Chr. Michelsens Institutt
Recent Submissions
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Resettlement capacity assessments for climate induced displacements: Evidence from Ethiopia
(CMI Working Paper WP 2021:01, Working paper, 2021-01-01)Climate change migration is increasing and necessitates a re-examination of resettlement planning and processes. Although evidence-based selection of host places would improve climate change resettlement outcomes, few ... -
Customers play an important role in shaping firms’ VAT compliance
(Others, 2021-01-01)Value added tax (VAT) is one of the main modes of raising tax revenue worldwide but has significantly underperformed as a revenue collection tool in Africa. Non-compliance by taxpayers is a major challenge. This Misum ... -
Where are the women? Towards gender equality in the ranger workforce
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Understanding the resource curse: A large-scale experiment on corruption in Tanzania
(Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization vol. 183, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-03-01)Corruption is considered an important driver of the resource curse in developing countries. Based on a large-scale field experiment in Tanzania, this paper studies how the salience of future natural resource revenues shapes ... -
Gender, regulation, and corporate social responsibility in the extractive sector: The case of Equinor’s social investments in Tanzania
(Women's Studies: International Forum vol. 84, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-01-01)Multinational corporations have been criticised for their rhetorical support to - as opposed to substantive engagement with - gender equality in their corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities in poor countries. ... -
Nhân học trên biển [Maritime Anthropology]
(Nhan hoc: Nganh khoa hoc ve con nguoi [Anthropology: The Science of Human Beings]. Nha xuat Ban Dai hoc Quoc gia Ha Noi [Vietnam National University Press], Chapter, 2020-12-01) -
COVID‐19, ‘dugnad’ and social control in Bergen and beyond
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Implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for revenue collection in poor African countries
(Conference object, 2020-12-01)The presentation is based on new study for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Denmark The purpose of the study is to provide inputs for strategic discussions about possible future Danish aid to domestic ... -
The TaxCapDev-network
(Conference object, 2020-11-01)The basis for the network: Taxation is much more than a technical issue It is at the centre of important social science debates about the state and the evolution of states This requires research collaboration ... -
After the uprising: Including Sudanese youth
(Report, 2020-12-01)The youth were the backbone of the protests that led to the fall of Sudan’s president Omer al-Bashir in April 2019. Yet, two years after the uprising they are still largely excluded from the political decision-making ... -
Implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for revenue generation in poor African countries
(DIIS Working Paper 13: 2020, Research report, 2020-12-01)In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic the need in poor countries in Africa for more revenues is obvious and growing - also because aid agencies are quite stingy in helping them in this crisis. The pandemic’s ... -
The non-oil tax reform in Angola: Escaping from petroleum dependency?
(The Extractive Industries and Society vol. 7 no. 4, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-11-01)Angola experienced an extraordinary oil boom between 2004 and 2014. During this period, oil revenue accounted for 80% of all government revenue. In 2011, the Government of Angola started implementing a non-oil tax reform. ... -
No Longer a Guest: Permitting Syrians in Sudan
(Report, 2020-12-01)When Syrian refugees first started arriving to Sudan in 2014 they were welcomed as guests. But Sudan’s economic crisis combined with Syrians’ success in business has created antagonism. The transitional government ... -
Sudan’s Transition: Living in Bad Surroundings
(Sudan Working Paper SWP 2020:4, Working paper, 2020-12-01)Following the 2019 April revolution, Sudan now finds itself in the middle of a profound and uncertain political transition. Should the transition succeed, the country could move in directions that are novel in Sudan’s ... -
Household wellbeing and coping strategies in Africa during COVID-19 – Findings from high frequency phone surveys
(CMI Report 2020:4, Research report, 2020-12-01)This report provides data on household wellbeing in countries in sub-Saharan Africa following the Covid-19 pandemic. The focus is on employment and income, food security, and coping mechanisms, and on access to education ... -
Comparing legal activism in Zimbabwe and Zambia
(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 ... -
Prevalence, drivers, and review of the literature on the effects of interventions to reduce the prevalence of female genital mutilation
(CMI Report R 2020:03, Research report, 2020-11-01) -
Pastoral Women in Town: The Case of the Migrant Fulbe in Sinja, Sudan
(Sudan Working Paper SWP 2020:3, Working paper, 2020-11-01)The world has witnessed rapid urbanization and an increased number of women migrating in a phenomenon known as the femininization of migration. Urban areas are becoming extremely overcrowded and overburdened, putting ... -
The local governance of COVID-19: Disease prevention and social security in rural India
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Literature review on effects of interventions to reduce the prevalence of child marriage
(CMI Report R 2020:02, Research report, 2020-10-01)
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