Browsing Chr. Michelsens Institutt by Document Types "Report"
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Grands chantiers : risques de corruption dans les grands projets d' infrastructure hydrauliques
(U4 Brief 2011:12, Report, 2011-12-07)Les projets de développement des infrastructures hydrauliques de plusieurs millions de dollars sont exposés au plus grand risque de corruption dans les domaines des marchés de travaux de génie civil et services de conception, ... -
Guerra no Norte de Moçambique, uma Região Rica em Recursos Naturais – Seis Cenários
(CMI Insight 2020:3, Report, 2020-05-01)Desde os ataques de Outubro de 2017 em Mocímboa da Praia, realizados por alegados insurgentes islamistas, vulgarmente referidos como Ahlu Sunnah Wa-Jama e localmente conhecidos como Al Shabab , não é ... -
Has the EITI been successful? Reviewing evaluations of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
(U4 Brief 2017:5, Report, 2017-08-01)Has the EITI been successful? Many efforts have been devoted to improving resource governance through the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative. A review of 50 evaluations concludes that the EITI has succeeded in ... -
Huge potential for improved health service quality
(CMI Brief vol. 10 no. 10, Report, 2011-10-25)Health workers’ knowledge and skills are much better than their practice suggests. By closing the gap between knowledge and action, the quality of health services will increase substantially. -
Humanitarian borders: The merging of rescue with security and control
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Humanitarian Diplomacy: A New Research Agenda
(CMI Brief no. 2018:4, Report, 2018-06-01)Improving access to humanitarian aid in conflict and complex emergencies has always been a major concern for policy makers and humanitarian actors. Historically, humanitarianism has been conducted in situations of extreme ... -
Humanitarianism: An Overview
(CMI Insight 2021:3, Report, 2021-06-01)This overview briefly discusses four crucial domains of contemporary humanitarianism, namely humanitarian diplomacy, education in emergencies, the concept of civil society in humanitarianism, and humanitarian borders. -
Illicit financial flows and measures to counter them: An introduction
(U4 Brief 2012:9, Report, 2012-10-08)The most common sources of illicit financial flows are tax evasion and money laundering. Countermeasures include institution building strategies, international cooperation and information exchange, and fiscal transparency. ... -
Illicit Flows and Trade Misinvoicing: Are we looking under the wrong lamppost?
(CMI Insight 2016:5, Report, 2016-11-01)Illicit financial flows (IFFs) have become a high profile issue in recent years. The Sustainable Development Goals include a target (16.4: significantly reduce illicit financial and arms flows, strengthen the recovery and ... -
Impacts of school closures on children in developing countries: Can we learn something from the past?
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Implementing a transparency and accountability policy to reduce corruption: The GAVI Alliance in Cameroon
(U4 Brief 2013:9, Report, 2013-12-04)The GAVI Alliance – an alliance of the world’s major players in global immunisation – uncovered massive misuse of its grants in Cameroon in 2011. GAVI’s Transparency and Accountability Policy triggered an investigation ... -
Implementing the illicit financial flows agenda: Perspectives from developing countries
(U4 Brief 2012:8, Report, 2012-10-03)While once considered solely a concern of law enforcement agencies; money laundering, tax evasion and secrecy jurisdictions are now perceived as important obstacles to development. Dealing with illicit financial flows is ... -
Improving the framework? Institutional reform and corruption in the water sector
(U4 Brief 2009:28, Report, 2009-11-19)It has been recognised that the world’s failure to provide many of its citizens with access to water and sanitation is an issue of governance, and institutional reforms have been a constant feature in the drive for better ... -
In pursuit of policy influence: Can lobbying be a legitimate alternative to corruption in developing countries?
(U4 Brief 2009:1, Report, 2009-01-20)This Brief reviews recent research on transition countries which suggests, conceptually and empirically, that lobbying is not only more prevalent in non–developed countries than currently thought, but can be more effective ... -
In search of a Palestinian leadership
(CMI Brief vol. 10 no. 6, Report, 2011-09-06)This brief argues that even a successful reconciliation between Hamas and Fatah will fall short of providing the leadership the Palestinians need. Their domestic legitimacy are simply too frayed. Instead it argues that the ... -
Industrial Clusters Promotion as a tool for private sector development: The UNIDO experience in Ethiopia
(CMI Brief vol. 12 no. 5, Report, 2013-11-29)Policies aimed at boosting the interaction and cooperation of economic actors in industrial clusters might represent a crucial strategy for industrial upgrading and development in poor countries. This policy brief discusses ... -
Informal pay and the quality of health care: lessons from Tanzania
(U4 Brief 2007:9, Report, 2007-10-01)Informal payments for health services are common in many transitional and developing countries. Informal payments are often claimed to reduce access to health services, especially among the poorest. Impacts on the quality ... -
Internal climate migration in a new era of scarcity
(CMI Insight 2022:02, Report, 2022-09-01)Hundreds of millions of people in developing countries will have their lives and livelihoods affected by climate change in the coming decades (IPCC 2022). With credible mitigation strategies failing to be implemented, ... -
International anti-money laundering laws. Improving external accountability of political leaders
(U4 Brief 2010 No 4, Report, 2010-08-27)The full potential of anti-money laundering regimes (AML) as an anti-corruption tool is yet to be realised. At the international level, AML measures can provide a checks and balances mechanism for political figures who are ... -
International Democracy Assistance: Key Lessons
(CMI Brief vol. 6 no. 5, Report, 2007-12-06)What are the main challenges facing incipient democratic regimes in the developing world and how can donors best support democratisation in these countries? A recent report from the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) and ...