Browsing Chr. Michelsens Institutt by Title
Now showing items 1415-1434 of 1922
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ROUNDTABLE: Truth Commissions and Sexual Violence
(Conference object, 2023-08-01)Sexual violence — like mass rape — is used as a weapon of war in almost all (internal) armed conflicts. This roundtable investigates how Latin American and African truth commission have evolved since the early ... -
ROUNDTABLE: Women on the Bench
(Conference object, 2023-08-01)In long-established western democracies, women have made inroads as judges only during the past few decades. In post-conflict and transitional developing countries, however, women constitute an increasingly larger proportion ... -
Rukwa Ruka. The attempt of a foreign donor to uplift a neglected region: A study of the impact of Norwegian aid to Rukwa Region, Tanzania
(Research report, Research report, 2009)From 1978 to 1996 a close link existed between one of Tanzania’s least developed regions and Norway. Norway provided aid to the tune of 400 million kroner, or about 70 million dollar, with the broad goal of improving the ... -
Rule of law and environmental justice in the forests: The challenge of 'strong law enforcement' in corrupt conditions
(U4 Issue 2013:6, Research report, 2013-06-01)Widespread illegal forest activities have contributed to deforestation, forest degradation, economic losses to nations and injustices for forest communities in many countries. Promoting rule of law, particularly through ... -
Rural poverty in Malanje, Angola
(CMI Report R 2017:1, Research report, 2017-05-01)This report is part of the research programme “Cooperation on Research and Development in Angola” between Centro de Estudos e Investigação Científica (CEIC) at the Catholic University in Luanda, Angola and Chr. Michelsen ... -
Rural-urban linkages in sub-Saharan Africa: Contemporary debates and implications for Kenyan urban workers in the 21st century
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2004)Despite the rapid rate of urbanisation in Africa, most migrants retain links to their rural origins. Many households pursue a circular migration strategy or are semi-permanently split in a rural and an urban part by means ... -
Rural-urban Youth Migration and Informal Self-Employment in Ethiopia
(Research report, 2014-11-01)Empirical studies in the migration literature indicate that migration is often welfare improving for the migrant. But it is also possible that youth migrants become more susceptible and less competitive in urban areas ... -
Russian Use of Private Military and Security Companies - the implications for European and Norwegian Security
(FFI-rapport 18/01300, Research report, 2018-09-01)How does the Russian use of private military and security companies affect Russian use of force and what are the implications for European and Norwegian security? Over the past couple of decades, private military and ... -
SADC in 2003: Restructuring and Progress in Regional Integration
(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 ... -
SADC's Restructuring and Emerging Policies Options for Norwegian Support
(Research report, Research report, 2005)In 2001 SADC approved an ambitious program for a major overhaul of the organisation. Through institutional reform SADC hoped to establish a more efficient Head Office and Secretariat which could provide stronger leadership, ... -
Safeguarding borders, or safeguarding queers?
(Master thesis, 2018-08-01)While the political field of immigration is getting increasingly stringent throughout Europe, rights for queer individuals are progressively strengthened in Western parts of the world. These two parallel trends have made ... -
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. -
Safeguarding the Right to Asylum
(Working paper, Working paper, 1992)The paper was prepared for a UN Expert Group meeting in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, January 1993, in preparation for the 1994 World Conference on Population and Development. The paper analyzes the challenges which contemporary ... -
Samandrag: Gjennomgang av programmet - Information, return and reintegration of Iraqi nationals to Iraq (IRRINI)
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Sandhedskommission: Hele Norge har tabt
(Others, 2023-06-01)Årtiers forsøg på at udviske minoriteters sprog og kultur har stadig konsekvenser den dag i dag. I går så ”et mørkt kapitel i Norges historie” dagens lys. -
Sanningskommisjonen går folk hus forbi
(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. -
“Satanism is witchcraft’s younger sibling”: Changing perceptions of natural and supernatural anaemia causality in Malawian children
(PLOS ONE, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-04-01)In countries of sub-Saharan Africa, many children are admitted to hospital with severe forms of anaemia. The late hospital admissions of anaemic children contribute significantly to child morbidity and mortality in these ... -
Save the Children’s work on child protection and child rights in Mozambique and South Sudan
(CMI Report 2023:2, Research report, 2023-06-01)Background Save the Children Norway (SCN) and its partners are implementing an extensive programme to support children’s education, child protection and child rights in 16 countries. The programme is running from 2019 ... -
Saving by Default: Evidence from a Field Experiment in India
(IHEID Working Paper 01-2015, Research report, 2015-03-19)A growing share of the world population is getting access to a formal bank account. This allows a move from cash to account based payments. Grounding our hypothesis in behavioral economics, we conjecture that being paid ... -
Secondary and Higher Secondary Education in Bangladesh. Its Growth and State Expenditures: A Time-series Analysis of 1981-90
(Working paper, Working paper, 1992)This paper first identifies trends and patterns in the growth of the secondary and higher secondary schools in Bangladesh, while differentiating between the Islamic madrassa schools, and the general (mainstream) ones. ...