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The Experience of War: The WARFUN Project
(Others, 2022-07-01)The suffering and hardship that humans endure within war cannot be stressed enough. It is precisely for this reason that we need nuanced understandings of what happens in war. WARFUN aims to unveil the plurality of experiences ... -
Annex 2-4: Norway's contribution to women's participation in peacebuilding A Case Study Analysis from Afghanistan, Colombia and Nordic Women Mediators Network
(Research report, 2022-05-01)The study is part of an evaluation of Norwegian efforts to increase women's participation in peacebuilding between 2000 - 2020 conducted by Norad’s evaluation department. The purpose is to generat e knowledge ... -
Cost-effectiveness of pulse oximetry and integrated management of childhood illness for diagnosing severe pneumonia
(PLOS Glob Public Health vol. 2 no. 7, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-07-01)Pneumonia is a major killer of children younger than five years old. In resource constrained health facilities, the capacity to diagnose severe pneumonia is low. Therefore, it is important to identify technologies that ... -
Norwegian Development Aid: A Paradigm Shift in the Making?
(Forum for Development Studies, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-07-01)Norway has remained committed to allocating one percent of its Gross National Income in developing aid. Poverty reduction has also stayed as an overarching objective for the aid budget. The commitment to these traditional ... -
Coping with corruption: Small and medium enterprises in Ghana
(U4 Brief 2022:2, Report, 2022-06-01)Small firms seem to be more compliant when exposed to international standards and regulations as partners to multinationals. -
Women’s use of family planning services: An experiment on the husband’s involvement
(Journal of Development Economics vol. 158, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-01-01)Despite the increased availability of family planning services (FPS) in low-income countries, their use remains low, especially in rural sub-Saharan Africa. To investigate to what extent this is explained by the husband’s ... -
Women in the Judiciary in Guatemala: Living between Professionalization and Political Capture
(CMI Working Paper WP 2022:2, Working paper, 2022-07-01)Studies of female judges have tended to focus on the Global North, analyzing the factors that explain the presence or absence of women in the courts, the impact of informal institutional cultures on their professional ... -
Special Issue: Reimagining the Littoral through Development Regimes and Local Contingencies’
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Assessment of the nail contamination with soil-transmitted helminths in schoolchildren in Jimma Town, Ethiopia
(PLoS ONE vol. 17 no. 6, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-06-01)Background Large-scale deworming programs have been successful in reducing the burden of disease due to soil-transmitted helminth (STH; Ascaris lumbricloides , Trichuris trichiura and hookworm) infections, but ... -
Former Armed Groups in Power and Post-war Youth Policies
(Research report, 2022-01-01)This research brief discusses the role of youth in relation to rebel-to-party transitions and how to improve the inclusion of youth in such processes, bringing about genuine youth participation. There is a growing ... -
Safeguarding the Covid-19 vaccine distribution: Evaluating the role of blockchain
(U4 Issue 2022:7, Research report, 2022-06-01)International organisations should examine blockchain’s effectiveness against the challenges identified. Effectiveness depends on technical capacity, trust, and a political commitment to reduce corruption. -
Breaking the vicious cycle: Entry points for anti-corruption in inclusive peace processes
(U4 Issue 2022:6, Research report, 2022-05-01)Corruption and violent conflict feed off each other in a vicious cycle. Peacebuilders can learn how to reinforce transitions from war to peace with a focus on promoting integrity and accountability. -
Investigating the ethics of investments. An interview with Kjell Kristian Dørum on the work of the Norwegian Council on Ethics
(Report, 2022-05-01)Norway’s global pension fund invests in 1.3% of all listed companies in the world. Its chief advisor responsible for the fund's ethical guidelines talks about dialogues with companies accused of corruption and possible ... -
Syrian Refugees in Istanbul and Gaziantep: Comparative Findings on Settlement, Livelihood and Support
(CMI Insight 2022:01, Report, 2022-06-01)The Syrian presence in Turkey is largely urban in nature with refugees settling in regional cities along the Syria-Turkey border and in the metropolises of western Turkey. Based on a survey with 300 Syrian refugees in ... -
The invisible ceiling: Muslim immigrant entrepreneurs navigate Norway’s financial environment
(Journal article, 2022-05-01)Extended abstract published as part of conference proceedings after the 2022 ReInser International Conference for sharing best practices, bringing together researchers, practicioners and policy-makers. Conference proceedings ... -
Community driven development in fragile contexts
(CMI Report R 2022:2, Research report, 2022-06-01)This review of community driven development discusses the incentive problems that arise when an external agency attempts to involve the local community in the planning and implementation of development projects. -
Community-Driven Development or community-based development?
(CMI Report R 2022:3, Research report, 2022-06-01)Review of Norwegian-funded CDC projects in Afghanistan -
Mujeres en la judicatura en Guatemala. Experiencias entre profesionalización y captura política
(Research report, 2022-05-01)This report in Spanish analyses the situation of women judges in Guatemala, revealing the specifically gendered pressures they experience to limit their independence. By focusing on women's experiences of becoming and ...
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