Blar i Chr. Michelsens Institutt på emneord "Poverty"

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    • A balanced view of development as freedom 

      Tungodden, Bertil (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2001)
      Amartya Sen, in his most recent book Development as Freedom, argues that expansion of human freedom should both be viewed as the primary end and the principle means of development. This paper provides an overview and a ...

    • A pobreza urbana em Luanda, Angola 

      Tvedten, Inge; Lázaro, Gilson; Jul-Larsen, Eyolf; Agostinho, Mateus (CMI Report R 2018:7, Research report, 2018-04-01)
      A capital de Angola, Luanda, é uma cidade com fortes desigualdades e contrastes. Embora ofereça oportunidades e riqueza para uns poucos, as pessoas que vivem nos musseques informais estão efectivamente encurraladas na ...

    • A review of development trends in the energy sector of Bangladesh 

      Murshid, K.A.S.; Wiig, Arne (Research report, Research report, 2001)
      This is the second report under the CMI/NCG contract for strengthening the country-specific knowledge base of NORAD and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This energy review examines the gas and power sectors in ...

    • "A woman should not be the boss when a man is present": Gender and poverty in Southern Mozambique 

      Tvedten, Inge; Paulo, Margarida; Tuominen, Minna (Research report, Research report, 2010)
      This is the third and final report in the series “Gender Policies and Feminisation of Poverty in Mozambique”, revealing a curious incongruity between often broad and sweeping statements about gender inequality and the great ...

    • Agricultural development and food Security in Sudan as seen from Kassala State 

      Nour, Samia Mohamed; Mohamedain, Eltayeb (Report, 2020-07-01)
      Any success achieving Sustainable Development Goal 2 – zero hunger – relies on sustainable systems for food production and sound agricultural policies. Kassala State in Eastern Sudan is an interesting case for ...

    • Aid for trade: A misdirected initiative? 

      Wiig, Arne (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2009)
      Given that the motivation for aid is poverty reduction, I argue that Aid for Trade (AfT) measures need to demonstrate that they are effective and have a potential impact on poverty. The debate about aid for trade measures ...

    • Bangladesh: Severe Poverty and a Well Functioning Economy? 

      Wiig, Arne (Research report, Research report, 2000)
      This is the first report on Bangladesh under the Country Advisor Agreement between the Norwegian Agency for Development Co-operation (NORAD), the Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI) and the Nordic Consulting Group (NCG). The ...

    • Community Driven Development in Contexts of Conflict. Concept Paper Commissioned by ESSD, World Bank 

      Strand, Arne; Toje, Hege; Jerve, Alf Morten; Samset, Ingrid (Research report, Research report, 2003)
      Violent conflict represents not only a significant barrie r to development; it also wipes out efforts to improve the situation. Experience from many developing countries has shown that Community Driven Development (CDD) ...

    • Constatações da Realidade em Moçambique 2015. Sub-Relatório, Distrito do Lago 

      Tvedten, Inge; Noronha, Nair; José, Barnabé; Putile, Beatri (Reality Checks Mozambique 2011-2015, Research report, 2016-01-01)
      As Constatações da Realidade em Moçambique são implementadas pela ORGUT Consulting (Suécia) em associação com a Cowi Mozambique e o Chr. Michelsen Institute, em nome da Embaixada da Suécia em Maputo. As Constatações da ...

    • Constatações da Realidade em Moçambique. Relatório Anual 2015. Expressões Quantitativas de Pobreza e Bem-Estar 2011-2015 

      Tvedten, Inge; Tuominen, Minna; Rosario, Carmeliza (Reality Checks Mozambique 2011-2015, Research report, 2016-01-01)
      As Constatações da Realidade em Moçambique são executadas pela ORGUT Consulting (Suécia) em associação com a COWI Lda. (Mozambique) e o Chr. Michelsen Institute (Noruega), ...

    • Constatações da Realidade em Moçambique. Relatório Final 2011-2015 

      Tvedten, Inge; Tuominen, Minna; Rosario, Carmeliza (Reality Checks Mozambique 2011-2015, Research report, 2016-01-01)
      As Constatações da Realidade em Moçambique foram implementadas pela ORGUT Consulting (Suécia) em associação com a COWI Lda (Moçambique) e o Chr. Michelsen Institute (Noruega) ...

    • Crime, Poverty and Police Corruption in Developing Countries 

      Andvig, Jens Chr.; Fjeldstad, Odd-Helge (CMI Working Paper, Working paper, 2008)
      Crime and the fear of being hit by crime and small-scale violence are key economic and social problems in most developing countries, not least felt strongly by the poor. Extensive corruption in the police, experienced or ...

    • Crime, poverty and police corruption: a review of issues 

      Andvig, Jens Chr.; Fjeldstad, Odd-Helge (Conference object, 2008-07-08)
      Crime and the fear of being hit by crime and small-scale violence are key economic and social problems in most developing countries, not least felt strongly by the poor. Extensive corruption in the police, experienced or ...

    • 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 ...

    • 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 ...

    • Economic Reconstruction and the Peasants in Ethiopia. Two Papers Presented at the Symposium on the Ethiopian Economy, with a Postscript 

      Cheru, Fantu; Pausewang, Siegfried (Working paper, Working paper, 1992)
      The two papers present proposals for the economic reconstruction of Ethiopia, based on the interests of the peasants and other poor groups. In the first paper, Fantu Cheru outlines a reform programme combining the market ...

    • Experience and Institutional Capacity for Poverty and Income Distribution Analysis in Angola 

      Isaksen, Jan; Tvedten, Inge; Ilinga, Pacheco (Research report, Research report, 2006)
      The Chr. Michelsen Institute was contracted to carry out this study on previous experience in and institutional capacity for poverty and income distribution analysis in Angola. The study aims at presenting an overview of ...

    • Food Insecurity and Coping Strategies among the Low Income Urban Households in Malawi 

      Chilowa, Wycliffe (Report, Research report, 1991)
      This paper highlights the main findings of a survey carried out amongst low income groups in Lilongwe and Blantyre, Malawi's two major cities. The survey covered employment and incomes, expenditure patterns, food and ...

    • From Global Village to Urban Globe. Urbanisation and Poverty in Africa: Implications for Norwegian Aid Policy 

      Kamete, Amin Y.; Tostensen, Arne; Tvedten, Inge (Research report, Research report, 2001)
      Some 52 per cent of Africa’s population are expected to live in towns and cities by 2025. There is generally an unequivocal correlation between urbanisation and economic development and growth, but in Africa this appears ...

    • Gender and poverty in Mozambique 

      Tvedten, Inge (CMI Brief vol. 9 no. 6, Report, 2010-10-01)
      Gender equality and women’s empowerment are high on the government and donor agendas in Sub-Saharan Africa, but have largely failed to have an impact. Rather than ‘mainstreaming’ gender, more attention to the variations ...