• Family law reform in Sudan: A never ending story? 

      al-Nagar, Samia; Tønnessen, Liv (CMI Brief no. 2018:08, Report, 2018-06-01)
      The family law in Sudan, legalises child marriage, stipulates a wife’s obedience to her husband, and gives the male guardian veto power on women’s consent to marriage. #JusticeforNoura has shone a spotlight on early and ...
    • Fifty years since the military coup: Taking stock of Brazilian democracy 

      D'Araujo, Maria Celina (CMI Insight 2014:8, Report, 2014-09-04)
      In 1964, a military dictatorship that would last for 21 years was installed in Brazil. After a relatively smooth transition to democracy in 1985, Brazil is today considered one of the emerging powers in the world. This CMI ...
    • Fiscal decentralisation in developing countries: Lessons for Bangladesh 

      Fjeldstad, Odd-Helge (CMI Brief vol. 13 no. 2, Report, 2014-04-23)
      There is an ongoing debate in Bangladesh in civil society and among policymakers, whether the country should move from a highly centralised unitary state to a more devolved entity. Demand for more decentralisation of ...
    • Fondo anticorrupción en Nicaragua (FAC): Un caso exitoso? 

      Babini, Maria Luisa (U4 Practice Insight 2009:4, Report, 2009-11-10)
      Este documento analiza los logros y los fallos del Fondo Anti-Corrupción (FAC), un programa de la cooperación internacional en Nicaragua, liderado por Noruega en implementación en sociedad con el gobierno nacional. El FAC, ...
    • Food Insecurity in Sudan as seen from Kassala State 

      Nour, Samia Mohamed; Mohamedain, Eltayeb (Report, 2020-07-01)
      Sudan’s commitment to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 2 – zero hunger – can turn out to be even more challenging than anyone had bargained for. Due to prolonged conflict, environmental deterioration ...
    • Forest carbon rights and corruption: What donors can do to minimize the risks 

      Downs, Fiona (U4 Brief 2015:2, Report, 2015-01-01)
      Assigning forest carbon rights is crucial for any effective REDD+ system. Often linked to debates about forest tenure, carbon rights determine who can make decisions about REDD+, who can benefit, how and to whom the carbon ...
    • Forest governance in Congo: Corruption rules? 

      Trefon, Theodore (U4 Brief 2010 No 5 (2nd ed), Report, 2010-09-03)
      Innovative management of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) forests is an international priority. It is important to promote socio-economic wellbeing and biodiversity conservation. It is also crucial to address global ...
    • Fraca previsão de receitas: Um grande desafio para uma política fiscal sólida em Angola 

      Fjeldstad, Odd-Helge; Jensen, Søren Kirk; Paulo, Francisco Miguel (Angola Brief vol. 4 no. 3, Report, 2014-04-08)
      A política fiscal consiste no uso da arrecadação de receitas (tributação) e da realização de despesas (gastos) pelo governo com o objetivo de monitorar e influenciar a economia da nação. Um grande desafio que se coloca à ...
    • Fraud in Hospitals 

      Musau, Steve; Vian, Taryn (U4 Brief 2008:8, Report, 2008-05-02)
      Hospitals are vulnerable to corruption. In the U.S., health care fraud has been stimated to cost $60 billion per year, or 3% of total health care expenditures - much of it in the hospital sector. Hospitals account for 50% ...
    • From Paris to the anti-corruption project: Examining the feasibility of ownership 

      Devine, Vera; Trivunovic, Marijana; Mathisen, Harald (U4 Practice Insight 2010:1, Report, 2010-01-04)
      This Practice Insight summarises lessons learned from four case studies conducted to examine what bearing the notion of ownership has on anti-corruption interventions involving the private sector. By demonstrating how ...
    • Gender and poverty in Mozambique 

      Tvedten, Inge (CMI Brief vol. 9 no. 6, Report, 2010-10-01)
      Gender equality and women’s empowerment are high on the government and donor agendas in Sub-Saharan Africa, but have largely failed to have an impact. Rather than ‘mainstreaming’ gender, more attention to the variations ...
    • Gender parity in Senegal – A continuing struggle 

      Tøraasen, Marianne (CMI Insight 2017:2, Report, 2017-05-01)
      In 2010, the Senegalese women’s movement, supported by political elites and international norms, managed to push for the adoption of one of the world’s most radical gender quota laws to date. This was achieved without the ...
    • Gender, class and space in Maputo, Mozambique 

      Tvedten, Inge; Mangueleze, Lizete; Uate, Arlindo (CMI Brief vol. 12 no. 7, Report, 2013-01-01)
      This is the second in a series of policy briefs relating to the research project, “The Ethnography of a Divided City: Socio-politics, Poverty and Gender in Maputo, Mozambique” (2012–2015), funded by the Norwegian Research ...
    • Gender, corruption, and recruitment in the Haitian judiciary 

      Tøraasen, Marianne (U4 Brief 20xx:x, Report, 2022-12-01)
      Corruption is a threat to gender equality and presents an obstacle to women’s access to decision-making roles. Where recruitment to public office is determined by political contacts and ‘shadowy’ arrangements, ...
    • Getting armed groups to the negotiating table 

      Clements, Ashley J. (CMI Brief no. 2020:10, Report, 2020-12-01)
      This brief demonstrates how humanitarian diplomatic tools and practices have become particularly important during humanitarian negotiations with armed groups to foster the conditions required for negotiations to begin, and ...
    • Género e pobreza em Moçambique 

      Tvedten, Inge (CMI Brief vol. 9 no. 6, Report, 2010-10-25)
      A igualdade de género e o empoderamento das mulheres estão no centro das agendas do governo e dos doadores na África Sub-Sahariana, mas no geral não conseguiram ter impacto. Mais do que a ‘integração’ do género, é necessária ...
    • Género, Classe e Espaço em Maputo, Moçambique 

      Tvedten, Inge; Mangueleze, Lizete; Uate, Arlindo (CMI Brief vol. 12 no. 7, Report, 2013-01-01)
      Este é o segundo de uma série de resumos sobre políticas relacionados com o projecto de investigação, “A Etnografia de uma Cidade Dividida: Socio-política, Pobreza e Género em Maputo, Moçambique” (2012–2015), financiado ...
    • Gouvernance forestière au Congo : le règne de la corruption ? 

      Trefon, Theodore (U4 Brief 2011:17, Report, 2011-12-07)
      La gestion innovante des forêts de la République démocratique du Congo (RDC) constitue une priorité internationale. Elle est importante pour la promotion du bien-être socio-économique et la protection de la biodiversité ...
    • Grand designs: Corruption risks in major water infrastructure projects 

      Butterworth, John; de la Harpe, Jean (U4 Brief 2009:27, Report, 2009-11-01)
      Multi-million dollar water infrastructure projects carry some of the largest corruption risks in the sector linked to the procurement of civil works and associated design, supply and consultancy services. The potential for ...
    • Grandes desigualdades regionais nos serviços de saúde em Angola 

      Mæstad, Ottar; Frøystad, Mona; Villamil, Nohra (Angola Brief vol. 1 no. 4, Report, 2011-06-05)
      Um levantamento estatístico das unidades de saúde e agregados familiares em Luanda e Uíge confirmou que grandes desigualdades de acesso persistem entre províncias angolanas, em cuidados básicos de saúde. Também se observam ...