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Lebanese Armed Forces: A United Army for a Divided Country?
(CMI Insight 2014:9, Report, 2014-11-06)Lebanon is straining under the fallout from the Syrian civil war amidst catering for one million refugees. Can the Lebanese Armed Forces contain the crisis and deliver the country from war? -
Lebanon After the Cedar Revolution
(Book, 2012-10-01)A comprehensive look at contemporary Lebanon and the ongoing attempts by Israel, Syria and Iran to influence its domestic affairs. Lebanon is the prisoner of its geography and its history, a prize for invaders since ... -
Legal knowledge as a tool for social change: La mesa por la vida y la salud de las mujeres as an expert on Colombian abortion law
(Health and Human Rights Journal vol. 19 no. 1, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-01-01)In May 2006, Colombia’s Constitutional Court liberalized abortion, introducing three circumstances under which the procedure would not be considered a crime: (1) rape or incest; (2) a risk to the woman’s health ... -
Legal limits to tribal governance: coal mining in Meghalaya, India
(CMI Brief vol. 16 no. 2, Report, 2017-03-01)Land in Meghalaya, India, was traditionally agricultural land, owned by the community. With increasing privatization and rising commercial value of land for non-agricultural use, many owners have sold the land for mining ... -
Legal Pluralism And Indigenous Women’s Rights In Mexico: The Ambiguities Of Recognition
(NYU Journal of International Law and Politics vol. 48 no. 4, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-06-01)This article explores the effects of the ambiguous recognition of indigenous or “customary” law in Mexico on the struggle of indigenous women to ensure their rights are respected. After outlining the history of legal changes ... -
Legal Reform and Women’s Rights in Lebanese Personal Status Laws
(CMI Report R 2017:3, Research report, 2017-10-01)This report documents and analyzes two recent major reforms in Lebanese law whose purpose is to further gender equality for women in Lebanon: ( I ) the alteration of the Sunni personal status law to allow mothers to keep ... -
Legislating the Counter-Trafficking in Persons Act: The Advocacy Role of Civil Society
(CMI Report R 2015:4, Research report, 2015-04-27)This report forms part of a larger study titled Advancing the Rights of Children: Assessing the Effectiveness of Transnational Advocacy Networks for Child Rights. Norwegian-Kenyan Civil Society Partnerships Examined. It ... -
Les Accords de partenariats volontaires en Afrique centrale et de l’Ouest : de la théorie à la pratique
(Research report, 2014-09-01)L’objectif de ce rapport est de documenter et de nourrir la réflexion stratégique dans les pays partenaires en négociation, ou qui vont entrer en négociation d’un Accord de partenariat volontaire (APV) avec l'UE, à travers ... -
Les enseignants et les taxis : la corruption dans le secteur de l'éducation au Honduras
(U4 Brief 2009:15, Report, 2009-08-13)“…Les enseignants fantômes ? Avez-vous entendu parler des enseignants en taxi ? Nous en avons. Ils ont de multiples emplois et se déplacent constamment en taxi afin de parvenir, en quelque sorte, à être partout à la fois, ... -
Les études de suivi des dépenses publiques : Les leçons de la Tanzanie
(U4 Brief 2009:14, Report, 2009-08-13)Alors que la réussite de l’application des Etudes de suivi des dépenses publiques (ESDP) en Ouganda a reçu et continue de recevoir une grande attention, on trouve moins de documentation sur les expériences ESDP menées ... -
Les fondements de l'intégrité dans la passation des marchés
(U4 Issue 2011:16, Research report, 2011-01-01)Pourquoi et comment la corruption se manifeste-t-elle dans la passation des marchés? Pourquoi est-il important de prévenir la corruption dans la passation des marchés ? Quels sont les risques principaux à différents stades ... -
Les pratiques évolutives de lutte contre la corruption dans l’Ukraine en reconstruction : l’Agence pour la reconstruction et le développement des infrastructures
(U4 Brief 2024:3, Report, 2024-02-01)Ce qui se passe en Ukraine à l’heure actuelle pour garantir que la reconstruction ne soit pas captée par des intérêts corrompus est très innovant et dynamique. Sous la pression et les contraintes d’une guerre en cours et ... -
Les risques et stratégies de réduction de la corruption dans la mise en œuvre de REDD+ en République Démocratique du Congo: un aperçu de la situation actuelle
(U4 Issue 2015:16, Research report, 2015-01-01)La République Démocratique du Congo (RDC) est l’une des cibles principales du programme REDD+ en raison de la capacité potentielle de son écosystème forestier. Depuis 2011, la RDC a adopté des lois importantes, mis en œuvre ... -
Lessons from Nicaragua's experience with the Joint Donor Anti-Corruption Fund
(U4 Practice Insight 2013:1, Report, 2013-03-05)Since 2002, the Joint Donor Anti-Corruption Fund (FAC) in Nicaragua worked with the national government to respond to corruption. The FAC brought together a group of nine donors to jointly support the strengthening of ... -
Lessons learned from the evaluation of five Council of Europe projects
(U4 Practice Insight 2011:2, Report, 2011-02-11)How successful are donor supported anti-corruption reforms? In this Practice Insight, the author takes a look at the evaluation of five large-scale technical assistance projects and gives an insight as to why we might not ... -
Lessons Learned on Traditional Dispute Resolution in Afghanistan
(Building Peace No. 3, Research report, 2013-11-01)In many communities across Afghanistan, the formal justice system has proven weak, corrupt, and ineffective. The vast majority of disputes are resolved outside of the formal state system, often by tribal elders, shuras, ... -
Législation internationale en matière de lutte contre le blanchiment d'argent : comment engager la responsabilité des dirigeants politiques vis-à-vis de l'étranger
(U4 Brief 2011:20, Report, 2011-01-01)Les régimes de lutte contre le blanchiment de capitaux (LBC) représentent un outil potentiellement très efficace de lutte contre la corruption. Sur le plan international, ils peuvent notamment constituer un mécanisme de ... -
Libanons indre fiende
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Liberalization of Trade in Producer Services - the Impact on Developing Countries
(Research report, Research report, 1999)This paper analyzes the impact of liberalization of trade in producer services, focusing on financial services, telecommunications and transport. The likely effects on developing countries is that they will become net ... -
Liberalization of trade in services and choice of technology in the Norwegian petroleum sector
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2000)The petroleum sector is a service-intensive industry. The quality, price and availability of services are therefore important for the productivity level in the petroleum sector. This paper analyzes how intermediate inputs ...