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"If men and women were equal, we would all simply be people". Gender and poverty in northern Mozambique
(Research report, Research report, 2009)This is the second report in the series ‘Gender Policies and Feminisation of Poverty in Mozambique’. While the first report went through existing quantitative data on the national level, this report focuses on the social ... -
Illicit financial flows and measures to counter them: An introduction
(U4 Brief 2012:9, Report, 2012-10-08)The most common sources of illicit financial flows are tax evasion and money laundering. Countermeasures include institution building strategies, international cooperation and information exchange, and fiscal transparency. ... -
Illicit Flows and Trade Misinvoicing: Are we looking under the wrong lamppost?
(CMI Insight 2016:5, Report, 2016-11-01)Illicit financial flows (IFFs) have become a high profile issue in recent years. The Sustainable Development Goals include a target (16.4: significantly reduce illicit financial and arms flows, strengthen the recovery and ... -
Impact of foreign bribery legislation on developing countries and the role of donor agencies
(U4 Issue 2014:6, Research report, 2014-09-03)Legislation prohibiting foreign bribery has been enacted and enforced by several countries, notably the United States and the United Kingdom, but its impact on developing countries is poorly understood. An analysis of ... -
Impact of management scenarios and fishing gear selectivity on the potential economic gains from Namibian hake
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 1999)This paper develops a model for Namibian hake, which incorporates the biology, gear selectivity and the economies of the hake fisheries in a framework that allows the analysis of fishing gear impacts on the potential ... -
Impacto do investimento petrolífero Norueguês nos países de acolhimento, com especial ênfase para Angola
(Research report, Research report, 2000)O presente relatório aborda a forma de como os investimentos petrolíferos Norueguêses, melhor poderão contríbuir para o desenvolvimento indústrial e distribuição uniforme dos dividendos nos países de acolhimento, analisando ... -
Impacts of school closures on children in developing countries: Can we learn something from the past?
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Implementing a transparency and accountability policy to reduce corruption: The GAVI Alliance in Cameroon
(U4 Brief 2013:9, Report, 2013-12-04)The GAVI Alliance – an alliance of the world’s major players in global immunisation – uncovered massive misuse of its grants in Cameroon in 2011. GAVI’s Transparency and Accountability Policy triggered an investigation ... -
Implementing the illicit financial flows agenda: Perspectives from developing countries
(U4 Brief 2012:8, Report, 2012-10-03)While once considered solely a concern of law enforcement agencies; money laundering, tax evasion and secrecy jurisdictions are now perceived as important obstacles to development. Dealing with illicit financial flows is ... -
Implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for revenue collection in poor African countries
(Conference object, 2020-12-01)The presentation is based on new study for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Denmark The purpose of the study is to provide inputs for strategic discussions about possible future Danish aid to domestic ... -
Implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for revenue generation in poor African countries
(DIIS Working Paper 13: 2020, Research report, 2020-12-01)In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic the need in poor countries in Africa for more revenues is obvious and growing - also because aid agencies are quite stingy in helping them in this crisis. The pandemic’s ... -
Improved health outcomes through better performance
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Improved Understanding of FGM/C Abandonment among Sudanese Families in Khartoum and Kassala States
(Sudan Working Paper SWP 2020:02, Working paper, 2020-09-01)Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is widely practiced in Sudan, where the Multiple Indicators Cluster Survey (MICS) 2014 in Sudan, showed a prevalence of FGM/C among women and girls ages 15–49 years as 86.6%. ... -
Improving the framework? Institutional reform and corruption in the water sector
(U4 Brief 2009:28, Report, 2009-11-19)It has been recognised that the world’s failure to provide many of its citizens with access to water and sanitation is an issue of governance, and institutional reforms have been a constant feature in the drive for better ... -
Impunidade versus responsabilidade no Uruguai: o papel da Ley de Caducidad
(A Anistia na Era da Responsabilização: O Brasil em Perspectiva Internacional e Comparada, Chapter, 2011-09-30)Muitos países na América Latina e noutras partes do mundo estão seguindo em direção a uma maior responsabilização no que tange às violações de direitos humanos, e existe um consenso crescente de que alguns crimes simplesmente ... -
In pursuit of policy influence: Can lobbying be a legitimate alternative to corruption in developing countries?
(U4 Brief 2009:1, Report, 2009-01-20)This Brief reviews recent research on transition countries which suggests, conceptually and empirically, that lobbying is not only more prevalent in non–developed countries than currently thought, but can be more effective ... -
In Pursuit of Poverty Reduction: What have Parliaments got to do with it?
(Research report, Research report, 2006)Launched only 6 years ago, the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) has become a key reference document to a majority of developing countries. More than 70 developing countries have embarked on a PRSP process. In spite ... -
In search of a Palestinian leadership
(CMI Brief vol. 10 no. 6, Report, 2011-09-06)This brief argues that even a successful reconciliation between Hamas and Fatah will fall short of providing the leadership the Palestinians need. Their domestic legitimacy are simply too frayed. Instead it argues that the ... -
Inclusive growth in Nepal
(Research report, 2008-06-22)We present the development of poverty rates for different castes and ethnic groups of Nepal, and find a strong relation between social exclusion, as defined by the caste system, and economic poverty. We go on to present ...