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Life skills in non-formal contexts for adolescent girls in developing countries
(CMI Report R 2018:6, Research report, 2018-04-01)Executive summary How can young women in developing countries best be prepared for success in their lives and livelihoods? Life preparation requires learning different types of knowledge and skills in formal, non-formal, ... -
Lifting the veil of secrecy: Perspectives on international taxation and capital flight from Africa
(Book, 2017-11-01)Several African countries are among the fastest growing economies in the world. However, capital flows to tax havens are one factor limiting the benefits of economic growth for ordinary Africans. It is estimated that ... -
Linking procurement and political economy: a guide
(Research report, 2010-01-01)The paper provides advice for practitioners on how to apply political economy tools to improve public procurement processes. At present, there are no analytical tools available that link political-economy analysis and ... -
Literature review on effects of interventions to reduce the prevalence of child marriage
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Literature Review: Democracy and Human Rights in contemporary Latin America (2015-2020) Trends, challenges, and prospects
(CMI Report R 2020:01, Research report, 2020-06-01)Abstract Through a review of scholarly and other well-informed articles as well as media reports, this CMI Report aims to summarize discussions on challenges for democracy and human rights in Latin America during the ... -
Litigating the right to a healthy environment assessing the policy impact of "The Mendoza Case"
(CMI Report R 2011:6, Research report, 2011-11-21)This thesis enquires into the policy consequences of the Mendoza case, a public interest litigation case in Argentina, in which several non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and the National Ombudsman demanded action from ... -
Litigating the right to heath in India: Can litigation fix a health system in crisis?
(CMI Brief vol. 11 no. 4, Report, 2012-05-31)There is a healthcare crisis in India. Health indicators are dismal. 25% of the world’s maternal deaths every year, occur in India. 47% of all children in India are underweight. Health rights litigation has highlighted ... -
Living in a material world: Political funding in electoral authoritarian regimes in Sub-saharan Africa
(Master thesis, 2011-12-08)This thesis investigates the role of political funding in two electoral authoritarian regimes in Sub-Saharan Africa. The issue of political funding has been investigated thoroughly in developed democracies in the West, but ... -
Living in the Commons: Local Institutions for Natural Resource Management
(Research report, Research report, 1995)Garett Hardin' s essay "The Tragedy of the Commons" has for almost three decades stimulated research on common property regimes. This report provides an overview of this research and reviews a selection of empirical and ... -
Living in two countries: Transnational living as an alternative to migration
(Population, Space and Place, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-05-01)After three decades of scholarship, transnationalism remains understood as connections between people who have migrated and people who remain in the country of origin. Such ties are important and prevalent. But perhaps a ... -
Lobbying and the shaping of tax policies in Tanzania
(CMI Working Paper WP 2021:07, Working paper, 2021-11-01)This paper explores the role of interest groups in shaping tax policies in Tanzania. Tracing the various stages behind the VAT Act 2014 in Tanzania, weighing the various interests, lobbyists and political actors, the study ... -
Lobbying, corruption and climate finance: The stakes for international development
(U4 Issue 2021:13, Research report, 2021-11-01)Lobbying is an important aspect of democracy, but in the area of climate-related development finance it is too often dominated by powerful players. Inclusive lobbying is needed, so that a range of voices are heard. This ... -
Lobbying: the preconditions of an anti-corruption promise
(U4 Issue 2017:8, Research report, 2017-07-01)Can lobbying be a realistic and legitimate alternative to corruption in less developed countries? This paper addresses this question by: (1) delineating the differences and similarities between lobbying and corruption; (2) ... -
Local Content in Tanzania’s Gas and Minerals Sectors: Who regulates?
(CMI Brief vol. 16 no. 6, Report, 2017-09-01)The implementation of Tanzania’s local content policy for the petroleum and mineral sectors has been hampered by inconsistency, confusion, and un-coordinated donor interventions. There is a need to replace overlapping ... -
Local content in the Tanzanian mining sector
(CMI Brief vol. 15 no. 3, Report, 2016-03-01)This brief examines the factors that have influenced local content in the Tanzanian mining sector, and some of the challenges and successes of local content initiatives in mining. Local content has gradually gained momentum ... -
Local content requirements in the petroleum sector in Tanzania: A thorny road from inception to implementation?
(CMI Working Paper WP 2016:6, Working paper, 2016-08-01)Abstract Tanzania has recently discovered huge offshore natural gas fields. This has led the Government to develop local content policies (LCPs) to increase job and business opportunities for nationals in the sector. We ... -
Local entrepreneurs, networks and linkages to the global economy in Southeast Asia and Africa
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 1999)This paper was originally prepared for the United Nations University/African Economic Research Consortium Conference on Asia and Africa in the Global Economy, Tokyo, August 2-3, 1998. It was revised in the stimulating ... -
Local Governance, Urban Poverty and Service Delivery in Namibia
(Research report, Research report, 2005)The urbanisation of poverty is one of the most dramatic developments on the African continent, yielding contrasting images of affluent residential and business districts and utter misery in sprawling shantytowns or slums. ... -
Local Government and Decentralisation in Sub-Saharan Africa. An Annotated Bibliography
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 1994)A renewed interest in local government and decentralisation in developing countries has emerged in recent years, and many students now turn to this subject. A substantial literature is already available, even if a lot more ... -
Local government finances and finacial management in Tanzania. Baseline data from six councils, 2000-2003
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2004)This report provides baseline data on local government finance and financial management in six councils in Tanzania: Bagamoyo District Council, Ilala Municipal Council, Iringa DC, Kilosa DC, Moshi DC, and Mwanza City ...