Blar i CMI Open Research Archive på forfatter "Isaksen, Jan"
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Anti-corruption Reforms: Challenges, Effects and Limits of World Bank Support
Fjeldstad, Odd-Helge; Isaksen, Jan (IEG Working Paper 7:2008, Research report, 2008-09-01)This study compares the evolution of the state-of-the-art in research and analysis of anticorruption and transparency with World Bank practice. The first part of the paper reviews the theoretical and empirical approaches ... -
Assessing the Restructuring of SADC - Positions, Policies and Progress
Isaksen, Jan; Tjønneland, Elling N. (Research report, Research report, 2001)This study was commissioned by Norad. The Report provides an assessment of the institutional restructuring of SADC and an input to the planning of future Norwegian assistance to regional co-operation in Southern Africa. The ... -
Best Practice in Capacity Building in Public Finance Management in Africa. Experiences of NORAD and Sida
Andersson, Göran; Isaksen, Jan (Research report, Research report, 2002)This study was contracted by Sida and NORAD for the purpose of summarising experiences in capacity building for Public Finance Management (PFM) in Africa. In particular, the two organisations’ attempts to take a more ... -
Budget, State and People. Budget Process, Civil Society and Transparency in Angola
Isaksen, Jan; Amundsen, Inge; Wiig, Arne; with Abreu, Cesaltina (Research report, Research report, 2007)This study discerns several deficiencies in the budget process in Angola. The government’s budget proposal is not publicly debated, no pre-budget paper is prepared, comparisons between budgeted expenditure and actual ... -
Building Tax Capacity in Developing Countries
Moore, Mick; Fjeldstad, Odd-Helge; Isaksen, Jan; Lundstøl, Olav; McCluskey, Rhiannon; Prichard, Wilson (Others, 2015-10-01)The agenda for the Third International Conference on Financing for Development suggests there will be less focus on aid, and more on how developing countries can generate their own financial resources for development. ... -
Corruption and state-backed debts in Mozambique: What can external actors do?
Williams, David Aled; Isaksen, Jan (U4 Issue 2016:6, Research report, 2016-11-01)The average annual cost of corruption to Mozambique was recently estimated to be up to USD 4.9 billion for the period 2004-2014. Some analysts have entertained the idea that investments in the country's oil and gas sector ... -
Energy Cooperation in Southern Africa: What Role for Norway? Report from the Seminar on Regional Energy Co-operation, Luanda, 12-14 February 2002
Isaksen, Jan (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2002)This Working Paper contains a full report from a Seminar on Regional Energy Co-operation, Luanda, 12-14 February 2002. Norwegian involvement in the energy sector in Southern Africa is considerable. Energy is a major area ... -
Experience and Institutional Capacity for Poverty and Income Distribution Analysis in Angola
Isaksen, Jan; Tvedten, Inge; Ilinga, Pacheco (Research report, Research report, 2006)The Chr. Michelsen Institute was contracted to carry out this study on previous experience in and institutional capacity for poverty and income distribution analysis in Angola. The study aims at presenting an overview of ... -
Just Faaland – en verdensborger i Bergen
Isaksen, Jan; Jansen, Eirik G. (Book, 2017-11-01)Denne boken er en hyllest til Just Faaland som døde i februar 2017. Just Faaland bygget opp det som i dag er Chr. Michelsens Institutt i Bergen. Han var leder for avdelingen for utviklingsforskning ved instituttet fra ... -
Macro-Economic Convergence Policy in the Southern African Development Community: Prospects and Challenges
Kweka, Josaphat; Rweyemamu, Dennis; Luvanda, Eliab; Isaksen, Jan; Wangwe, Samuel (Proceedings of the 2006 FOPRISA Annual Conference, Chapter, 2007-12-10)In the last two decades, the subject of regional integration has featured prominently in the agenda of (and policy research on) most developing countries. The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is one of the ... -
Managing Aid Exit and Transformation. Botswana Country Case Study. On CD-Rom
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Micro and Small-scale Industry Development in Cabo Delgado Province in Mozambique
Isaksen, Jan; Mate, Carlos Rafa (Research report, Research report, 2005)This report sets out the background, analyses, conclusions and recommendations from a review of a project on Micro and Small–scale Industry Development in Cabo Delgado Province in Mozambique (UNIDO Project number TF/MOZ/01/001). ... -
Mid-Term Review of the Angola Programme of Norwegian People's Aid
Isaksen, Jan; Samset, Ingrid; Pacheco, Fernando (Research report, Research report, 2006)The purpose of this review is to assist Norwegian People’s Aid in adapting its Angola programme to reach the objectives it has set for the period from 2004 to 2007. NPA presently works in five provinces and employs more ... -
Orçamento, Estado e Povo. Processo de Orçamento, Sociedade Civil e Transparência em Angola
Isaksen, Jan; Amundsen, Inge; Wiig, Arne; Abreu, Cesaltina (Research report, Research report, 2007)Este estudo identifica várias deficiências no processo de orçamento em Angola. A proposta do governo não é discutida publicamente, não é preparado nenhum documento pré-orçamento, não são feitas comparações entre a despesa ... -
Policy Making in the Tanzanian Petro State: Building a Statistical Basis
Isaksen, Jan; Kilama, Blandina; Matola, Fred (CMI Working Paper WP 2017:5, Working paper, 2017-03-01)This paper deals with needs and availability of data, statistics and information in Tanzania. It relates to a five-year (2014–19) research programme on prospects and challenges for the petroleum sector. The main objectives ... -
Poverty in Mozambique Discourse, Analysis and Monitoring. Suggestions for National Stakeholders and the Donor Community
Isaksen, Jan; Staaland, Anette; Weimer, Bernhard (Research report, Research report, 2005)This report was prepared for the Norwegian Embassy in Mozambique and NORAD. Its purpose is to advise the Norwegian and other cooperation authorities on how best to support poverty analysis and monitoring in Mozambique, ... -
Restructuring SADC - Progress and Problems
Isaksen, Jan (Research report, Research report, 2002)This study was commissioned by the Norwegian Agency for Development Co-operation (NORAD). It is a follow up to “Assessing the Restructuring of SADC – Positions, Policies and Progress. Chr Michelsen Institute (CMI Report ... -
SADC in 2003: Restructuring and Progress in Regional Integration
Isaksen, Jan (Research report, Research report, 2004)The present desk study was commissioned by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation. It traces recent developments in the Southern Africa Development Commu nity (SADC), organisational restructuring and progress in ... -
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 ... -
The budget process and corruption
Isaksen, Jan (U4 Issue 2005:3, Research report, 2005-01-01)In the interest of making aid effective, donors are increasingly stressing the importance of a good public financial management (PFM) system in partner countries. The budget process is a part of the PFM system which is ...