper SWP 2014:3, Working paper, 2014-12-15)Many analysts of grassroots conflicts in African emphasized one of the following factors to be the most important: ethnic divisions, competition over resources or competition between pastoralists and agriculturalists. The ... -
The paradox of federalism and decentralisation in South Sudan: An instrument and an obstacle for peace
(Report, 2019-09-01)A power sharing agreement and the inauguration of a new government in South Sudan has been put to a halt. Disagreement on the number of states and local self-government, security issues and the unifying of a national army ... -
The Paradox of Representation in Sudan: Muslim Women's Diverging Agendas
(CMI Brief vol. 9 no. 1, Report, 2010-02-24)The international discourse on gender and peacebuilding presupposes a common agenda among all women across religion, ethnicity and class in any given post-confl ict situation. This brief challenges this position by exploring ... -
The Parliament of Bangladesh. Challenges and Way Forward
(CPD-CMI Brief no. 1, Report, 2012-04-13)In the forty years since independence Bangladesh has rotated between electoral democracy and military rule, and between parliamentary and presidential system of government. The frequent systemic changes have hindered the ... -
The Parliament of Bangladesh: Representation and Accountability
(CPD-CMI Working Paper series CPD-CMI WP 2012:2, Research report, 2012-04-10)The constitution of Bangladesh bestows the parliament with supreme powers in making laws and approving budgets. It is given wide-ranging authority to scrutinise the actions of the executive who remains accountable to the ... -
The perfect enemy: From migrants to sexual minorities
(CMI Brief no. 2019:05, Report, 2019-05-01)Why did Poland´s conservative government, the Law and Justice Party, launch an attack on the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people (LGBT) as part of their 2019 European Parliamentary elections campaign? The ... -
The Pluralist Paradox. The Decline of Economic Interest Groups in Zambia in the 1990s
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2000)The dilemma facing new democracies attempting to implement political and economic reform simultaneously is that democratisation may undermine economic reform by encouraging political participation and empowering interest ... -
The political economy of banking in Angola
(African Affairs, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-01-01)From inauspicious beginnings in a post-socialist, highly dysfunctional financial system, Angolan banking grew in less than a decade after the end of the country's long civil war into one of Africa's largest. Fuelled by the ... -
The political economy of corruption and REDD+: Lessons from the Philippines’ pilot sites
(U4 Issue 2014:7, Research report, 2014-10-17)Corruption is a continuing feature of the Philippines’ natural resource sectors. Given keen interest in the country’s REDD+ potential, it is useful to consider corruption risks related to REDD+ from a political economy ... -
The political economy of REDD+ in Kenya: Identifying and responding to corruption challenges
(U4 Issue 2014:3, Research report, 2014-03-10)The government of Kenya, led by the Ministry of Environment, Water and Natural Resources, is developing a national REDD+ programme. The success of this initiative will depend in part on Kenya’s ability to address political ... -
The Political, Research, Programmatic, and Social Responses to Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the 25 Years Since the International Conference on Population and Development
(Journal of Adolescent Health vol. 65 no. 6, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-12-01)Among the ground-breaking achievements of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) was its call to place adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) on global health and development agendas. ... -
The politicization of abortion and hippocratic disobedience in Islamist Sudan
(Health and Human Rights Journal vol. 21 no. 2, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-12-01)Abstract In Sudan's Islamist state, abortion is politicized through its association to illegal pregnancy. Fornication is crime against God punishable with 100 lashes. Pregnancy outside a marriage contract constitute ... -
The Politics of Humanitarianism. Power, Ideology and Aid
(Book, 2016-01-01)Humanitarian intervention has increasingly become the prevalent means of providing protection and aid at a global level. Yet alongside its success concerns have been raised that humanitarianism has increasingly become an ... -
The Politics of Local Boundaries and Conflict in Sudan. The South Darfur Case
(Sudan Working Paper SWP 2008: 2, Working paper, 2008-02-20)Up to 1994, Darfur region (the present three states of Darfur) had remained a single integrated political and administrative unit since the establishment of the Kaira Kingdom in the 17 th century. Historically, the Kaira ... -
The politics of migration policy implementation in Ghana
(Governance, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024-01-01)This article dives into the complex web of actors and processes of migration policy implementation in Ghana, revealing political tensions as they play out in this field. The analysis is based on semi-structured interviews ...