Browsing Chr. Michelsens Institutt by Document Types "Report"
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Uncorking the bottlenecks: Using political economy analysis to address court delay
(U4 Brief 2015:10, Report, 2015-08-01)Long delays in the resolution of court cases are a common problem in both developing and developed countries and impede anti-corruption efforts. Technical solutions such as hiring more judges and reforming cumbersome ... -
Understanding and addressing poverty and food insecurity in Afghanistan
(CMI Insight 2023:1, Report, 2023-04-01)An estimated 28 million Afghans, more than two thirds of the country’s total population, struggle to put food on the table. A wide array of socio-economic and environmental changes has led to this crisis. This CMI ... -
Understanding success and failure of anti-corruption initiatives
(U4 Brief 2011:2, Report, 2011-04-01)Most anti-corruption initiatives fail. This Brief sets out to understand why that is, and what might be done about it. Anti-corruption initiatives fail because of over-large “design-reality gaps”; that is, too great a ... -
Understanding the Private Side of Corruption: New Kinds of Transparency, New Roles for Donors
(U4 Brief 2007:6, Report, 2007-10-09)Do we know enough about corruption in the private sector? This Brief discusses gaps in our knowledge and how donors can help tackle the problem. The goal is to improve both the dialogue and outcomes of anti-corruption ... -
Une éducation sans corruption : Les leçons tirées d'une initiative conjointe entre l'Etat et la société civile au Pérou
(U4 Brief 2009:13, Report, 2009-08-13)Une initiative anti‑corruption récente ciblant le secteur éducatif du Pérou a été lancée conjointement par le Bureau du Médiateur et le Chapitre péruvien de Transparency International, Proética. Cette initiative cherchait ... -
Unpacking the concept of political will to confront corruption
(U4 Brief 2010:1, Report, 2010-05-14)Quite often, "lack of political will" is identified as the culprit for poorly performing anti-corruption programmes. Yet despite the frequency with which it is used to explain unsatisfactory reform outcomes, political will ... -
Unready for REDD+? Lessons from corruption in Ugandan conservation areas
(U4 Brief 2012:3, Report, 2012-06-05)This U4 Brief extracts lessons from recent Ugandan experiences with conservation areas and corruption. A case involving the World Bank/Global Environment Facility (GEF), the Ugandan Ministry of Trade, Tourism, and Industry ... -
Urban poverty and inequality in Luanda, Angola
(CMI Brief vol. 15 no. 17, Report, 2016-11-01)This brief shows that the poor in Angola’s capital Luanda are effectively trapped in poverty through material deficiencies, limited income opportunities and with crime and prostitution sometimes being the only way out. At ... -
Urban space and poverty in Maputo, Mozambique
(CMI Brief vol. vol 12 no. 2, Report, 2013-06-01)This is the first of a series of policy briefs relating to a research project, “The Ethnography of a Divided City: Socio-politics, Poverty and Gender in Maputo, Mozambique” (2012–2015), funded by the Norwegian Research ... -
Using financial performance indicators to promote transparency and accountability in health systems
(U4 Brief 2006:1, Report, 2006-01-01)This case-based brief presents experiences of district health management teams in South Africa, where interventions to improve district health planning and reporting, including the integration of financial data and service ... -
Using power and influence analysis to address corruption risks: The case of the Ugandan drug supply chain
(U4 Brief 2012:6, Report, 2012-07-27)Power and influence analysis can be used to assess corruption vulnerabilities in the public sector. This approach helps identify powerful stakeholders that should be engaged to achieve maximum impact for anti-corruption ... -
VAT receipt lotteries: Can they increase tax revenues in Sub-Saharan Africa?
(CMI Insight 2021:8, Report, 2021-09-01)Value Added Tax accounts for about a fourth of all tax revenues in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), but studies show that there is potential to collect substantially more revenues from the VAT in most countries in the region. ... -
Violence against women in the context of urban poverty in Angola
(CMI Brief vol. 15 no. 16, Report, 2016-10-01)Violence against women is widespread in Angola. This brief presents the main findings in a recent study of how violence against women is playing out in the context of urban poverty. Faced with day-to-day challenges for ... -
Violência contra a mulher no contexto da pobreza urbana em Angola
(CMI Brief vol. 15 no. 16, Report, 2016-10-01)A violência contra as mulheres é uma prática generalizada em Angola, pouco se sabendo ainda sobre a perceção que as mulheres têm deste fenómeno e como elas se relacionam com este problema. Este resumo, que resulta do projeto ... -
War in resource-rich northern Mozambique – Six scenarios
(CMI Insight 2020:02, Report, 2020-05-01)Since the October 2017 attacks by alleged Islamist insurgents, commonly referred to as Ahlu Sunnah Wa-Jama and locally know as Al Shabab, on Mocimboa da Praia, it has not been entirely clear who the attackers were, what ... -
What causes Latin America’s high incidence of adolescent pregnancy?
(CMI Brief vol. 16 no. 9, Report, 2017-11-01)Latin America is the only region in the world where adolescent pregnancies are not decreasing. According to a recent article in the Lancet, if the current trend continues, Latin American countries will not fulfill the ... -
'What does not get measured, does not get done'. The methods and limitations of measuring illicit financial flows
(U4 Brief 2010 No 2, Report, 2010-06-17)Estimates of the size of illicit financial flows have been questioned because data used to measure the phenomenon is fraught with problems. However, such estimates are necessary to inform policy making on this issue. ... -
What makes a credit group tick? In-group favouritism among microfinance clients
(Angola Brief vol. 1 no. 7, Report, 2011-06-05)Microcredit clients are often assigned to credit groups with joint liability for loans. But what makes a credit group work well? What credit groups are likely to generate the internal social dynamics needed for group ... -
What's the catch? Considering an EITI for fisheries
(U4 Brief 2011:18, Report, 2011-12-07)Lack of transparency in commercial fisheries has been a longstanding issue for those working to promote small-scale fishers’ rights in developing countries. It is a feature of the management of fisheries that many believe ... -
When elections consolidate power: The futile fight of the Ugandan opposition in the 2011 elections
(CMI Brief vol. 10 no. 2, Report, 2011-05-18)Recent elections in Uganda produced the outcome “everyone expected”: President Museveni and the NRM-party won. After 25 years of Museveni in power, the opposition has failed to pose any significant and real challenge to ...