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Recent trends in the international humanitarian regime and the rise of the UAE
(Research report, 2022-03-01)The United Arab Emirates is an Arab Gulf state that has received growing attention as one of the 21st century’s most generous humanitarian aid donors in the world. The young gulf monarchy, like the other fellow members ... -
Reconceptualising Transitional Justice: The Latin American Experience
(Conference object, 2012-06-01)Transitional justice (TJ) is now a crowded field. Two things are clear: Impact is key and social-science insights are indispensable. Latin America pioneered the old TJ repertoire; truth-telling and amnesty. Today the region ... -
Reconciliation and Democratisation: Outlining the Research Field
(Research report, Research report, 2002)The report presents an overview of institutional strategies to deal with the problem of past atrocities – trials, purges, truth commissions, restorative efforts, reforms, amnesty and amnesia. It discusses the main debates ... -
Reconstruction as Modernisation: The 'post-conflict' project in Afghanistan
(Third World Quarterly vol. 28 no. 7, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2007-09-01)This paper examines the post-war reconstruction programme in Afghanistan, arguing that it contains the seeds of radical social change. The paper analyses the tensions of the present reconstruction project in light of the ... -
REDD Integrity: Addressing governance and corruption challenges in schemes for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD)
(U4 Report 2011:1, Research report, 2011-02-01)Donor-backed programmes for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) intend to financially reward individuals, communities and countries that cut carbon emissions from forests as part of a global ... -
REDD Integrity: An evidence based approach to anti-corruption in REDD+
(U4 Issue 2015:7, Research report, 2015-03-20)Schemes for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) have emerged as a means to address deforestation trends in developing countries and related emissions of forest carbon. Governance and ... -
Reducing bribery for public services delivered to citizens
(U4 Brief 2015:11, Report, 2015-11-01)The literature on corruption tends to focus on grand corruption for contracts and licenses worth large sums of money. However, 1.6 billion people annually have to pay a petty bribe to get public services. In developing ... -
Reformas ao processo orçamental e gestão das finanças públicas de Angola a crise foi um sinal de alarme?
(CMI Report R 2011:7, Research report, 2011-11-21)Este relatório trata do processo de orçamento de Angola - no seu sentido amplo - no período entre 2008 e 2010. Três conceitos – transparência, responsabilidade e eficiência - são usados como pontos de referência centrais, ... -
Reforming corruption out of Nigerian oil? Part one: Mapping corruption risks in oil sector governance
(U4 Brief 2009:2, Report, 2009-02-11)Oil dominates the Nigerian economy and generates the vast majority of government revenues. At the same time, Nigeria is perceived as one of the world's most corrupt countries, and significant levels of corruption are said ... -
Reforming corruption out of Nigerian oil? Part two: Progress and prospects
(U4 Brief 2009:6, Report, 2009-04-30)In Nigeria, as elsewhere, corrupt practices impair oil sector performance. This U4 Brief looks at five approaches to advancing anti-corruption reform in Nigeria’s oil sector: the legal and regulatory framework; open and ... -
Reforming the personal income tax system in Angola: An alternative proposal
(CMI Insight 2014:3, Report, 2014-06-01)Reforming the personal income tax legislation in Angola has been under preparation since 2011. There are many challenges related to creating an effective and fair tax system in a highly unequal society that the Angolan ... -
Reforming wildlife governance in East and Southern Africa: The role of corruption
(U4 Brief 2009:12, Report, 2009-07-28)Corruption plays a role in structuring wildlife governance systems in many African states. Donor efforts to support wildlife reforms in East and Southern Africa have often struggled to achieve impact due to continuing ... -
Reforms of the Angolan budget process and public financial management: Was the crisis a wakeup call?
(CMI Report R 2011:7, Research report, 2011-11-21)This report deals with Angola’s budget process – in the wide sense – in the period between 2008 and 2010. Three concepts - transparency, accountability and efficiency - are used as central benchmarks against which various ... -
Refugee journey infrastructures: Exploring migration trajectories from South Sudan to Uganda
(Population, Space and Place, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024-09-01)This article investigates the nature of refugee journeys by triangulating open-ended, closed, and spatial survey data collected among South Sudanese refugees in Northern Uganda. While much research focuses on migration ... -
Refugees as future returnees? Anatomy of the ‘paradigm shift’ towards temporary protection in Denmark
(CMI Report 2022:6, Research report, 2022-11-01)The ‘paradigm shift’ in Danish asylum policy, officially introduced in 2019, implied the adoption of quasi-mandatory rules on revocation of asylum residence permits as soon as the circumstances in the country ... -
Refugees find employment in very different settlement contexts
(HVL Policy Brief vol. 1 no. 2, Others, 2024-04-01)Ukrainian refugees have settled in various locations across Estonia, driven by housing shortages and steep rents in the capital city. However, this spatial distribution does not adversely affect their job prospects, and ... -
Regional Dimensions of Norwegian Country Programmes in East Africa
(Research report, Research report, 2006)This study is an assessment of existing Norwegian aid country programmes in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda and how they relate to East African regional ambitions, supplemented by information on other donors’ direct support for ... -
Regional variation in livelihood strategies in Malawi
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2009)This is a background paper on livelihood strategies in rural Malawi in general. Livelihood strategies are identified at the household level as a function of assets held, using survey data. Only endowments that are likely ... -
Regulating conflicts of interest in challenging environments: The case of Azerbaijan
(U4 Issue 2010:2, Research report, 2010-02-02)Current approaches to regulating conflicts of interest, often encouraged by international anti-corruption standards, are commonly judged by how restrictive they are. Such interpretations reflect a mistaken view that a ... -
Regulatory Burdens in Tax Administration and Firms’ Compliance Costs in Africa
(Research report, 2018-01-01)This paper examines the effect of regulatory burdens related to tax administration on firms' compliance costs in Africa. Using cross-country firm-level data, the results show that regulatory burdens related to tax ...