• Public Anthropology in the Digital Era 

  De Lauri, Antonio; Sandvik, Kristin (The International Encyclopedia of Anthropology, Chapter, 2021-12-01)

  The public anthropologist grapples with not one but many overlapping digital transformations, which influence how anthropologists access, produce, and disseminate knowledge. The digital turn reshapes the social fields with ...

• Global Transitional Justice Norms and the Framing of Truth Commissions in the Absence of Transition 

  Wiebelhaus-Brahm, Eric (Journal article, 2020-01-01)

  As global transitional justice norms strengthen, governments face increasingly pressure to enact formal transitional justice mechanisms to resolve domestic conflict. This article examines how Bahrain, Morocco, and Sri Lanka ...

• Comisiones de la verdad y reformas del sector seguridad y defensa en América Latina 

  Barahona, Elena Martínez; Martín, Héctor Centeno (Journal article, 2020-03-01)

  El presente artículo pretende examinar la formulación y medir el nivel de implementación de las recomendaciones de la Comisión de la Verdad respecto a las ff. aa. y cuerpos de seguridad. A su ...

• 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. ...

• Understanding Inequality Within Households 

  Almås, Ingvild; Ringdal, Charlotte; Sjursen, Ingrid Hoem (Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics, Chapter, 2022-12-01)

  To describe and understand the economic inequality in a given society, it is necessary to understand intra-household inequality. This chapter gives an overview of within-household distributions in different settings, both ...

• Household Bargaining and Spending on Children: Experimental Evidence from Tanzania 

  Ringdal, Charlotte; Sjursen, Ingrid Hoem (Economica vol. 88, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-04-01)

  This paper studies whether an increase in women's intrahousehold bargaining power causes couples to allocate more resources to their child's education, and, if so, what the underlying mechanisms for this might be. We conduct ...

• Prevalence of hypertension, and related factors among adults in Wolaita, southern Ethiopia: A community-based cross-sectional study 

  Kumma, Wondimagegn Paulos; Lindtjørn, Bernt; Loha, Eskindir (Plos One vol. 16 no. 12, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-12-01)

  Introduction Hypertension is a global public health challenge. There is a lack of evidence on the prevalence of hypertension, prehypertension, and related factors among adult populations of Wolaita, southern Ethiopia. ...

• Pre-colonial centralization and tax compliance norms in contemporary Uganda 

  Ali, Merima; Fjeldstad, Odd-Helge (WIDER Working Paper 188, Research report, 2021-12-01)

  The paper examines the legacy of pre-colonial centralization on tax compliance norms of citizens in contemporary Uganda. By combining geo-referenced anthropological data on pre-colonial ethnic homelands with survey data ...

• The Effectiveness of Harnessing Human Rights: The Struggle over the Ilısu Dam in Turkey 

  Tezcür, Günes Murat; Schiel, Rebecca; Wilson, Bruce M. (Development and Change vol. 52 no. 6, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-10-01)

  Under what conditions can a human rights-based approach be successfully utilized? This article argues that the efficacy of a human rights discourse is, in large part, determined by the nature of the arena in which rights ...

• Sempre do Topo para a Base: Revisões Constitucionais em Angola 

  Amundsen, Inge (CMI Working Paper 2021:10, Working paper, 2021-12-01)

  Angola revisou, uma vez mais, a sua constituição, em 2021. Segundo declarações oficiais, estas revisões “fortalecem o Estado de Direito, a separação e interdependência dos órgãos de soberania”, mas este documento demonstra ...

• 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 ...

• Direct health facility financing in Tanzania. Process evaluation. Phone Survey #3 

  Binyaruka, Peter; Mæstad, Ottar; Somville, Vincent (CMI Report 2021:09, Research report, 2021-12-01)

• Results-based financing in the health sector in Tanzania. Process evaluation. Phone Survey #1 

  Binyaruka, Peter; Borghi, Jo; Mæstad, Ottar; Somville, Vincent (CMI Report 2021:07, Research report, 2021-12-01)

• Results-based financing in the health sector in Tanzania. Process evaluation. Phone Survey #2. 

  Binyaruka, Peter; Mæstad, Ottar; Somville, Vincent (CMI Report 2021:08, Research report, 2021-12-01)

• Sanningskommisjonen går folk hus forbi 

  Skaar, Elin (Others, 2021-12-01)

  FORSONING: Har du høyrt om den norske sannings- og forsoningskommisjonen? Ikkje det? Då er du i godt selskap. Tre fjerdedelar av alle nordmenn har aldri høyrt om han. Det er urovekkande.

• Does aid work? 

  Hatlebakk, Magnus (CMI Report 2021:11, Research report, 2021-12-01)

  This report attempts to understand why research findings differ on the impacts of foreign aid on in particular economic growth, but as a corollary also on the impacts of aid on poverty and other welfare indicators. The ...

• The Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the Islamic Development Bank: The regional dimension of humanitarian diplomacy 

  Pericoli, Altea (Research report, 2021-12-01)

  This paper analyses the role of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) during crises, considering their limits and potential. Besides the diplomatic role in negotiating and ...

• The Final Nail In The Coffin For 'Nordic Exceptionalism' 

  Selbervik, Hilde (Development Assistance, The end of Nordic Exceptionalism?, Chapter, 2015-01-01)

• Justiz und Recht in Afghanistan bis zur Machtübernahme der Taliban 2021 

  De Lauri, Antonio (Journal article, 2021-12-01)

• Towards harmonised financing of frontline health service providers in Tanzania 

  Mæstad, Ottar; Binyaruka, Peter (CMI Brief no. 2021:5, Report, 2021-12-01)

  This brief discusses what we can learn from recent experiences with direct health facility financing in Tanzania for the future design of a more harmonised system for financing of frontline service providers.

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