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The Depoliticisation of Development and the Democratisation of Politics in Tanzania: Parallel Structures as Obstacles to Delivering Services to the Poor
(Journal of Development Studies vol. 44 no. 8, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2008-01-01)Local democracy and the involvement of local communities in the provision of social services are central issues in the local government reforms that are presently being implemented in many developing countries. At the same ... -
The economic and social basis for state-restructuring in Nepal
(CMI Report R 2013:1, Research report, 2013-02-01)Nepal is in the process of forming a federal state, where the borders of the provinces is one essential, but disputed, issue. The report discusses underlying economic and social conditions that should be taken into account ... -
The economic organisation of specific assets
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2000)In the international offshore industry we find that the oil companies and their main suppliers usually operate with separate ownership. But the main contractors manage a capital stock, and produce inputs, that are highly ... -
The Effectiveness of Harnessing Human Rights: The Struggle over the Ilısu Dam in Turkey
(Development and Change vol. 52 no. 6, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-10-01)Under what conditions can a human rights-based approach be successfully utilized? This article argues that the efficacy of a human rights discourse is, in large part, determined by the nature of the arena in which rights ... -
The effects of disasters on income mobility: Bootstrap inference and measurement error simulations
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2003)We evaluate the impact of disasters on income mobility by drawing on “natural experiments”. While the poor have a much higher probability of remaining poor when entering a crisis compared to normal times, there is also a ... -
The Effects on Agrarian Contracts of a Governmental Intervention into Bonded Labor in the Western Terai of Nepal
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2006)We study an effective intervention into a specific form of bonded labor. The intervention led to a shift in agrarian contracts, from bonded labor to sharecropping. By comparing the pre- and post-liberation contracts we ... -
The Egyptian military in politics and the economy: Recent history and current transition status
(CMI Insight 2013:2, Report, 2013-10-24)The Egyptian military has been playing a decisive role in national politics since the eruption of the 2011 uprisings. The Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF) governed the country from February 2011 until June 2012. They ... -
The elephant still in the room: The effectiveness of development aid policy regarding corruption
(Others, 2011-04-26)Anecdotes abound that corruption is still a very real challenge for development aid policy and practice. So too does more formal research evidence. This opinion article in the GIZ online magazine Digital Development Debates ... -
The eternal conflict: Land, peasants, and the military in Mexico
(CMI Insight 2015:3, Report, 2015-05-01)Land has always been an important site of struggle in Mexico, often bringing peasant movements and peasant communities into conflicts with the Mexican military. This CMI Insight focuses on the key conflict dimensions since ... -
The Evolution of Private Property Rights in Traditional Agriculture: Theories and a Study from Indonesia
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 1997)The starting point of this paper is a universally observed tendency of common property to be replaced by private property in traditional agriculture. The paper seeks to explore the forces behind such a development. Four ... -
The evolution of social norms
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2003)Evolutionary game theory provides the tools to analyze which strategies, or patterns of behaviour, emerge over time through a process of adaptation. Social norms can be defined as patterns of behaviour with certain ... -
The Experience of War: The WARFUN Project
(Others, 2022-07-01)The suffering and hardship that humans endure within war cannot be stressed enough. It is precisely for this reason that we need nuanced understandings of what happens in war. WARFUN aims to unveil the plurality of experiences ... -
The extractive industries transparency initiative: Impact, effectiveness, and where next for expanding natural resource governance?
(U4 Brief 2014:6, Report, 2014-05-14)The last decade has witnessed a proliferation of initiatives to improve the governance of the extractives sector. Starting with the Kimberly Process Certification Scheme in 2003 and continuing with the Global Witness/Publish ... -
The fear and the challenges of returning to Afghanistan
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The fight against corruption and the role of parliamentarians
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2002)This note outlines some challenges facing parliamentarians in the fight against corruption. To succeed, it is argued, requires open-mindedness with respect to the weaknesses of political institutions, and to seriously ... -
The Final Death Blow to the Turkish Constitutional Court
(Others, 2021-01-01)On 22 January 2021, Turkish President Erdoğan appointed Mr. İrfan Fidan to the Turkish Constitutional Court (TCC). Besides his alleged close ties to Erdoğan, Fidan was the prosecutor of many high-profile criminal ... -
The Final Nail In The Coffin For 'Nordic Exceptionalism'
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The Financial Action Task Force: An introduction
(U4 Brief 2015:5, Report, 2015-01-01)The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is a Paris-based intergovernmental organization that was founded with the objective of promoting effective implementation of laws, regulations, and other measures for combating money ... -
The fish’s head: Appointment and removal procedures for anti-corruption agency leadership
(U4 Issue 2015:12, Research report, 2015-06-01)“A fish rots from the head” is the saying when an organisation’s leadership is seen as responsible for the unethical behaviour of its personnel. Undue external interference with an anti-corruption agency (ACA) is likely ... -
The Future of Mechanized Schemes and Agricultural Investment in the South Kordofan State / Nuba Mountains
(Sudan Working Paper SWP 2016:5, Working paper, 2016-09-01)Abstract This paper tackles the issue of the future of mechanized schemes and investment in the agricultural sector in the South Kordofan State/Nuba Mountains. The main objective of this study is to assess the viability ...