• Attached Labor in Nepal: A Field-Study of Landlord-Labor Relations that are Misrepresented in the Nepal-LSMS data 

      Hatlebakk, Magnus (Conference object, 2004-01-01)
      In the LSMS data for Nepal most agricultural laborers report daily wages, while econometric analysis on the data indicates that, for many villages, the laborers actually have long-term contracts. We have visited some of ...
    • Caste, local networks and lucrative jobs: Evidence from rural Nepal 

      Hatlebakk, Magnus; Iversen, Vegard; Torsvik, Gaute (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2010)
      We study how local connections to persons in influential positions affect access to lucrative international migrant jobs and attractive government employment. In rural Nepal, it would not be surprising if social status, ...
    • Community driven development in fragile contexts 

      Hatlebakk, Magnus (CMI Report R 2022:2, Research report, 2022-06-01)
      This review of community driven development discusses the incentive problems that arise when an external agency attempts to involve the local community in the planning and implementation of development projects.
    • Community-Driven Development or community-based development? 

      Strand, Arne; Hatlebakk, Magnus; Wimpelmann, Torunn; Wardak, Mirwais (CMI Report R 2022:3, Research report, 2022-06-01)
      Review of Norwegian-funded CDC projects in Afghanistan
    • Corona and food security in poor countries 

      Hatlebakk, Magnus (CMI Brief no. 2020:04, Report, 2020-05-01)
    • Does aid work? 

      Hatlebakk, Magnus (CMI Report 2021:11, Research report, 2021-12-01)
      This report attempts to understand why research findings differ on the impacts of foreign aid on in particular economic growth, but as a corollary also on the impacts of aid on poverty and other welfare indicators. The ...
    • Economic and social structures that may explain the recent conflicts in the Terai of Nepal 

      Hatlebakk, Magnus (Research report, 2007-01-01)
      We attempt to explain the present ethnic-based conflict in the Terai of Nepal by deeper social and economic structures. Based on previous research on the village economies of Terai we describe the main socio-economic ...
    • Ethnic and Fiscal Federalism in Nepal 

      Aalen, Lovise; Hatlebakk, Magnus (Research report, 2008-07-24)
      Nepal is in the process of making a democratic federal republic. We hope to contribute to the discussions of ethnic and fiscal federalism based on experiences from other countries. Our main conclusions are: The new ...
    • Evaluation of NPA's support to Mutuelle, a voluntary health insurance scheme in Rwanda 

      Hatlebakk, Magnus; Olsen, Øystein Evjen (Research report, Research report, 2005)
      The report was commissioned by Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) with funds from NORAD. The evaluation looks into NPA’s support to health services in Gisenyi district of Rwanda. The focus of the evaluation is on Mutuelle, a ...
    • Explaining Maoist control and level of civil conflict in Nepal 

      Hatlebakk, Magnus (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2009)
      Does poverty or inequality explain the Maoist insurgency in Nepal? In contrast to previous studies we limit the analysis to the hill/mountain districts of Nepal as very few terai (plains) districts are classified as Maoist. ...
    • Female empowerment and education of children in Nepal 

      Hatlebakk, Magnus; Gurung, Yogendra B. (CMI Working Paper WP 2014:7, Working paper, 2014-07-01)
      A family survey was conducted in Nepal to investigate whether female empowerment leads to more education, in particular for girls. The relative economic power of the male and female side of the extended family was used as ...
    • Gendercide and marginalisation – An initial review of the knowledge base 

      Wang, Vibeke; Hatlebakk, Magnus; Tønnessen, Liv; Mæstad, Ottar; Telle, Kari (CMI Report R 2019:04, Research report, 2019-05-01)
    • Grameen Bank 

      Hatlebakk, Magnus (Økonomisk Forum vol. 61 no. 4, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2007-06-13)
      Grameen Bank har hatt stor suksess med å nå dei fattigaste med små lån, og vart i fjor premiert med Nobels Fredspris. Denne artikkelen drøftar graden av suksess, med vekt på metodeproblem som følgjer av seleksjon av landsbyar ...
    • Hva virker i utviklingspolitikken? En gjennomgang av forskningslitteraturen 

      Hatlebakk, Magnus (CMI Report R 2016:7, Research report, 2016-12-01)
      Main points in English: What works in aid
    • Inclusive growth in Nepal 

      Hatlebakk, Magnus (Research report, 2008-06-22)
      We present the development of poverty rates for different castes and ethnic groups of Nepal, and find a strong relation between social exclusion, as defined by the caste system, and economic poverty. We go on to present ...
    • Intergenerational determinants of occupational choice: The case of international labor migration from Nepal 

      Hatlebakk, Magnus (CMI Working Paper WP 2013:2, Working paper, 2013-01-01)
      We study the deep determinants of occupational choice, with a focus on what appears to be a particularly profitable pathway out of poverty, overseas labor migration. To what extent is this choice constrained by access to ...
    • LSMS Data Quality in Maoist Influenced Areas of Nepal 

      Hatlebakk, Magnus (CMI Working Paper, Working paper, 2007-10-22)
      We investigate whether the quality of LSMS data from Nepal is affected by the Maoists in the districts they control. We find, if any, only minor support for the hypothesis. Furthermore, the Maoists have less control in the ...
    • Malnutrition in South-Asia. Poverty, diet or lack of female empowerment? 

      Hatlebakk, Magnus (CMI Working Paper WP 2012:4, Working paper, 2012-03-21)
      Despite economic growth, and a reduction in poverty, malnutrition is still rampant in South-Asia. This indicates that non-economic factors are important, and we use a nation-wide survey from Nepal to identify factors that ...
    • Myopic preferences or subsistence income? Why do rickshaw cyclists rent the cycle? 

      Hatlebakk, Magnus (CMI Working Paper WP 2012:1, Working paper, 2012-01-27)
      One year rent is sufficient to buy a rickshaw in the plains of Nepal, while a rickshaw will last many years, so purchase appears very profitable. Still most cyclists rent the rickshaw. Based on choices made by rickshaw ...
    • Nepal: A political economy analysis 

      Hatlebakk, Magnus (Report, Research report, 2017-11-01)
      This report is an integrated political economy analysis of Nepal. The main finding is that economic growth and poverty reduction have been steady in Nepal since the mid-1980s independently of a number of political upheavals, ...