• Always choosing the oil rents: How leaders in Angola and Venezuela brought their countries to ruin 

      Marsteintredet, Leiv; Orre, Aslak (CMI Working Paper WP 2016:10, Working paper, 2016-11-01)
      Angola and Venezuela are among the most oil dependent countries in the world. When oil prices fell in 2014, these states lost half of their income base. A combined economic, political and social crisis followed. The acute ...
    • Always top-down: Constitutional reforms in Angola 

      Amundsen, Inge (CMI Working Paper 2021:09, Working paper, 2021-12-01)
      Angola amended its constitution yet again in 2021. In official statements, it was done to “strengthen the democratic principles of rule of law and of separation of powers”, but this paper demonstrates that the opposite was ...
    • Améliorer la structure ? Réforme institutionnelle et corruption dans le secteur de l'eau 

      de la Harpe, Jean; Butterworth, John (U4 Brief 2011:8, Report, 2011-08-01)
      L’échec du monde à assurer à ses citoyens l’accès à l’eau et à l’assainissement est reconnu comme un problème de gouvernance, et les réformes institutionnelles figurent largement dans les efforts prodigués en faveur d’une ...
    • An ambassador's guide to the United Nations Convention against Corruption 

      Hechler, Hannes (U4 Brief July 2010 special, Report, 2010-12-16)
      This guide provides key information on the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) and steps that can be taken to foster its implementation in partner countries.
    • An analysis of Tanzania's 1998 imports. A sector of origin and end use analysis of Tanzania's goods imports, undertaken for the Macmod model 

      Granberg, Per (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2002)
      This paper reports on an analysis made of Tanzania’s 1998 imports, undertaken as part of the Macmod project. The analysis entails the classification of imported goods according to their sector of origin and their end use.
    • An Annotated Bibliography of Social Research on the Nuba Mountains 

      Ille, Enrico (Book, 2016-01-01)
      It was possible for this volume to come together in a few months only because of previous efforts of long-time colleagues in my research on the Nuba Mountains, most of all Richard Rottenburg and Guma Kunda Komey. The basis ...
    • An exception to the rule? Why Indonesia's Anti-Corruption Commission succeeds where others don't - a comparison with the Philippines' Ombudsman 

      Bolongaita, Emil P. (U4 Issue 2010:4, Research report, 2010-08-17)
      Anti-corruption agencies have long been a principal strategy to fight corruption in many developing countries. Unfortunately, few of them have produced evident results and they are seen as being rather ineffective. Recently, ...
    • An increasing number of Muslim women in politics: A step towards complementarity, not equality 

      Tønnessen, Liv (CMI Brief no. 2018:3, Report, 2018-05-01)
      The number of Muslim women participating in political decision-making in the Middle East and Northern Africa (MENA) is on the rise. This brief explores how Islamists in Sudan have interpreted complementarity over time and ...
    • Analysis of Norway’s Action Plans on Women, Peace and Security 

      Wimpelmann, Torunn; Tjønneland, Elling; Villanger, Espen; Domingo, Pilar (Evaluation Reports 4/2022, Research report, 2022-03-01)
      This report forms part of an evaluation of Norwegian efforts to promote the women, peace and security (WPS) agenda. The main purpose of the overall evaluation is to assess the impact of Norwegian WPS efforts that have been ...
    • Analyzing the determinants of health worker performance 

      Leonard, Kenneth; Mæstad, Ottar (Health Labor Market Analyses, Chapter, 2016-10-01)
    • Análise do processo de reforma fiscal em Angola... e porque incentivos fiscais devem ser evitados 

      Fjeldstad, Odd-Helge; Jensen, Søren Kirk; Orre, Aslak (Angola Brief vol. 2 no. 2, Report, 2012-06-06)
      Angola está actualmente a implementar uma reforma tributária. O principal objectivo da reforma é aumentar as receitas fiscais não petrolíferas pelo alargamento da base tributária, racionalizar incentivos, aumentar o controlo ...
    • Angola 1999/2000. Key Development Issues and National Research Capacity 

      Tvedten, Inge; Nordås, Hildegunn Kyvik (Research report, Research report, 2000)
      This is the first report on Angola under the Country Advisor Agreement between the Norwegian Agency for Development Co-operation (NORAD), the Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI) and the Nordic Consulting Group (NCG). The report ...
    • Angola 2000/2001. Key Development Issues and the Role of NGOs 

      Tvedten, Inge (Research report, Research report, 2001)
      This is the second report on Angola under the Country Advisor Agreement between the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) and Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI) and Nordic Consulting Group (NCG). The report ...
    • Angola 2001/2002. Key Development Issues and Aid in a Context of Peace 

      Tvedten, Inge; Adauta, Mario; Cain, Allan; Hodges, Tony; Kibble, Steve; Pacheco, Fernando (Research report, Research report, 2002)
      This is the third report on Angola under the Country Advisor Agreement between the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) and Chr. Michelsen Institute. The report consists of a part I synthesising and assessing ...
    • Angola 2002/2003. Key Development Issues and Democratic Decentralisation 

      Tvedten, Inge; Orre, Aslak; Bakke, Rasmus (Research report, Research report, 2003)
      This is the fourth report on Angola under the Country Advisor Agreement between the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) and Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI). The report consists of a Part I synthesising and ...
    • Angola 2003/2004. Waiting for elections 

      Miranda, Armindo (CMI Reports, Research report, 2004)
      The present report is the fifth in a series of annual studies carried out by the Chr. Michelsen Institute on socio-economic and political trends in Angola, at the request of the Norwegian development cooperation authorities. ...
    • Angola after dos Santos: Change and continuity 

      Bye, Vegard; Inglês, Paulo; Orre, Aslak (CMI Working Paper WP 2021:8, Working paper, 2021-11-01)
      This publication aims to identify and discuss several political, social, and economic dynamics during the first four years of the Lourenço presidency and assess the arguments suggesting continuity, and those for ...
    • Angola health survey: Opportunities to reduce maternal and newborn mortality 

      Sjursen, Ingrid Hoem (Angola Brief vol. 2 no. 3, Report, 2012-06-01)
      In Angola, every tenth child dies before the age of one. 40% of these deaths happen within 28 days of birth. Angola has among the highest maternal and child mortality rates in the world. To reduce the number of deaths is ...
    • Angola og norsk bistand 

      Tvedten, Inge (Research report, Research report, 1996)
      Angola is currently passing through a political, economic and social crisis deeper than in most other African countries. The MPLA government and the former rebel movement UNIT A signed a peace agreement in Lusaka in November ...
    • Angola party politics: Into the African trend 

      Amundsen, Inge (Angola Brief vol. 1 no. 9, Report, 2011-06-05)
      Angolan politics is usually explained with reference to the country’s long and devastating civil war. The postponed elections, the domination of the presidency and the ruling party, and the election results are typically ...