• Direct health financing in Tanzania (RBF and HBF-DHFF) 

      Mæstad, Ottar; Binyaruka, Peter John; Borghi, Jo; Somville, Vincent; Tobin, Sarah; Hassan, Farida; Mayumana, Iddy; Shumbullo, Eskindir Loha (Others, 2020-10-01)
    • Discrimination in the Name of Religious Freedom: The Rights of Women and Non-Muslims after the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in Sudan 

      Tønnessen, Liv; Roald, Anne Sofie (Research report, Research report, 2007)
      Government policy since independence has by and large disregarded Sudan’s multi-religious character through continuous Islamisation and Arabisation processes that have fuelled the civil war. International considerations ...
    • Disjointed Incrementalism. NATO in Afghanistan. 

      Suhrke, Astri (PRIO Policy Brief 03/2011, Research report, 2011-01-01)
      As the US-led coalition prepares to extricate itself from a combat role in Afghanistan, it is useful to look back and reflect on the policy dynamic of the original involvement. How did the coalition – and more specifically ...
    • Disparities in Citizens' Perceptions of Service Delivery by Local Government Authorities in Tanzania 

      Fjeldstad, Odd-Helge; Katera, Lucas; Ngalewa, Erasto (REPOA Brief 13, Research report, 2008-01-01)
      The Local Government Reform Programme (LGRP) in Tanzania aims to restructure local government authorities so that they can respond more effectively to local priorities of service delivery in a sustainable manner. Various ...
    • Displaying Demons: Processions at the Crossroads in Multi-religious Indonesia 

      Telle, Kari (Asian Ethnology vol. 82 no. 1, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023-07-01)
    • Dispositions institutionnelles pour la prévention de la corruption : Réflexions autour de la mise en ouvre de l'Article 6 de la Convention des Nations Unies contre la corruption 

      Hussmann, Karen; Hechler, Hannes; Peñailillo, Miguel (U4 Issue 2009:9, Research report, 2009-07-27)
      De quel genre d'institutions un État doit‑il se doter pour lutter efficacement contre la corruption ? Que signifie l'article 6 de la Convention des Nations Unies contre la corruption (CNUCC), qui requiert des États qu'ils ...
    • Distributing mining wealth to communities in Ghana: Addressing problems of elite capture and political corruption 

      Standing, André; Hilson, Gavin (U4 Issue 2013:5, Research report, 2013-05-30)
      In the context of a mining boom in Africa, a critical consideration is how governments use increased mineral wealth to foster development, particularly in rural communities where mining takes place. While many African ...
    • Diverging Like-Mindedness? Development Policy among the Nordics 

      Kjær, Anne Mette; Tjønneland, Elling; Pettersson, Jan; Karhu, Marikki; Lanki, Jari (Forum for Development Studies vol. 49 no. 3, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-10-01)
      The ‘Nordic exceptionalism’ in development aid is well known and characterized by its generosity and focus on poverty reduction and sustainable development. However, the individual Nordic countries’ ...
    • Diversification and democracy 

      Kolstad, Ivar; Wiig, Arne (CMI Working Paper WP 2014:9, Working paper, 2014-08-01)
      Does diversification of an economy improve the chances of democracy? This paper estimates the effect of export diversification on democracy levels, using data from 143 countries. The endogeneity of diversification is ...
    • Diversification and Development,or “White Elephants”? Transport in Angola’s Lobito Corridor 

      Duarte, Ana; Pacheco, Fernando; Santos, Regina; Tjønneland, Elling N. (CMI Report R 2015:07, Research report, 2015-04-01)
      The Angolan government has put much emphasis on rehabilitating and expanding the country’s transport infrastructure. Assisted by oil revenues, foreign construction companies, credits lines and loans Angola has embarked ...
    • Diversification of the Angolan economy 

      da Rocha, Alves; Santos, Regina; Bonfim, Luís; Paulo, Francisco Miguel; Kolstad, Ivar; Wiig, Arne (CMI Insight 2014:5, Report, 2014-09-01)
      Angola has the second most concentrated economy in the world, oil representing more than 97 per cent of its exports in 2011. Concentration has increased since independence in 1975, and since the end of the civil war in ...
    • Divine Intervention: Invoking God in Peace Agreements 

      Forster, Robert; Bell, Christine (Wiley Blackwell Companion to Religion and Peace, Chapter, 2022-07-01)
      Based on an analysis of the religious language found in contemporary peace agreements, Robert Forster and Christine Bell argue in Chapter 44 that such language should not be dismissed as culturally specific rhetoric, but ...
    • Do donors reduce bilateral aid to countries with restrictive NGO laws?: A panel study, 1993-2012 

      Dupuy, Kendra; Prakash, Aseem (Non-Profit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly vol. 47 no. 1, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-02-01)
      Foreign aid contributes to about 10% of gross domestic product of developing countries. To distribute aid in recipient countries, Western donors increasingly rely on non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Yet, since the ...
    • Do elections imply democracy or autocracy? 

      Rakner, Lise; Rønning, Helge (CMI Brief vol. 9 no. 2, Report, 2010-03-25)
      Since the early 1990s, legislative and presidential multiparty elections have taken place in 42 out of Sub Saharan Africa’s 48 states. For a majority, fourth and fifth elections have now been convened, suggesting that ...
    • Do Interest Groups Matter in Economic Policy-Making? Reflections from a Zambian case study 

      Rakner, Lise (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 1994)
      The current debate within development research strongly emphasise the role of interest groups in developing and sustaining democratic and liberal economic reforms. With this debate as its point of departure, the paper ...
    • Does Aid to Institution Development Work? Reflections on Personal Experiences 

      Nordbye, Ole David Koht (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 1998)
      The author has spent dose to ten years as advisor to planning organisations in four developing countries: Pakistan, Kenya, the Sudan and Bangladesh. He raises the question whether the work of the advisory teams resulted ...
    • Does aid work? 

      Hatlebakk, Magnus (CMI Report 2021:11, Research report, 2021-12-01)
      This report attempts to understand why research findings differ on the impacts of foreign aid on in particular economic growth, but as a corollary also on the impacts of aid on poverty and other welfare indicators. The ...
    • Does aid work? Reflections on a natural resources programme in Tanzania 

      Jansen, Eirik G. (U4 Issue 2009:2, Research report, 2009-03-30)
      A former programme officer at the Norwegian Embassy in Tanzania considers challenges to aid effectiveness in a major natural resources programme. After twelve years of support by the Norwegian government totalling about ...
    • Does changing the narrative improve host community attitudes to climate migrants? Experimental evidence from Bangladesh 

      Kolstad, Ivar; Bezu, Sosina; Lujala, Päivi; Mahmud, Minhaj; Wiig, Arne (CMI Working Paper WP 2019:3, Working paper, 2019-01-01)
      A number of studies suggest that our narratives about the situation of the poor and vulnerable affect how we view them and treat them. Theoretically, a potentially powerful way to make host communities more welcoming of ...
    • Does democracy reduce corruption? 

      Kolstad, Ivar; Wiig, Arne (CMI Working Paper WP 2011:4, Working paper, 2011-12-12)
      While democracy is commonly believed to reduce corruption, there are obvious endogeneity problems in measuring the impact of democracy on corruption. This paper addresses the endogeneity of democracy by exploiting the ...