Browsing Chr. Michelsens Institutt by Author "Rakner, Lise"
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Administering Uganda's 2006 Multiparty Elections: The Role of the Electoral Commission
Makara, Sabiti; Rakner, Lise; Sabastiano, Rwengabo (CMI Working Paper, Working paper, 2008)On 23 February, 2006, Ugandan voters could for the first time since 1980 choose a party of their choice rather than select individual candidates within the Nation Resistance Movement (NRM) system. This paper focuses on the ... -
Botswana - 30 years of economic growth, democracy and aid: Is there a connection?
Rakner, Lise (Research report, Research report, 1996)This report has been commissioned by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs as an input to a proposed study on the impact of aid on Botswana. The report is based on a review of literature focusing on the development of ... -
Civil society’s role in petroleum sector governance: The case of Tanzania
Dupuy, Kendra; Rakner, Lise; Katera, Lucas (CMI Brief no. 2019:02, Report, 2019-05-01)Good governance in the management of natural resources is now recognized by scholars and policy makers as key to ensuring that countries can prevent and escape the resource curse and translate resource wealth into inclusive ... -
Democracy matters more than ever: Democracy assistance after the entrance of the "Emerging Southern Powers" in sub-Saharan Africa
Helle, Svein-Erik; Rakner, Lise; Rønning, Helge (CMI Brief vol. 10 no. 5, Report, 2011-08-26)Over the last ten years the new “Emerging Southern Powers” – China, India, Brazil and South Africa – have increased their economic and political engagement in Sub-Saharan Africa. They have introduced new ideas and development ... -
Democratisation's Third Wave and the Challenges of Democratic Deepening: Assessing International Democracy Assistance and Lessons Learned
Rakner, Lise; Menocal, Alina Rocha; Fritz, Verena (ODI Working Papers 1, Research report, 2007-10-10)This study focuses on democratisation and democracy assistance in the developing world. It provides an overview of the democratisation processes that have swept across the developing world since the 1980s and explores some ... -
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 ... -
Fissions and fusions, foes and friends: Party system re-structuring in Malawi in the 2004 general elections
Rakner, Lise; Svåsand, Lars (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2005)The issue of presidential term limits is emerging as an important political norm on the African continent, but the effects of the third term debates on the institutionalization of the party systems have so far not been ... -
Governance Assessments and the Paris Declaration. A CMI Issues Paper Prepared for the UNDP Bergen Seminar September 2007
Rakner, Lise; Wang, Vibeke (CMI Reports, Research report, 2007)Is it possible to carry out governance assessments and develop diagnostic tools for enhancing governance while adhering to the principles of the Paris Declaration? Or, are the two processes largely contradictory? What ... -
Governance Assessments and the Paris Declaration. A CMI Issues Paper Prepared for the UNDP Bergen Seminar September 2007
Rakner, Lise; Wang, Vibeke (Research report, Research report, 2007)Is it possible to carry out governance assessments and develop diagnostic tools for enhancing governance while adhering to the principles of the Paris Declaration? Or, are the two processes largely contradictory? What ... -
Grabbing an Election: Abuse of State Resources in the 2011 Elections in Uganda
Helle, Svein-Erik; Rakner, Lise (Corruption, Grabbing and Development: Real World Challenges, Chapter, 2014-03-01)Elections are an integral part of representative democracies. Well functioning elections contribute to democratic accountability and democratic institutions, which in turn contributes to economic and human development too ... -
Human Rights and Development. The Discourse in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Gloppen, Siri; Rakner, Lise (Research report, Research report, 1993)The aim of this study is to review central debates on human rights within the social sciences and humanities with a view to enumerating the present state of knowledge about human rights and development. The central topics ... -
International Democracy Assistance: Key Lessons
Rakner, Lise; Menocal, Alina Rocha; Fritz, Verena (CMI Brief vol. 6 no. 5, Report, 2007-12-06)What are the main challenges facing incipient democratic regimes in the developing world and how can donors best support democratisation in these countries? A recent report from the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) and ... -
Lobbying and the shaping of tax policies in Tanzania
Fjeldstad, Odd-Helge; Rakner, Lise (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 ... -
Maybe free but not fair: Electoral administration in Malawi 1994-2004
Rakner, Lise; Svåsand, Lars (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2005)Entering the third decade of multiparty democracy on the African continent, incumbents appear able to secure electoral mandates without opening for extensive political liberties. The paper argues that the administration ... -
Menneskerettigheter og utviklingsprosesser. Sentrale tema i samfunnsvitenskapelig og humanistisk menneskerettighetsforskning
Gloppen, Siri; Rakner, Lise (Report, Research report, 1991)Rapporten inngår i studien "Menneskerettigheter i et utvikingsteoretisk perspektiv", som Programmet for menneskerettighetsstudier ved Chr. Michelsens Institutt har utført på oppdrag fra Departementet for utvikingshjelp/ ... -
Multiparty elections in Africa's new democracies
Rakner, Lise; Svåsand, Lars (Research report, Research report, 2002)Why has the electoral process in the newly democratised African states had such limited impacts? How can the continued one-party dominance on the continent be explained despite the reintroduction of political freedoms, substantial ... -
"No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow": The Arab Spring and its effect in sub-Saharan Africa
Helle, Svein-Erik; Rakner, Lise; Rønning, Helge (CMI Brief vol. 10 no. 4, Report, 2011-08-01)In the spring of 2011, dramatic political changes and events took place in the Arab World. The Arab Spring was comprised of popular uprisings and civil unrest across the Arab world. However, during the same period there ... -
Political Institutions and Economic Reform: Zambia and South Africa in Comparative Context
Rakner, Lise; Skålnes, Tor (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 1996)This paper presents the theoretical and methodological framework of a joint research project by Lise Rakner and Tor Skålnes, "Political Liberalisation and Economic Reform in Southern Africa". The project consists of two ... -
Poverty reduction strategy processes in Malawi and Zambia
Bwalya, Edgar; Rakner, Lise; Svåsand, Lars; Tostensen, Arne; Tsoka, Maxton (Research report, Research report, 2004)Malawi and Zambia are poor and heavily indebted countries whose dependence on foreign aid is pronounced. They both qualify for debt relief in terms of the Heavily Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) initiative under the auspices ...