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We shall speak where others are silent? Fragments of an oral history of Norwegian assistance to Afghan women
(CMI Report R 2015:11, Research report, 2015-12-01)Norway has a strong political commitment to promote the rights of women and their participation in public life through its development cooperation programs. A government White Paper on the subject in 2008 proclaimed that ... -
Weak law forbidding female genital mutilation in Red Sea State, Sudan
(Sudan Working Paper SWP 2017:1, Working paper, 2017-05-01)This paper critically investigates the criminalization of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) in Red Sea, a state with one of the highest prevalence rates of FGM/C in Sudan (where 89% of females have undergone the ... -
Weak links: How corruption affects the quality and integrity of medical products and impacts on the Covid-19 response
(U4 Issue 2021:15, Research report, 2021-12-01)Corruption is involved in poor medical product quality in five important areas: manufacturing and distribution, regulation, procurement, high-level governance, and the health workforce. Existing corruption pressures impact ... -
West African Migration Regimes and the Externalization of EU Migration Management Policies
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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 causes Latin America’s high incidence of adolescent pregnancy?
(CMI Brief vol. 16 no. 9, Report, 2017-11-01)Latin America is the only region in the world where adolescent pregnancies are not decreasing. According to a recent article in the Lancet, if the current trend continues, Latin American countries will not fulfill the ... -
What constitutes a convention? Implications for the coexistence of conventions
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2004)A model of repeated play of a coordination game, where stage games have a location in social space, and players receive noisy signals of the true location of their games, is reviewed. Sugden (1995) suggests that in such a ... -
What determines Chinese outward FDI?
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2009)Chinese outward foreign direct investment (FDI) has increased substantially in recent years. Though this has generated considerable interest in the motivations and drivers of Chinese investment abroad, there have been few ... -
What does it mean t be poor? Investigating the qualitative-quantitative divide in Mozambique
(WIDER Working Paper 2018/75, Research report, 2018-07-01)This study reflects on the relationship between economic (quantitative) and anthropological (qualitative) approaches to the analysis of poverty in developing countries. Drawing on detailed evidence from Mozambique, we argue ... -
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 does not get measured, does not get done'. The methods and limitations of measuring illicit financial flows
(U4 Brief 2010 No 2, Report, 2010-06-17)Estimates of the size of illicit financial flows have been questioned because data used to measure the phenomenon is fraught with problems. However, such estimates are necessary to inform policy making on this issue. ... -
What has trust got to do with it? Non-payment of service charges in local authorities in South Africa
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2003)A major financial problem in many municipalities in South Africa is the inadequate collection of service charges due to widespread nonpayment. The prevailing view is that non-compliance is caused by poverty and the existence ... -
What makes a credit group tick? In-group favouritism among microfinance clients
(Angola Brief vol. 1 no. 7, Report, 2011-06-05)Microcredit clients are often assigned to credit groups with joint liability for loans. But what makes a credit group work well? What credit groups are likely to generate the internal social dynamics needed for group ... -
What works in combatting gender-based violence?
(Research report, 2024-09-01)Gender-based violence, including domestic violence, intimate partner violence, and sexual violence, is a serious problem which negatively affects global development and health. Developing and implementing effective ... -
What's the catch? Considering an EITI for fisheries
(U4 Brief 2011:18, Report, 2011-12-07)Lack of transparency in commercial fisheries has been a longstanding issue for those working to promote small-scale fishers’ rights in developing countries. It is a feature of the management of fisheries that many believe ... -
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 breaking up is hard to do. Exploring exit strategies in Afghanistan
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When elections consolidate power: The futile fight of the Ugandan opposition in the 2011 elections
(CMI Brief vol. 10 no. 2, Report, 2011-05-18)Recent elections in Uganda produced the outcome “everyone expected”: President Museveni and the NRM-party won. After 25 years of Museveni in power, the opposition has failed to pose any significant and real challenge to ... -
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 ...