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Reducing bribery for public services delivered to citizens
(U4 Brief 2015:11, Report, 2015-11-01)The literature on corruption tends to focus on grand corruption for contracts and licenses worth large sums of money. However, 1.6 billion people annually have to pay a petty bribe to get public services. In developing ... -
Reformas ao processo orçamental e gestão das finanças públicas de Angola a crise foi um sinal de alarme?
(CMI Report R 2011:7, Research report, 2011-11-21)Este relatório trata do processo de orçamento de Angola - no seu sentido amplo - no período entre 2008 e 2010. Três conceitos – transparência, responsabilidade e eficiência - são usados como pontos de referência centrais, ... -
Reforming corruption out of Nigerian oil? Part one: Mapping corruption risks in oil sector governance
(U4 Brief 2009:2, Report, 2009-02-11)Oil dominates the Nigerian economy and generates the vast majority of government revenues. At the same time, Nigeria is perceived as one of the world's most corrupt countries, and significant levels of corruption are said ... -
Reforming corruption out of Nigerian oil? Part two: Progress and prospects
(U4 Brief 2009:6, Report, 2009-04-30)In Nigeria, as elsewhere, corrupt practices impair oil sector performance. This U4 Brief looks at five approaches to advancing anti-corruption reform in Nigeria’s oil sector: the legal and regulatory framework; open and ... -
Reforming the personal income tax system in Angola: An alternative proposal
(CMI Insight 2014:3, Report, 2014-06-01)Reforming the personal income tax legislation in Angola has been under preparation since 2011. There are many challenges related to creating an effective and fair tax system in a highly unequal society that the Angolan ... -
Reforming wildlife governance in East and Southern Africa: The role of corruption
(U4 Brief 2009:12, Report, 2009-07-28)Corruption plays a role in structuring wildlife governance systems in many African states. Donor efforts to support wildlife reforms in East and Southern Africa have often struggled to achieve impact due to continuing ... -
Reforms of the Angolan budget process and public financial management: Was the crisis a wakeup call?
(CMI Report R 2011:7, Research report, 2011-11-21)This report deals with Angola’s budget process – in the wide sense – in the period between 2008 and 2010. Three concepts - transparency, accountability and efficiency - are used as central benchmarks against which various ... -
Refugees as future returnees? Anatomy of the ‘paradigm shift’ towards temporary protection in Denmark
(CMI Report 2022:6, Research report, 2022-11-01)The ‘paradigm shift’ in Danish asylum policy, officially introduced in 2019, implied the adoption of quasi-mandatory rules on revocation of asylum residence permits as soon as the circumstances in the country ... -
Regional Dimensions of Norwegian Country Programmes in East Africa
(Research report, Research report, 2006)This study is an assessment of existing Norwegian aid country programmes in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda and how they relate to East African regional ambitions, supplemented by information on other donors’ direct support for ... -
Regional variation in livelihood strategies in Malawi
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2009)This is a background paper on livelihood strategies in rural Malawi in general. Livelihood strategies are identified at the household level as a function of assets held, using survey data. Only endowments that are likely ... -
Regulating conflicts of interest in challenging environments: The case of Azerbaijan
(U4 Issue 2010:2, Research report, 2010-02-02)Current approaches to regulating conflicts of interest, often encouraged by international anti-corruption standards, are commonly judged by how restrictive they are. Such interpretations reflect a mistaken view that a ... -
Regulatory Burdens in Tax Administration and Firms’ Compliance Costs in Africa
(Research report, 2018-01-01)This paper examines the effect of regulatory burdens related to tax administration on firms' compliance costs in Africa. Using cross-country firm-level data, the results show that regulatory burdens related to tax ... -
Repayment of Old Loans through New Loans. Is "Cross-Financing" a Problem for the Grameen Bank?
(Research report, Research report, 1997)The study analyses the problem and extent of cross-financing in the Grameen Bank system. The main finding is that cross-financing is rarely a problem. However, survey data indicate that long term borrowers, who generally ... -
Repenser la gouvernance afin de combattre la corruption
(U4 Brief 2011:11, Report, 2011-11-29)Cette note de synthèse démontre que pour concevoir des stratégies anticorruption plus efficaces, il est indispensable de penser la gouvernance autrement. Au lieu de prendre un modèle de gouvernance préconisé par l’OCDE ... -
Representerer opphavsmerking en konkurransevridende faktor?
(Research report, Research report, 1993)Denne rapporten analyserer i hvilken grad tvungen opphavsmerking for klær representerer en konkurransevridende faktor. Konkurranservidningen består dels i at produkter med samme kvalitet oppnår ulik pris, og dels i at ... -
Research and Advisory Work on Taxation and Public Finance Management in Tanzania 1993-2023
(Others, 2024-02-01)2024 marks the 60 th anniversary of the United Republic of Tanzania (URT). The state was founded on 26 April 1964. It was then named the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar. On 29 October 1964, the country was ... -
Research and Fisheries Management; the Uneasy Relationship Review of the Zambia-Zimbabwe SADC Fisheries Project
(Research report, Research report, 1998)This report is an evaluation of the "Zambia-Zimbabwe SADC Fisheries Project". The project aims to establish effective fisheries management regimes for the various fisheries of Lake Kariba. The project has been funded by ... -
Research for development
(CMI Brief vol. 11 no. 7, Report, 2012-12-10)The Norwegian development research community is growing and thriving, but some of the old tensions with policy making remain. -
Research for improved health worker performance. International Workshop Bergen, Norway, May 2009
(Research report, Research report, 2009)Inspired by a vision to build knowledge on how to implement high quality health care in low income contexts, Chr Michelsen Institute (CMI), Health Economics Bergen and the Centre for International Health (CIH) at the ... -
Research guide: Refugee settlement and encampment in the Middle East and North Aftica, 1860-1940s
(Others, 2021-01-01)The following blog post was published on Refugee History in september 2021. See attached PDF Research guide. We’ve just added a research guide to refugee settlement and encampment in the Middle East and North Africa ...