• Sociedade Civil em Angola: Incursões, Espaco Responsabilidade 

      Amundsen, Inge; Abreu, Cesaltina (Research report, Research report, 2007-10-22)
      Civil society is inherently weak in Angola, and the political and societal space for civil society is limited. Angolan authorities have not fully accepted civil society’s voice, watchdog and control functions, and the legal ...
    • Socio-Economic Effects of Gold Mining in Mali. A Study of the Sadiola and Morila Mining Operations 

      Jul-Larsen, Eyolf; Kassibo, Bréhima; Lange, Siri; Samset, Ingrid (Research report, Research report, 2006)
      In the last decade Mali has experienced a gold boom. Today Mali is Africa’s third largest producer of gold and has one of the world’s most gold-dependent economies. This study looks at how the advent of gold mining has ...
    • Socio-economic effects of HIV/AIDS in African countries 

      Isaksen, Jan; Songstad, Nils Gunnar; Spissøy, Arild (Research report, Research report, 2002)
      This desk study was commissioned by NORAD to review recent literature on socio-economic consequences of the HIV/AIDS pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa with focus on Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. The report ...
    • Some reasons why capital does not flow from rich to poor countries 

      Nordås, Hildegunn Kyvik (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 1997)
      This paper introduces endogenous adoption costs for productive assets in a Ramsey type growth model with international capital flows. There are two c1asses of productive assets: owner-specific and location-specific. Adoption ...
    • Son preference, number of children, education and occupational choice in rural Nepal 

      Hatlebakk, Magnus (CMI Working Paper WP 2012:8, Working paper, 2012-10-01)
      A unique family survey was conducted in Nepal to investigate the economic consequences of having a first-born girl. Women get more children, but we find no causal effect of number of children on economic outcomes. But ...
    • South African Manufacturing Industries - Catching up or Falling Behind? 

      Nordås, Hildegunn Kyvik (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 1995)
      This paper argues that intraindustry trade with developed countries is an important source of technology transfer, and creates incentives to climb up the learning curve. South Africa has an industrial structure that could ...
    • South Sudan “arrivals” in the White Nile State (Sudan). Not citizens, not IDPs, not Refugees: What are they? 

      ElHassan, Idris Salim (Sudan Working Paper SWP 2016:7, Working paper, 2016-12-01)
      This paper discusses the living conditions of the so called “arrivals,”{1} South Sudanese refugees in Sudan, most of whom now reside in the White Nile State (58 %) and in Khartoum (23 %), and the rest of which live in ...
    • Spatial Variation of Child Stunting and Maternal Malnutrition after Controlling for Known Risk Factors in a Drought-Prone Rural Community in Southern Ethiopia 

      Belayneh, Mehretu; Loha, Eskindir; Lindtjørn, Bernt (Annals of Global Health, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-08-01)
      Background : Globally, understanding spatial analysis of malnutrition is increasingly recognized. However, our knowledge on spatial clustering of malnutrition after controlling for known risk factors of malnutrition such ...
    • Special Issue: Grassroots Responses to Mass Migration in Europe 

      De Lauri, Antonio; Brkovic, Carna; Hess, Sabine (Book, 2021-07-01)
      The range of grassroots responses to the 2015 migration reception crisis is vast. Depending on the local, national, and migratory contexts, different groups employed different modalities and policies to help the people on ...
    • Special Issue: Reimagining the Littoral through Development Regimes and Local Contingencies’ 

      Raveendranathan, Vidhya; Roszko, Edyta (Journal article, 2022-06-01)
    • Special tribunal for Lebanon: Either peace or justice? 

      Knudsen, Are John (CMI Brief vol. 10 no. 1, Report, 2011-03-01)
      On 14 February 2005, former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and 22 members of his staff and security detail were killed by a massive bomb in downtown Beirut. The murder gave rise to the “Cedar Revolution,” the largest ...
    • Specialised anti-corruption courts – A comparative mapping. 2022 update 

      Stephenson, Matthew C.; Schütte, Sofie Arjon (U4 Issue 2022:14, Research report, 2022-11-01)
      While there are no definitive best practices for specialised anti-corruption courts, existing models and experience provide some guidance to reformers considering the creation of similar institutions.
    • Specialised anti-corruption courts: A comparative mapping 

      Schütte, Sofie Arjon; Stephenson, Matthew C. (U4 Issue 2016:7, Research report, 2016-12-01)
      Frustration with the capacity of the ordinary machinery of justice to deal adequately with corruption has prompted many countries to develop specialised anti-corruption institutions. While anti-corruption agencies with ...
    • Specialised anti-corruption courts: Indonesia 

      Schütte, Sofie Arjon (U4 Brief 2016:4, Report, 2016-07-01)
      The Indonesian Court for Corruption Crimes, or Tipikor court, has handled corruption cases for more than a decade. Initially there was only one Tipikor court in Jakarta, exclusively hearing cases from the Corruption ...
    • Specialised anti-corruption courts: Philippines 

      Stephenson, Matthew (U4 Brief 2016:3, Report, 2016-07-01)
      The Philippines' Sandiganbayan is the oldest specialised anti-corruption court in the world. Though established mainly to resolve corruption cases more expeditiously, the Sandiganbayan is plagued by delays and inefficiency. ...
    • Specialised anti-corruption courts: Slovakia 

      Stephenson, Matthew (U4 Brief 2016:2, Report, 2016-07-01)
      In 2003 Slovakia established a Special Court, subsequently renamed the Special Criminal Court (SCC), principally for corruption and organised crime cases. The SCC was a response to the domination of the ordinary lower ...
    • Specialised anti-corruption courts: Uganda 

      Schütte, Sofie Arjon (U4 Brief 2016:5, Report, 2016-07-01)
      The Uganda High Court has an Anti-Corruption Division (ACD) with original jurisdiction over all corruption and related cases. The main rationale for its establishment was the speedier resolution of corruption cases, and ...
    • ‘Spectacular Fishing: Embodying Sovereignty in the post-Brexit Channel Islands and the South China Sea.’ 

      Roszko, Edyta (Variations on Sovereignty: Snapshots of Political Contestation and Transformation from Brexit to the South China Sea., Chapter, 2023-05-01)
      The South China Sea disputes over the Paracels and Spratlys – two archipelagos claimed in whole by China and Vietnam and in part by a number of ASEAN countries and Taiwan – and the post-Brexit dispute between ...
    • Squeezing a balloon? Challenging the nexus between organised crime and corruption 

      Reed, Quentin (U4 Issue 2009:7, Research report, 2009-07-23)
      Corruption and organised crime are of great concern to the international community: while the first is regarded as one of the greatest barriers to development, the second is seen as a key threat to international security ...
    • State - Local Community Games of Forest Land Appropriation 

      Angelsen, Arild (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 1997)
      This paper explores possible strategic interactions between the state and local community in games of tropical forest land appropriation. Two key questions are addressed. First, how does the structure of the game influence ...