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Hamas and the Arab Spring: Introduction
(Middle East Policy vol. 20 no. 3, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-08-01)The Arab Spring is a critical juncture for examining Hamas, a movement created in the context of a popular revolt (against Israeli occupation) similar to those that have reverberated throughout the Middle East. Since the ... -
Hamas and the Quest for Palestinian Statehood
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2006)The Islamic Resistance Movement’s (Hamas) big win in the elections to the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) marks the end of Fatah’s political hegemony. Having trumped Fatah in the elections, Hamas faces several domestic ... -
Hamas in the West Bank. A study of the political position of the West Bank branch between 1987 and 2007
(Master thesis, 2011-02-08) -
Hamas kan ikke anerkjenne Israel
(Others, 2009-01-01) -
Handel og arbeidstandarder: Barnearbeid
(Research report, Research report, 1996)Trade and labour standards: Child labour. This report, commissioned by Save the Children, Norway, discusses the main economic arguments for and against the incorporation of a social clause in World Trade Organization (WTO). ... -
Hard Methods for Soft Policies. Environmental and Social Cost-Benefit Analysis
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 1995)The quest for sustainability has put the conventional Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) technique under fierce attack. Much of the critique is, however, misplaced or based on misunderstandings. Alternative methodologies for ... -
Has recent political unrest affected garment exports from Bangladesh?
(CMI Report R 2018:02, Research report, 2018-01-01)According to the World Bank, political unrest in Bangladesh in the first part of 2015 resulted in a loss of 1% of GDP. [1] A previous study by UNDP (2005) estimated the average costs of unrest as even higher during the ... -
Has the EITI been successful? Reviewing evaluations of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
(U4 Brief 2017:5, Report, 2017-08-01)Has the EITI been successful? Many efforts have been devoted to improving resource governance through the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative. A review of 50 evaluations concludes that the EITI has succeeded in ... -
Haydom Lutheran Hospital: Midterm review of the Block Grant Support End review of the MDG 4 and 5 project support
(CMI Report R 2013:4, Research report, 2013-08-19)Haydom Lutheran Hospital (HLH) is an important service provider in an area of Tanzania where the population is poor and government health services are inadequate. In 2011, The Royal Norwegian Embassy funded 61% of the ... -
Haydom Lutheran Hospital - Final project review
(Research report, Research report, 2009)Haydom Lutheran Hospital (HLH) is a first level referral hospital located in Mbulu district, Manyara region in Tanzania. HLH was established by the Norwegian Lutheran Mission in 1955 and is owned by the Evangelical Lutheran ... -
Health services in Angola. Availability, quality and utilisation
(CMI Report R 2011:9, Research report, 2011-12-16)This report discusses the availability and quality of health services in two provinces of Angola (Luanda and Uíge) and reports how households perceive the level of quality and utilise the existing services. We study a ... -
Housing and 'Inverse Governmentality' in Maputo, Mozambique
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How (not) to improve health worker performance
(Others, 2011-01-01) -
How banks assist capital flight from Africa: A literature review
(Research report, Research report, 2010)Systematic studies of the banking sector’s involvement in facilitating capital flight from developing countries are limited. This report was commissioned by Norad’s Anti-Corruption Project (ANKOR) for the purpose of ... -
How can Technical Assistance support the Implementation of UNCAC? U4 Background Paper for the International Cooperation Workshop on Technical Assistance for the Implementation of UNCAC, Montevideo, May 2007
(U4 Background paper 2007:1, Research report, 2007-01-01)At the first Conference of States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC), held in Jordan in December 2006, participants agreed to establish a working group to promote the coordination of ... -
"How can the Elections Help us Quell Hunger?" Mid-Term Review of Norwegian Support to UNDP's Trust Fund for Civic Education
(Research report, Research report, 2008)This report is the mid-term review of UNDPs trust fund for civic education in Angola. The trust fund was set up in late 2006, with support from the embassies of Norway, Sweden and USAid, topped up with UNDP’s own funds. ... -
How does litigation affect health financing?
(Technical Brief Series Brief No 15, Research report, 2010-01-01)In the last fifteen years, judicial claims to secure health services as a matter of right have become an important phenomenon in a number of countries including South Africa, India, Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, and Costa ... -
How does social development affect FDI and domestic investment?
(Research report, Research report, 2004)Creating a favourable investment climate is crucial for economic development. In this study, we explore the impact of social development variables on FDI and private domestic investment, using panel data from 75 countries ... -
How do voters respond to information on self-serving elite behaviour? Evidence from a randomized survey experiment in Tanzania
(CMI Working Paper WP 2016:9, Working paper, 2016-11-01)Does self-serving elite behaviour make citizens more politically active? This paper presents the results of a randomized field experiment where voters in Tanzania were given information about elite use of tax havens. ... -
How middle-men can undermine anti-corruption reforms
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2005)The anti-corruption reform in the Tanzanian tax bureaucracy in the mid-1990s was apparently a short-lived success. In the wake of the reform, a number of “tax experts” established themselves in the market, many of them ...