Browsing Chr. Michelsens Institutt by Document Types "Report"
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The Recovery of Stolen Assets: A Fundamental Principle of the UN Convention against Corruption
(U4 Brief 2007:2, Report, 2007-10-05)Despite hundreds of billions of dollars in aid, the United Nations determined in 2004 that 54 countries had actually become poorer than they were 15 years previously. Most analysts now agree with findings of the World Bank ... -
The revolving door Indicator: Estimating the distortionary power of the revolving door
(U4 Brief 2014:10, Report, 2014-12-10)When people move between positions as regulator or legislators and private companies within the same sector this can lead to conflicts of interest, regulatory capture, and economic distortions. Such practices are called ... -
The rise and fall of the mining royalty regime in Zambia
(CMI Brief vol. 15 no. 2, Report, 2016-01-01)Zambia has a long history of disputed changes of the mining tax regime with damaging effects on the working relations between the Government and the mining sector. A shared assumption has been that profit-related taxes ... -
The risk of authoritarian renewal in Zimbabwe: Understanding ZANU-PF youth
(CMI Brief no. 2023:1, Report, 2023-05-01)What contributes to the reproduction of authoritarianism? Research conducted with politically active youth in the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) demonstrates their motivations and actual practices, ... -
The role of ICT in property tax administration: Lessons from Tanzania
(CMI Brief no. 2019:06, Report, 2019-06-01)A key problem facing revenue administrations in many developing countries is that they operate manual paper-based recording systems. This is particularly the case for property taxation. Revenue leakages are common and occur ... -
The Sudan Armed Forces and Prospects of Change
(CMI Insight 2016:3, Report, 2016-04-01)The Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) has a long history of siding with civil protestors in times of national political crisis. In recent years, waves of popular protests, often called the Arab Spring, have affected political ... -
The UNCAC and judicial corruption: Requirements and avenues for reform
(U4 Brief 2009:18, Report, 2009-09-09)An independent and impartial justice system underpins the effective implementation of the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC). Where it does not exist, pliant prosecutors, judges, and court staff may ignore ... -
The uneven playing field and the 2016 elections in Uganda
(CMI Brief vol. 15 no. 7, Report, 2016-04-01)It is easy to document that the 2016 elections in Uganda were unfair. To combat the uneven playing field one needs to systematically assess the symptoms and identify the structural issues underpinning it. The different ... -
The United Nations Convention against Corruption. A Primer for Development Practitioners
(U4 Brief 2007:3, Report, 2007-10-05)The United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC), adopted in Merida, Mexico in 2003, represents a remarkable achievement for international anti-corruption efforts. With endorsements from more than 140 state signatories ... -
The uses and abuses of social programmes: the case of conditional cash transfers
(U4 Brief 2010 No 3, Report, 2010-07-19)Social programmes have been increasingly used by developing countries to fight poverty and have attracted growing budgets. However, it has been empirically shown that there is a weak correlation between social spending and ... -
The ‘coal theft’ case: Corruption and reform of Mongolia’s strategic minerals governance
(U4 Brief 2024:4, Report, 2024-02-01)Parliamentary elections in 2024 may be an opportune moment for reformers to address shortcomings in how the economically important minerals sector is governed. -
The ‘Joyce Banda Effect’: Public Opinion and Voting Behaviour in Malawi
(CMI Brief vol. 15 no. 6, Report, 2016-04-01)In the 2014 elections in Malawi, the incumbent female president Joyce Banda lost the presidency, and the number of women MPs was reduced from 43 to 33. This decline in women representation came despite opinion polls showing ... -
Towards harmonised financing of frontline health service providers in Tanzania
(CMI Brief no. 2021:5, Report, 2021-12-01)This brief discusses what we can learn from recent experiences with direct health facility financing in Tanzania for the future design of a more harmonised system for financing of frontline service providers. -
Transparency and Accountability in an Electronic Era: The Case of Pharmaceutical Procurements
(U4 Brief 2008:10, Report, 2008-05-02)The burgeoning HIV/AIDS epidemic means that more labor and financial resources are being dedicated to the procurement of antiretroviral (ARV) medicines for reatment. While patients, physicians, national governments and ... -
Transparency as a game changer in the health sector? Insights from ACTUE Colombia
(U4 Practice Insight 2022:2, Report, 2022-10-01)Experience from transparency initiatives for pharmaceutical policy in Colombia show that ‘radical’ transparency is necessary but not sufficient. A set of corruption prevention measures applied together is key ... -
Transparency in Health Programmes
(U4 Brief 2008:9, Report, 2008-05-02)Transparency is an important tool for good governance, helping to expose abusive practices including fraud, patronage, corruption, and other abuses of power. Increasing transparency can also enhance accountability by ... -
Tribal marginalization in India: Social exclusion and protective law
(CMI Brief vol. 12 no. 4, Report, 2013-01-01)At the time of independence, India used protective law to address fears that its tribal majority regions would be marginalized vis-a-vis the larger, more developed states of the new nation. The ‘Sixth Schedule’ was written ... -
Turkey’s Humanitarian Diplomacy: The AKP Model
(CMI Brief no. 2019:08, Report, 2019-09-01)Turkey has become a major global humanitarian actor. They have been widely engaged in Somalia and Syria, Pakistan and Myanmar and hosts the world’s largest number of refugees with more than 3.6 million Syrians living in ... -
UN Security Council Resolution 1325: Peacebuilding in Africa 20 years after its adoption
(CMI Brief no. 2020:08, Report, 2020-07-01)20 years ago the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 1325. The resolution underscored the important role of women in the prevention and resolution of conflicts and called for their equal participation in ... -
UNCAC in a nutshell. A quick guide to the United Nations Convention against Corruption for embassy and donor agency staff
(U4 Brief 2010:6, Report, 2010-08-01)This guide provides an introduction for country-level embassy and donor agency staff on what the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) can mean for their work. The aim is to raise awareness of UNCAC contents ...