Browsing CMI Open Research Archive by Author "Strand, Arne"
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Community Driven Development in Contexts of Conflict. Concept Paper Commissioned by ESSD, World Bank
Strand, Arne; Toje, Hege; Jerve, Alf Morten; Samset, Ingrid (Research report, Research report, 2003)Violent conflict represents not only a significant barrie r to development; it also wipes out efforts to improve the situation. Experience from many developing countries has shown that Community Driven Development (CDD) ... -
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 -
Conciliatory approches to the insurgency in Afghanistan: An overview
Suhrke, Astri; Chaudhary, Torunn Wimpelmann; Hakimi, Aziz; Harpviken, Kristian Berg; Sarwari, Akbar; Strand, Arne (Research report, Research report, 2009)This report is a preliminary mapping of initiatives designed to promote peace and reconciliation in Afghanistan. It is a snapshot in time, focusing on practices or arrangements that were still ongoing during the second ... -
Conflictual Peacebuilding: Afghanistan Two Years after Bonn
Suhrke, Astri; Harpviken, Kristian Berg; Strand, Arne (Research report, Research report, 2004)This report charts the aid policies pursued in Afghanistan since late 2001 aimed at building peace in a country devastated by two decades of conflict. The report presents the four pillars of the peacebuilding design and ... -
Corruption in Afghanistan and the role of external players
Strand, Arne (Others, 2017-03-01) -
Country Evaluation Brief: Afghanistan
Strand, Arne; Suhrke, Astri; Taxell, Nils (Country Evaluation Briefs 7, Research report, 2016-11-01)Since 2001, Western political and military interests have largely defined the nature and magnitude of aid flows. Conventional criteria for development assistance (notably absorptive capacity and credible conditionality) ... -
Elite Capture of Kabul Bank
Strand, Arne (Corruption, Grabbing and Development: Real World Challenges, Chapter, 2014-03-01)Afghanistan is entering the most critical period since the overthrow of Taliban back in 2001. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has announced withdrawal of international forces by 2014, and a sharp reduction ... -
Er Kabul trygt for retur?
Wimpelmann, Torunn; Strand, Arne (Others, 2017-11-01)Noreg har så langt i år returnert over 500 afghanarar til Kabul. Samtidig er tryggleiken forverra i heile landet, og spesielt Kabul har store sivile tap. Stortinget er delt i oppfatninga om ein skal stanse eller halde fram ... -
Faryab survey. Comparison of findings from Maymane, 2006 and 2009
Strand, Arne; Organisation for Sustainable Development and Research (OSDR) (Research report, Research report, 2009)This is a follow-up to an earlier survey conducted in Maymane district by the Organization for Sustainable Development and Research (OSDR) during a two-week period in early November 2006. In that survey 183 interviews were ... -
Financing education in Afghanistan: Opportunities for action
Strand, Arne (Research report, 2015-01-01)The Afghan Ministry of Education estimates that there are presently 8.35 million students (39% of which are girls) in primary, lower secondary, and upper secondary government schools, including Islamic schooling, out of a ... -
Frå vondt til verre? Afghanistan 10 år etter
Strand, Arne (Others, 2011-09-22) -
Girls’ education in conflict and emergencies, case Afghanistan
Strand, Arne (Conference object, 2015-07-01)Education in Afghanistan and girls' access A major increase of children in school since 2001 Major inequalities, only 21 % of the girls complete primary education – rural/poor girls most vulnerable Three main factors ... -
Humanitarian Challenges in Afghanistan: Administrative Structures and Gender and Assistance
Strand, Arne; Ask, Karin; Harpviken, Kristian Berg (Research report, Research report, 2001)The humanitarian situation in Afghanistan has rapidly deteriorated over the last months, as the conflict between the Taliban and the international community has intensified. UN sanctions and isolation has strengthened the ... -
Krig, fred og sånt
Strand, Arne (Others, 2011-06-01) -
Land issues and poverty reduction: Requirements for lasting peace in Sudan and Afghanistan
Sørbø, Gunnar M.; Strand, Arne (The poorest and the hungry. Assessments, analyses, and actions, Chapter, 2009-11-01) -
Lessons Learned on Traditional Dispute Resolution in Afghanistan
Gaston, Erica; Sarwari, Akbar; Strand, Arne (Building Peace No. 3, Research report, 2013-11-01)In many communities across Afghanistan, the formal justice system has proven weak, corrupt, and ineffective. The vast majority of disputes are resolved outside of the formal state system, often by tribal elders, shuras, ... -
Maintaining Development Momentum or Just Providing Aid?
Strand, Arne (Analysis No. 261, Research report, 2014-07-01)Afghanistan is again preparing for change. Most international forces are about to leave the country by end of 2014, Afghans expects to have a new President over the summer and there are signals of a major reduction in ... -
Mid-term Evaluation Report of the National Solidarity Programme (NSP), Afghanistan
Barakat, Sultan; Strand, Arne (Research report, 2006-01-01)Twenty-five years of conflict has left Afghanistan with a profound need for extensive intervention to address reconstruction and development requirements, particularly in rural areas, many of which were never reached by ... -
Nato i Afghanistan: Fredsbevaring eller antiterroroperasjon?
Strand, Arne (Others, 2009-11-10) -
Norwegian non-military collaboration with Afghanistan: A slightly different approach
Strand, Arne (Noref Policy Brief, Research report, 2012-09-27)Norway has a long history of providing humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan through non-governmental organisations and the United Nations, and has played an active role in aiding the rebuilding and development of the ...