• Opposition Parties and the 2008 Parliamentary Elections in Angola 

      Amundsen, Inge (Others, 2008-01-01)
      Conferência sobre as Eleições em Angola. Centro de Estudos e Investigação Científica (CEIC), Universidade Católica de Angola. Terça-Feira, 4 de Novembro de 2008
    • Opposition Parties and the Upcoming 2008 Parliamentary Elections in Angola 

      Amundsen, Inge; Weimer, Markus (CMI Working Paper, Working paper, 2008)
      Parliamentary elections will be held in Angola on 5th September 2008, as the first elections in the country since 1992. There are now 138 political parties registered in Angola, and fourteen parties (including four party ...
    • Orçamento, Estado e Povo. Processo de Orçamento, Sociedade Civil e Transparência em Angola 

      Isaksen, Jan; Amundsen, Inge; Wiig, Arne; Abreu, Cesaltina (Research report, Research report, 2007)
      Este estudo identifica várias deficiências no processo de orçamento em Angola. A proposta do governo não é discutida publicamente, não é preparado nenhum documento pré-orçamento, não são feitas comparações entre a despesa ...
    • Parliament of Bangladesh: Boycotts, business, and change for the better 

      Amundsen, Inge (CMI Brief vol. 11 no. 2, Report, 2012-04-11)
      The monumental building of the Parliament of Bangladesh is retracted in a park in the heart of Dhaka, and gives the impression of a powerful institution. In constitutional terms, it is indeed powerful. Bangladesh is among ...
    • Partidos políticos em Angola: Na tendência africana 

      Amundsen, Inge (Angola Brief vol. 1 no. 10, Report, 2011-06-20)
      A política em Angola é normalmente explicada fazendo referência à sua longa e devastadora guerra civil. As eleições adiadas, a dominância do Presidente da República e do partido no poder, e os resultados das eleições são ...
    • Political Corruption 

      Amundsen, Inge (U4 Issue 2006:6, Research report, 2006-01-01)
      Political corruption undermines political and economic development in many countries, and raises difficult chal­lenges for foreign aid. What is political corruption? What are the main mecha­nisms? What can donors do when ...
    • Political corruption and the role of donors (in Uganda) 

      Amundsen, Inge (Research report, 2006-01-01)
      Political leadership and commitment to fight corruption at the highest levels is one of the most important preconditions for success in the fight against corruption. However, in some cases, anti-corruption reform processes ...
    • Political Corruption in the Middle East. Authoritarianism and Wasta in a Global Perspective 

      Amundsen, Inge (Conference object, 2019-01-01)
      Presentation at the conference Governance, Security, and Asymmetrical Warfare in Central Asia and the Middle East , University of Australia, Canberra.
    • Political Corruption: An Introduction to the Issues 

      Amundsen, Inge (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 1999)
      Corruption is generally defined as the misuse of public authority, and political corruption is here defined as corruption in which the political decision-makers are involved. In addition to a review of the various definitions ...
    • Political Parties and the Upcoming 2008 Parliamentary Elections in Angola 

      Amundsen, Inge; Weimer, Markus (CMI Brief vol. 7 no. 4, Report, 2008-09-03)
      After the civil war ended 6 years ago, and for the first time since 1992, Angola will go to the polls. On 5th September 2008, there will be parliamentary elections, contested by 14 parties and party coalitions. The ...
    • Sempre do Topo para a Base: Revisões Constitucionais em Angola 

      Amundsen, Inge (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 ...
    • Social Funds in Angola. Channels, Amounts and Impact 

      Amundsen, Inge; Wiig, Arne (CMI Working Paper, Working paper, 2008)
      Private companies are spending significant resources on social projects in Angola, for the benefit of poor, for general development purposes and for positioning purposes. This study gives a background to and overview of ...
    • Sociedade Civil em Angola: Incursões, Espaco Responsabilidade 

      Amundsen, Inge; Abreu, Cesaltina (Research report, Research report, 2007-10-22)
      Civil society is inherently weak in Angola, and the political and societal space for civil society is limited. Angolan authorities have not fully accepted civil society’s voice, watchdog and control functions, and the legal ...
    • Subverting the Constitution and Curtailing Civil Society. Angola’s New Law on NGOs. 

      Gomes, Catarina Antunes; Abreu, Cesaltina; Nangacovie, Margareth; Amundsen, Inge (CMI Insight 2023:2, Report, 2023-09-01)
      In Angola, the government is in the process of making a new law on the NGOs, a law that is deemed unconstitutional, unnecessary, and a breach of people’s fundamental rights and freedoms of association. Like in many ...
    • Support for parliaments : Tanzania and beyond 

      Amundsen, Inge (Research report, Research report, 2010)
      This report presents an analysis of the Parliament of Tanzania (which includes the Bunge in Dodoma and the House of Representatives in Zanzibar), which has only recently taken up its ‘checks and balances’ functions. The ...
    • Support to political parties 

      Amundsen, Inge (Others, 2007-11-28)
      Norwegian Centre for Democracy support arranged the seminar "Confronting the Weakest Link: Aiding Political Parties in New Democracies" with Dr. Thomas Carothers (Vice President for Studies of International Politics and ...
    • The absolute basics of corruption 

      Amundsen, Inge (Others, 2015-02-01)
      ISFiT is the bi-annual International Student Festival in Trondheim. ISFiT 2015 aims for a solution-oriented approach to the challenge corruption represents, and places corruption on the agenda to create a better future for ...
    • The limits of clientelism: Multi-party politics in Sub-Saharan Africa 

      Amundsen, Inge (Forum for Development Studies vol. 28 no. 1, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2001-01-01)
    • The Parliament of Bangladesh: Representation and Accountability 

      Jahan, Rounaq; Amundsen, Inge (CPD-CMI Working Paper series CPD-CMI WP 2012:2, Research report, 2012-04-10)
      The constitution of Bangladesh bestows the parliament with supreme powers in making laws and approving budgets. It is given wide-ranging authority to scrutinise the actions of the executive who remains accountable to the ...
    • Tools and strategies for corruption prevention 

      Amundsen, Inge (Others, 2011-11-16)
      Presentation at a Workshop for Journalists (from Iraq), hosted by the Iraq Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (IEITI), at hotel Holiday Inn Sharjah, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.