• Between morality and reality: Muslim students’ dilemma regarding interest-based loans in Norway 

  Paudel, Sunil (CMI Report R 2025:03, Research report, 2025-05-01)

  Master’s Thesis in Intercultural Studies at NLA University College, Bergen IKF_THE 60 ECTS Abstract The act of receiving or paying of interest, known as riba , is considered a grave sin in Islam, and its prohibition ...

• Enhancing financial inclusion and entrepreneurship for Muslim immigrant women in Norway 

  Tobin, Sarah (CMI Brief no. 2025:03, Report, 2025-05-01)

• Environment, resources and fishers in and out of the South China Sea: understanding the illegal Vietnamese harvest of marine goods in Northern and Northeastern Australia 

  Roszko, Edyta (Maritime Studies vol. 24 no. 34, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2025-05-01)

  The article explores Vietnamese fishing activities in and out of the South China Sea. It considers the historical and economic trajectories of fishing communities in the region and the role of Vietnam's subsidies and ...

• Why property tax reforms fail: Lessons from Tanzania 

  Fjeldstad, Odd-Helge; Katera, Lucas; Sjursen, Ingrid Hoem (CMI Insight 2025:04, Report, 2025-05-01)

• Taxation and Business Development in Zanzibar Insights from a Business Survey 

  Asri, Viola; Fjeldstad, Odd-Helge; Katera, Lucas; Nassary, Samwel; Saadat, Ahmed (CMI Report R 2025:02, Research report, 2025-04-01)

• Опыт войны без веры в исключительность 

  De Lauri, Antonio (Others, 2025-04-01)

• Who decides in the household when risk preferences conflict? 

  D'Exelle; Ben; Ringdal; Charlotte (Review of Economics of the Household, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2025-08-01)

  Women’s low involvement in household decisions is an important cause of the persistence of gender inequality in developing countries, as it constrains women’s access to resources and opportunities. Despite its importance, ...

• La Comisión para el Esclarecimiento de la Verdad, Convivencia y la No-repetición, y Violencia Sexual Relacionada con los Conflictos 

  Rudling, Adriana (CMI Report R 2025:01, Research report, 2025-03-01)

• An Elusive Fiscal Social Contract: Three Lessons from South Africa 

  Blackmore, Sansia; Fjeldstad, Odd-Helge (CMI Insight 2025:03, Report, 2025-03-01)

  Introduction A common policy concern in developing countries is that inadequate government revenue hampers development. Hence, many countries focus on raising revenue through taxation, assuming governance improvements ...

• Fun, Violence, and Survival in Boko Haram 

  Achilli, Luigi (CMI Insight 2025:2, Report, 2025-02-01)

  While often framed as either victims or perpetrators, children within Boko Haram navigate a far more complex reality – one where violence coexists with moments of camaraderie and fun.

• Norge kan, Norge bør: Ta lederskap for å halvere tidlig død innen 2050 

  Stoltenberg, Camilla; Høie, Bent; Røttingen, John-Arne; Helland, Anne-Marie; Spjeldnæs, Amanda Hylland; Norheim, Ole Frithjof; Linde, Karoline M.; Chola, Lumbwe; Ottersen, Trygve; Mæstad, Ottar (Research report, 2024-11-01)

  Rapport fra Stoltenberg-utvalget om global helse. 

• Gaza, South Africa and the Return of the Third World: Toward a Postcolonial Humanism 

  Billaud, Julie; De Lauri, Antonio (Humanity: An International Journal of Human Rights, Humanitarianism, and Development vol. 15 no. 2, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024-10-01)

  International law has historically served to create exceptions that render acceptable the suspension of liberal normative standards when it comes to violence and suffering perpetrated against non-Western populations. Yet ...

• Speaking up against EU externalisation: Activist-led migration information campaigns in Senegal 

  Vammen, Ida Marie Savio (CMI Brief no. 2025:01, Report, 2025-03-01)

• Imagined solidarity around tax practices in Namibia 

  Söderström, Johanna; Rakner, Lise (CMI Insight 2025:01, Report, 2025-03-01)

• Effects of jobs on ethnic switching – Evidence from a field experiment in Ethiopia 

  Aalen, Lovise; Beeder, Monica; Kotsadam, Andreas; Villanger, Espen (Journal of Development Studies vol. 86 no. 2, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2025-01-01)

  Ethnicity is a dynamic construct, with individual-level ethnic switching having been reported in numerous contexts. Ethnic switching, typically attributed to instrumental or social identity motivations, is hypothesized to ...

• Anti-corruption measures in the context of oil. Evading the ‘resource curse’ in Uganda 

  Kinyera, Paddy (U4 Issue 2024:7, Research report, 2024-11-01)

  With oil production on the horizon, Uganda faces critical corruption risks across procurement, land acquisition, and revenue management, testing the limits of its anti-corruption frameworks.

• Schlagfertigkeit. A soldier skill 

  Johais; Eva (Critical Military Studies, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2025-02-01)

  Are soldiers funny? On the face of it, fun is antithetical to the serious trade of the military profession, models of the decent and responsible soldier, and the strains of military life. However, military scholars acknowledge ...

• Escaping Khartoum: Understanding forced displacement 

  Elmubarak, Samahir (Report, 2025-02-01)

• Partners in Audit. An Evaluation of Cooperation between the National Audit Office in Malawi and the Office of the Auditor General of Norway 

  Tostensen, Arne; Johnsøn, Jesper (Research report, 2013-12-01)

  The Office of the Auditor General of Norway (OAGN) commissioned the Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI) to undertake this evaluation of its collaborative relationship with the National Audit Office (NAO) in Malawi to gauge ...

• Between Resilience and Radicalisation: Reassessing the Trajectory of Internally Displaced Populations in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique 

  Sidumo; Egna; Bertelsen; Enge, Bjørn (Kronos vol. 50 no. 1, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024-05-01)

  Displacement is an endemic phenomenon that affects those uprooted, the communities that feel the impact of those arriving, governments, and the international agencies which are increasingly engaged in organising the ...

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