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Secondary and Higher Secondary Education in Bangladesh. Its Growth and State Expenditures: A Time-series Analysis of 1981-90
(Working paper, Working paper, 1992)This paper first identifies trends and patterns in the growth of the secondary and higher secondary schools in Bangladesh, while differentiating between the Islamic madrassa schools, and the general (mainstream) ones. ... -
Multiple inflasjonslikevekter og deres stabilitet: En drøfting av stabiliseringsprogrammene i Argentina, Brasil og Israel på midten av 1980-tallet
(Arbeidsnotat, Working paper, 1992)Notatet gir en oversikt over diskusjonen bak stabiliseringsprogrammene i Argentina, Brasil og Israel på midten av 1980, der den årlige inflasjonsraten ble redusert fra over 500% til mellom 20% og 30%. Den underliggende ... -
Afrikas økonomiske krise - finnes det grunnlag for reformer? En elementær innføring
(Arbeidsnotat, Working paper, 1992)Dette arbeidsnotatet gir en kort oversikt og innføring i den økonomiske situasjonen for landene i Afrika sør for Sahara. På omtrent alle utviklingsindikatorer ligger de afrikanske landene nederst, både individuelt og som ... -
Population and Development Planning. A Demographic Study of the Hambantota Integrated Rural Development Programme in Sri Lanka
(Research report, Research report, 1992)The present study, undertaken as part of the background research for an evaluation of the Hambantota Integrated Rural Development Programme (HIRDEP), analyses the demographic characteristics and trends of Hambantota district ... -
Constraints for a Conservation-Based Agricultural Development Policy in Ethiopia. A Baseline Study in Fedis Awraja
(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, ... -
Verdensbankens verdensbilde
(Research report, Research report, 1992)Denne studien gir en kort presentasjon av hovedpunktene i Verdensbankens "World Development Reports" for 1990, 1991 og 1992, og drøfter kritisk de mest sentrale problemstillingene i rapportene. Rapportene framstår som ... -
Setting a Standard for Africa? Lessons from the 1991 Zambian Elections
(Research report, Research report, 1992)This report provides an assessment of the transition to a multi-party system of government in Zambia. The first section gives a general background to processes of democratisation in Africa, while the subsequent ones deal ... -
Human Rights as International Consensus. The Making of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1945-1948
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Development Planning and the Importance of Democratic Institutions in Botswana
(Research report, Research report, 1993)This study takes an extended look at Botswana, a country which is found to depart from the common pattern of African states and therefore may be considered as something of a special case. By using a state-centred approach, ... -
A Hobbled Democracy. The Kenya General Elections 1992
(Research report, Research report, 1993)On 29 December 1992 the first multi-party elections since 1966 were held in Kenya. This report provides a critical assessment of the circumstances surrounding that event. The irregularities and problems encountered in the ... -
Human Rights and Development. The Discourse in the Humanities and Social Sciences
(Research report, Research report, 1993)The aim of this study is to review central debates on human rights within the social sciences and humanities with a view to enumerating the present state of knowledge about human rights and development. The central topics ... -
Determinants of Late Development. A Study of Turkey's Late Industrialisation Attempt until 1946
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Development Theory: Recent Trends. Proceedings of the NFU Annual Conference 1992
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Hvorfor har militæret fortsatt makten i Burma?
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 1993)This paper seeks to explain why the military has remained in power in Burma after the country-wide uprising for democracy in 1988. It is argued that a theoretical approach has to include a focus on the particular actors ... -
Macro-Economic Effects of Development Plan Expenditures. A Framework for Analysis, with Special Reference to Uganda
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 1993)Development plans are mainly concerned with the financial aspects of development projects, while the economic aspects are often neglected. This paper constructs a methodology for converting the information given in development ... -
Hva får vi igjen? En statistisk analyse av norske leveranser til det multilaterale bistandsmarkedet
(Research report, Research report, 1993)Omfanget av Norges salg til det bistandsfinansierte markedet blir til tider diskutert, blant annet på grunnlag av landets store bistandsbevilgninger. Denne studien tar sikte på å presentere og analysere tilgjengelig data ... -
Individual Choice under Uncertainty
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 1993)The first part of this paper gives an overview of the dominating approach within economic theory on individual decision making under uncertainty or risk - the expected utility (EU) theory. The theory has increasingly been ... -
From Policy Guidelines to Problem Solving. A Critical Assessment of the National Conservation Strategies of Botswana and Zambia
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 1993)This study focuses on the National Conservation Strategies of Botswana and Zambia. The strategies contain detailed elaborations about environmental problems, goals, means and implementation. The implementation of the NCSs ... -
Representerer opphavsmerking en konkurransevridende faktor?
(Research report, Research report, 1993)Denne rapporten analyserer i hvilken grad tvungen opphavsmerking for klær representerer en konkurransevridende faktor. Konkurranservidningen består dels i at produkter med samme kvalitet oppnår ulik pris, og dels i at ... -
Shifting Cultivation Expansion and Intensity of Production: The Open Economy Case
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 1994)This paper studies decision making in shifting cultivation, in particular labour inputs, length of rotation or fallow period (intensity of production), and the agricultural frontier (expansion). Analytical models are ...