• Comparing legal activism in Zimbabwe and Zambia 

      Kaaba, O'Brien; Hinfelaar, Marja; Zhou, Tony (CMI Working Paper WP 2020:5, Working paper, 2020-11-01)
      Battles over democracy are manifested in contestations over legal frameworks and within judicial institutions. Lawfare refers to the strategic use of law and legal institutions by actors in civil and political society to ...
    • Comparing urban and rural poverty in Angola 

      Tvedten, Inge; Lázaro, Gilson; Jul-Larsen, Eyolf (CMI Brief no. 2018:05, Report, 2018-11-01)
      This brief compares living conditions in villages in rural Malanje and shantytowns in urban Luanda and argues that while material poverty is most pronounced in Malanje, disempowerment, vulnerability and the dearth of social ...
    • Compensatory Livestock Thievery: A New Trend in Economic Crime In Dilling/South Kordofan State (2014–2016) 

      Elhassab, Ahmed; Elhassab, Mohammed (Sudan Working Paper SWP 2017:3, Working paper, 2017-08-01)
      “Compensatory livestock thievery” within the greater Dilling locality in South Kordofan State (SKS) is an economic crime that was born out of a war environment. In this form of crime, thieves steal animals, particularly ...
    • Competing Perceptions of Women's Civil Rights in Sudan 

      Tønnessen, Liv (CMI Brief vol. 6 no. 4, Report, 2007-07-19)
      During the peace process in Sudan women were merely "guests at the table. The role permitted to women during negotiations was based on a perception of them as passive victims of war, not active players in politics and ...
    • Competition and corruption. What can the donor community do? 

      Søreide, Tina (U4 Brief 2007:8, Report, 2007-10-09)
      This Brief discusses how corruption might threaten the benefits of competition in a market. Corruption can result in too much market power for some firms and thus increase prices and negatively influence the supply of goods ...
    • Complaints mechanisms in health organizations 

      Vian, Taryn (U4 Brief 2013:6, Report, 2013-10-23)
      Strategies to increase transparency and accountability often include complaints mechanisms by which organisations can respond to individual suspicions of corruption and other grievances. This Brief discusses how complaints ...
    • Conceptualizing ‘Leave No One Behind’ 

      Turunen, Salla (CMI Working Paper WP 2021:04, Working paper, 2021-09-01)
      Abstract The term ‘leave no one behind’ is at the heart of the Sustainable Development Goals that were adopted by United Nations (UN) member states in 2015, and the phrase has frequently been used in the ...
    • 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 ...
    • Confronting corruption in education: Advancing accountable practices through budget monitoring 

      Turrent, Victoria (U4 Brief 2009:7, Report, 2009-06-10)
      Education budget work conducted by civil society is a powerful way of holding governments accountable to their citizens, and drawing attention to corruption in the education system. This brief discusses the relevance of ...
    • Confronting corruption in humanitarian aid: Perspectives and options 

      Walker, Peter; Maxwell, Daniel (U4 Brief 2009:3, Report, 2009-03-26)
      Humanitarian crises that call for international assistance almost always take place in countries that either can’t or won’t meet the needs of their population at risk. Vulnerable environments, poverty, and poor governance ...
    • Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infections Mother-Newborn Pair Study in Southern Ethiopia 

      Zenebe, Mengistu Hailemariam; Mekonnen, Zeleke; Loha, Eskindir; Padalko, Elizaveta (Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-12-01)
      Introduction. Congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) is a common cause of neurodevelopmental delays and sensorineural hearing loss of infants, yet the prevalence of cCMV and the associated factors in Ethiopia are not studied. ...
    • Conlusion: The Moral economy of the resettlement regime 

      Suhrke, Astri; Garnier, Adèle (Refugee resettlement. Power, Politics, and Humanitarian Governance, Chapter, 2018-01-01)
      The international regime for resettlement of refugees examined in this volume has three important characteristics. First, the regime is state-centric. That is, the number of refugees resettled depends on the decision ...
    • Constatações da Realidade em Moçambique 2015. Sub-Relatório, Distrito do Lago 

      Tvedten, Inge; Noronha, Nair; José, Barnabé; Putile, Beatri (Reality Checks Mozambique 2011-2015, Research report, 2016-01-01)
      As Constatações da Realidade em Moçambique são implementadas pela ORGUT Consulting (Suécia) em associação com a Cowi Mozambique e o Chr. Michelsen Institute, em nome da Embaixada da Suécia em Maputo. As Constatações da ...
    • Constatações da Realidade em Moçambique. Relatório Anual 2015. Expressões Quantitativas de Pobreza e Bem-Estar 2011-2015 

      Tvedten, Inge; Tuominen, Minna; Rosario, Carmeliza (Reality Checks Mozambique 2011-2015, Research report, 2016-01-01)
      As Constatações da Realidade em Moçambique são executadas pela ORGUT Consulting (Suécia) em associação com a COWI Lda. (Mozambique) e o Chr. Michelsen Institute (Noruega), ...
    • Constatações da Realidade em Moçambique. Relatório Final 2011-2015 

      Tvedten, Inge; Tuominen, Minna; Rosario, Carmeliza (Reality Checks Mozambique 2011-2015, Research report, 2016-01-01)
      As Constatações da Realidade em Moçambique foram implementadas pela ORGUT Consulting (Suécia) em associação com a COWI Lda (Moçambique) e o Chr. Michelsen Institute (Noruega) ...
    • Constraints for a Conservation-Based Agricultural Development Policy in Ethiopia. A Baseline Study in Fedis Awraja 

      Cheru, Fantu (Working paper, Working paper, 1992)
      A baseline survey was conducted in the Hararghe region in Ethiopia in 1989 to identify constraints to agricultural production and environmental protection measures. The survey included not only agricultural support services, ...
    • Construing and constructing the South China Sea beyond state-led environmentalism: Vernacularizing geographical, geopolitical, and sociotechnical imaginaries of territory 

      Roszko, Edyta (Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography vol. 44 no. 1, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023-01-01)
      During the 2010s, the South China Sea (SCS) became a geopolitical flashpoint over the sovereignty of the Paracels and Spratlys. China envisioned its transformation of coral reefs into military bases and island cities as ...
    • Construyendo la rendición de cuentas de manera diferente: Una propuesta para la integración vertical del monitoreo y la incidencia pública 

      Fox, Jonathan; Aceron, Joy; Guillán, Aránzazu (U4 Issue 2017:4, Research report, 2017-05-01)
      Las iniciativas de sociedad civil que tienen como objetivo central la promoción de la rendición de cuentas (RdC), tienen el potencial de producir cambios institucionales más duraderos cuando están enfocadas a atender no ...
    • Contested Constitutions - Constitutional development in Sudan 1953-2005 

      Mo, Kristine (CMI Sudan Report SR 2014:1, Research report, 2014-10-01)
      This report explores constitutional development in Sudan from 1956 until 2005. It presents the country´s constitutional history, with a special emphasis on the writing and implementation of the constitutions from 1956, ...