• Evaluation of the Norwegian Aid Administration’s Practice of Results-Based Management 

      Balogun, Paul; Lloyd, Rob; Villanger, Espen; Lagaay, Mary (Research report, 2018-01-01)
      The purpose of this evaluation has been to improve the aid administration’s current practice of results-based management by documenting how this is currently done and by identifying areas of improvement. Key findings ...
    • Evaluation of the Sida supported research capacity and higher education development programme in Rwanda, 2013-2017 

      Tvedten, Inge; Byabagambi, Arthur; Lindström, Johanna; Tedre, Matti (Sida Decentralised Evaluation 2018:3, Research report, 2018-04-01)
      Research cooperation between Sida and the university sector in Rwanda has been carried out in three phases since 2002, with the current phase (2013-2018) being the main focus of this evaluation. The programme is implemented ...
    • 'Follow the money!' Policies and practices in donor support to civil society formations in Southern Africa 

      Albertyn, Chris; Tjønneland, Elling N. (Research report, 2011-08-01)
      In 2007, the Southern Africa Trust commissioned a study on the trends and impacts of changing aid policies and shifting financial flows to civil society organisations in southern Africa. This new report provides an update ...
    • 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
    • Implementing a transparency and accountability policy to reduce corruption: The GAVI Alliance in Cameroon 

      Vian, Taryn (U4 Brief 2013:9, Report, 2013-12-04)
      The GAVI Alliance – an alliance of the world’s major players in global immunisation – uncovered massive misuse of its grants in Cameroon in 2011. GAVI’s Transparency and Accountability Policy triggered an investigation ...
    • Implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for revenue generation in poor African countries 

      Fjeldstad, Odd-Helge; Therkildsen, Ole (DIIS Working Paper 13: 2020, Research report, 2020-12-01)
      In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic the need in poor countries in Africa for more revenues is obvious and growing - also because aid agencies are quite stingy in helping them in this crisis. The pandemic’s ...
    • In Pursuit of Poverty Reduction: What have Parliaments got to do with it? 

      Selbervik, Hilde; Wang, Vibeke (Research report, Research report, 2006)
      Launched only 6 years ago, the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) has become a key reference document to a majority of developing countries. More than 70 developing countries have embarked on a PRSP process. In spite ...
    • Korrupsjon og bistand 

      Amundsen, Inge (Others, 2007-06-22)
    • Korrupsjon og bistand 

      Amundsen, Inge (Others, 2008-06-09)
    • La corruption et la fraude dans les projets d'aide internationale 

      Kramer, Michael (U4 Brief 2011:13, Report, 2011-12-01)
      L’examen approfondi de projets dans de nombreux secteurs et contextes différents a permis d’identifier des points communs frappants dans les modalités de fraude. Cela dit, il ne faut jamais sous-estimer l’ingéniosité avec ...
    • Lessons from Nicaragua's experience with the Joint Donor Anti-Corruption Fund 

      Millard, Ananda S. (U4 Practice Insight 2013:1, Report, 2013-03-05)
      Since 2002, the Joint Donor Anti-Corruption Fund (FAC) in Nicaragua worked with the national government to respond to corruption. The FAC brought together a group of nine donors to jointly support the strengthening of ...
    • Maintaining the Process? Aid to Transitional Justice in Rwanda and Guatemala, 1995-2005 

      Samset, Ingrid; Petersen, Stina S.; Wang, Vibeke (Research report, 2007-11-28)
      This report assesses the aid that was given in support of transitional justice processes in Rwanda and Guatemala between 1995 and 2005. The analysis is based on statistical data from the main donor agencies involved and ...
    • Nigeria: Styresett og bistand. En politisk-økonomisk analyse 

      Amundsen, Inge (Others, 2010-11-19)
      Presentatsjon av rapporten " Good Governance in Nigeria: A Study in Political Economy and Donor Support " (Oslo, 2010, Norad, Norad Report Discussion no. 17/2010). Studien ble presentert både på et internt antikorrupsj ...
    • Norwegian development assistance in support of social safety nets 

      Hatlebakk, Magnus (CMI Report R 2021:4, Research report, 2021-08-01)
      This report is commissioned by Norad as a mapping of Norwegian development assistance in support of social safety nets. It was found that a large share of the support comes in the form of emergency aid via the World Food ...
    • Peacebuilding: Lessons for Afghanistan 

      Suhrke, Astri; Harpviken, Kristian Berg; Knudsen, Are; Ofstad, Arve; Strand, Arne (Research report, Research report, 2002)
      This report examines lessons from previous peacebuilding efforts in Afghanistan, and from other countries, in order to highlight issues of central relevance for the present phase of peacebuilding and economic recovery. It ...
    • Reality Checks in Mozambique. Approach and Methodologies 

      Tvedten, Inge (Research report, 2012-08-07)
      A series of five “Reality Checks in Mozambique” will take place in the period 2011-2016, focussing on the dynamics of poverty and well-being with a particular focus on good governance, agriculture/climate and energy that ...
    • Reality checks in Mozambique. Inception report. 

      Tvedten, Inge; Tuominen, Minna; Rosário, Carmeliza; Paulo, Margarida; Faquir, Sheila; Picardo, Rachi (Research report, 2011-08-01)
      Poverty monitoring in Mozambique primarily takes place within the framework of the implementation of Mozambique’s Poverty Reduction Strategy (PARPA), and is informed by quantitative data derived from different types ...
    • Reality Checks in Mozambique. Sub-Report District of Lago. Year One 

      Tvedten, Inge; Paulo, Margarida; Mawawa, Zefanias (Research report, 2011-12-01)
      The Swedish Embassy in Maputo and the Swedish International Development Authority (Sida) have decided that there is a need to assess the impact of development and poverty reduction policies ‘from below’, and to regularly ...
    • Repenser la gouvernance afin de combattre la corruption 

      Unsworth, Sue (U4 Brief 2011:11, Report, 2011-11-29)
      Cette note de synthèse démontre que pour concevoir des stratégies anticorruption plus efficaces, il est indispensable de penser la gouvernance autrement. Au lieu de prendre un modèle de gouvernance préconisé par l’OCDE ...
    • Rethinking Governance to Fight Corruption 

      Unsworth, Sue (U4 Brief 2007:7, Report, 2007-10-09)
      This U4 Brief argues that the key to more effective anti-corruption strategies is to think differently about governance. Instead of starting with an OECD model of governance in mind, and assessing the gap between the ...