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Security and remilitarization in the name of democracy: The impact of global crime control policies in Honduras
(CMI Working Paper WP 2015:10, Working paper, 2015-09-01)During the past decade, the Honduran government has introduced hard-line security policies in order to reduce the alarming levels of crime and delinquency in the country. This CMI Working paper outlines the history of ... -
Security for Many or Surplus for the Few? Customary Tenure and Social Differentiation in Southern Malawi
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2007)It has been argued that the ambiguities in Malawian customary tenure may aggravate processes of social differentiation and class formation. The article investigates this viewpoint based on the situation in the rural areas ... -
See you in court! Holding the military to account in Latin America
(CMI Insight 2016:2, Report, 2016-02-01)The courtroom has become an increasingly common meeting place for retired military officials, and victims and their families who have suffered various forms of abuse at the hands of the military: torture, rape, forced ... -
Seeking out their Afghan sisters: Female Engagement Teams in Afghanistan
(CMI Working Paper WP 2014:1, Working paper, 2014-03-25)Almost a decade after the 2001 intervention by the United States and its allies in Afghanistan, women were once again taking centre stage in NATO planning. With a new counter-insurgency (COIN) strategy in play, gaining ... -
Self-interest and global responsibility: Aid policies of South Korea and India in the making
(Research report, Research report, 2009)How can we understand the emerging donors? The role of ‘emerging’ donors is currently at the heart of the international aid discourse, but so far, the knowledge of these actors in aid is inadequate. There is a need to ... -
Selskapers sosiale ansvarlighet. En teoretisk analyse og empirisk undersøkelse av bedrifter i Malaysia
(Research report, Research report, 2004)Myndigheter, internasjonale organisasjoner og frivillige organisasjoner ser på selskapers sosiale ansvarlighet (SSA) som et effektivt virkemiddel til å nå samfunnsmessige mål, som for eksempel vern av naturmiljø, ... -
Sempre do Topo para a Base: Revisões Constitucionais em Angola
(CMI Working Paper 2021:10, Working paper, 2021-12-01)Angola revisou, uma vez mais, a sua constituição, em 2021. Segundo declarações oficiais, estas revisões “fortalecem o Estado de Direito, a separação e interdependência dos órgãos de soberania”, mas este documento demonstra ... -
Seroprevalence and associated factors of maternal cytomegalovirus in Southern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
(BMJ Open vol. 11 no. 10, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-10-01)Objectives The aim of this study was to assess the seroprevalence and associated factors of cytomegalovirus (CMV) among pregnant women in Southern Ethiopia. Design Cross-sectional study. Setting The ... -
Servants of the nation, defenders of la patria: The Bolivarian Militia in Venezuela
(CMI Working Paper WP 2015:13, Working paper, 2015-01-01)In 2008, the government of now-deceased President Hugo Chávez in Venezuela passed a law creating what is known as the Bolivarian militia (Milicia Bolivariana), a reserve force composed by civilian volunteers supplementing ... -
Service delivery indicators: Pilot in education and health care in Africa
(CMI Report R 2011:8, Research report, 2011-11-30)The Service Delivery Indicators (“the Indicators”) provide a set of metrics for benchmarking service delivery performance in education and health in Africa to track progress across and within countries over time. The ... -
Setting a Standard for Africa? Lessons from the 1991 Zambian Elections
(Research report, Research report, 1992)This report provides an assessment of the transition to a multi-party system of government in Zambia. The first section gives a general background to processes of democratisation in Africa, while the subsequent ones deal ... -
Sexual and reproductive rights - a global legal battlefield
(CMI Brief vol. 12 no. 1, Report, 2013-04-01)Millennium Development Goal number 5 (MDG 5) aims to reduce maternal mortality. In this brief we argue that, in the current global context more rigorous research focusing on the legal battles around women’s sexual and ... -
Sexual violence and state violence against women in Egypt, 2011-2014
(CMI Insight 2014:7, Report, 2014-09-04)Egyptian women were crucial to the movement that overthrew Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak in the 2011 revolution. However, both in the revolutionary and post-revolutionary period women have also become targets of sexual ... -
Sexual violence in Sudan: From denial to recognition
(Report, 2024-02-01)The April 15 war has led to a shift in the public discourse about sexual violence in Sudan. From being a topic that is largely swept under the carpet, it is now acknowledged as an integral part of warfare. This brief ... -
Shadow Value Chains: Tracing the link between corruption, illicit activity and lootable natural resources from West Africa
(U4 Issue 2017:7, Research report, 2017-06-01)Illicit natural resource trade continues to benefit corrupt officials, criminal and terrorist networks and to divert resources away from development, security and the common good in West Africa. How are Liberian timber, ... -
Shady traffic: Part three: Review of the portefolio supported by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on combating trafficking in human beings
(Norad report 2c/2009, Research report, 2009-02-05)As a response to the growing international and national focus on combating human trafficking, Norway developed its first action plan on trafficking for the period 2003-2005, succeeded by another one to cover the period of ... -
Shaping the tax agenda: Public engagement, lobbying and tax reform in Tanzania
(CMI Brief vol. 14 no. 5, Report, 2015-07-01)Tax reforms are no longer the exclusive domain of the International Monetary Fund, external experts, and the Ministry of Finance. Increasingly, interest groups across Africa shape the tax agenda. Business associations and ... -
Share-tenancy within the household unit
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 1997)Virtually all peasant household models assume efficient allocation of household productive resources between different household activities. In an African context characterised by different plots of land being cultivated ... -
Shatila: The island of (in)stability
(Journal article, 2021-02-01)The Shatila refugee camp was established in 1949 for Palestinian refugees fleeing Palestine during the Nakba. The camp is located in Beirut next to the Sabra neighbourhood (of the Gaza buildings discussed in the foregoing ... -
Shifting Cultivation and "Deforestation". A Study from Sumatra, Indonesia
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 1994)About half of tropical deforestation is commonly explained by the expansion of traditional agriculture (shifting cultivation). This article first questions the share of responsibly assigned to traditional agriculture. ...