Browsing Chr. Michelsens Institutt by Document Types "Working paper"
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A balanced view of development as freedom
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2001)Amartya Sen, in his most recent book Development as Freedom, argues that expansion of human freedom should both be viewed as the primary end and the principle means of development. This paper provides an overview and a ... -
“A Civil-Military Alliance”: The Venezuelan Armed Forces before and during the Chávez era
(CMI Working Paper WP 2016:4, Working paper, 2016-05-01)Executive summary When Hugo Chávez (1954–2013) came to power in Venezuela in 1998, the military was bestowed with a new — and controversial — role in society. Being a former career military himself, a central tenant of ... -
A Discussion of Three Theoretical Approaches to Modernity: Understanding Modernity as a Globalising Phenomenon
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 1996)The paper compares the potential of three theories of modernity for explaining the current Islamist revival as an element of modernising Muslim societies. The theories discussed are rationalist fundamentalism as represented ... -
A place-based framework for assessing resettlement capacity in the context of climate change induced displacement
(CMI Working Paper WP 2020:3, Working paper, 2020-02-01)Place-based resettlement capacity assessments to identify potential resettlement places for climate migrants are needed to guide climate change related resettlement programs. The authors propose and validate a conceptual ... -
A Regional Insight into Sudanese Women’s Participation in the December Revolution
(Sudan Working Paper SWP 2023:01, Working paper, 2023-03-01)Introduction The popular uprising against the Islamist-Military regime of Omar al-Bashir started in December 2018, and women were at the forefront of the peaceful protests in many locations throughout the country. The ... -
A review of game theoretic models of fishing
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 1997)Game theory is a formal tool for analysing strategic interaction between a finite number of agents. The fact that usually more than one entity or agent has property rights to fishery resources, has led to an explosion in ... -
A selected survey of traditional and evolutionary game theory
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2002)This note reviews the game theoretic literature with the aim of highlighting the similarities and dissimilarities between what we term traditional game theory and evolutionary game theory. The focus is on the contributions ... -
Abundant in policy, absent in practice? Rethinking 'local ownership'
(CMI Working Paper WP 2013:1, Working paper, 2013-03-06)Local ownership of international statebuilding processes tends to be understood as a quality which is ‘supported’, ‘fostered’, ‘granted’ or ‘stifled’ by foreigners rather than something which is simply taken by the hosts ... -
Acceso a la justicia para las mujeres indígenas en América Latina
(CMI Working Paper WP 2011: 2, Working paper, 2011-02-09)Este informe ofrece un panorama de los desafíos que mujeres indígenas en América Latina enfrentan cuando acceden a la justicia oficial y a los sistemas de justicia indígena. El mismo se enfoca en los marcos normativos, la ... -
Access Regimes and Institutions: The Economic Organisation of the Migrant Popo Fishermen of Pointe-Noire, Congo
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 1999)Within Popo society in Pointe Noire, Congo, fishermen seIl their fish to their wives at a price slightly below the local market price. The wives process the fish and re-seIl it in distant markets, making a profit they ... -
Access to Formal Banking and Household Finances: Experimental Evidence from India
(CMI Working Paper WP 2017:1, Working paper, 2017-02-01)Access to formal banking is spreading across the world. Obtaining a bank account may transform how people manage their finances, and affect their savings and consumption. We report from a field experiment that randomly ... -
Accountability on the Move. The Parliament of Angola
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2005)The Parliament of Angola was established and elected in 1992 in a watershed election that coincided with the peace process in Angola and the democratisation process in much of Africa. There has still been no second election, ... -
Administering Uganda's 2006 Multiparty Elections: The Role of the Electoral Commission
(CMI Working Paper, Working paper, 2008)On 23 February, 2006, Ugandan voters could for the first time since 1980 choose a party of their choice rather than select individual candidates within the Nation Resistance Movement (NRM) system. This paper focuses on the ... -
Adultery, rape, and escaping the house: The protection and policing of female sexuality in Afghanistan
(CMI Working Paper WP 2017:9, Working paper, 2017-12-01)This working paper undertakes an initial survey of the dynamics through which the criminalization of female sexuality structures women’s access to protection against rape in Afghanistan, examining both legislation and ... -
Afar Resilience Study
(CMI Working Paper WP 2015:6, Working paper, 2015-05-19)This paper has been prepared in conjunction with a project for resilience building in Afar National Regional State, Ethiopia under the auspices of the Afar Region Disaster Prevention, Preparedness and Food Security ... -
Afrikas økonomiske krise - finnes det grunnlag for reformer? En elementær innføring
(Arbeidsnotat, Working paper, 1992)Dette arbeidsnotatet gir en kort oversikt og innføring i den økonomiske situasjonen for landene i Afrika sør for Sahara. På omtrent alle utviklingsindikatorer ligger de afrikanske landene nederst, både individuelt og som ... -
Aid for trade: A misdirected initiative?
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2009)Given that the motivation for aid is poverty reduction, I argue that Aid for Trade (AfT) measures need to demonstrate that they are effective and have a potential impact on poverty. The debate about aid for trade measures ... -
Aid, growth and peace: A comparative analysis
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2005)The paper examines patterns of post-conflict aid in a sample of 14 countries, with in-depth qualitative analysis of seven cases. The study shows that – contrary to the findings of World Bank-supported research in this area ... -
Always choosing the oil rents: How leaders in Angola and Venezuela brought their countries to ruin
(CMI Working Paper WP 2016:10, Working paper, 2016-11-01)Angola and Venezuela are among the most oil dependent countries in the world. When oil prices fell in 2014, these states lost half of their income base. A combined economic, political and social crisis followed. The acute ... -
Always top-down: Constitutional reforms in Angola
(CMI Working Paper 2021:09, Working paper, 2021-12-01)Angola amended its constitution yet again in 2021. In official statements, it was done to “strengthen the democratic principles of rule of law and of separation of powers”, but this paper demonstrates that the opposite was ...