Chr. Michelsens Institutt: Recent submissions
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Tackling Corruption in Oil Rich Countries: The Role of Transparency
(U4 Brief 2008:3, Report, 2008-02-01)Corruption is a huge problem in many developing countries rich in oil and other natural resources, and is central in explaining why these countries perform badly in terms of socio-economic development. Transparency reform ... -
Using financial performance indicators to promote transparency and accountability in health systems
(U4 Brief 2006:1, Report, 2006-01-01)This case-based brief presents experiences of district health management teams in South Africa, where interventions to improve district health planning and reporting, including the integration of financial data and service ... -
Mid-term Evaluation Report of the National Solidarity Programme (NSP), Afghanistan
(Research report, 2006-01-01)Twenty-five years of conflict has left Afghanistan with a profound need for extensive intervention to address reconstruction and development requirements, particularly in rural areas, many of which were never reached by ... -
Reforms of the Angolan budget process and public financial management: Was the crisis a wakeup call?
(CMI Report R 2011:7, Research report, 2011-11-21)This report deals with Angola’s budget process – in the wide sense – in the period between 2008 and 2010. Three concepts - transparency, accountability and efficiency - are used as central benchmarks against which various ... -
The comprehensive peace agreement in the Sudan: Institutional developments and political trends in focus areas
(Sudan Working Paper SWP 2009: 1, Working paper, 2009-05-13)The Sudan is a vast and varied country in terms of its geography and people, defining its social and political relations from the colonial era through independence. The history of Sudanese conflict has been shaped by the ... -
Intergenerational determinants of occupational choice: The case of international labor migration from Nepal
(CMI Working Paper WP 2013:2, Working paper, 2013-01-01)We study the deep determinants of occupational choice, with a focus on what appears to be a particularly profitable pathway out of poverty, overseas labor migration. To what extent is this choice constrained by access to ... -
Questioning the Secular-Religious Cleavage in Palestinian Politics: Comparing Fatah and Hamas
(Politics and Religion vol. 7 no. 1, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-01-01)Following the 2007 war between Fatah and Hamas, Palestinian politics appears to have followed the regional trend where the competition between secularism and Islamism is developing into a major political cleavage. Through ... -
Natural resource wealth, conflict, and peacebuilding
(Synthesis Series, Research report, 2009-02-02)What connections exist between natural resource wealth and violent conflict? What do such connections imply for policies to build peace in resource-rich areas? This synthesis takes stock of what social science research has ... -
Combating Corruption in the Revenue Service: The Case of VAT Refunds in Bolivia
(U4 Brief 2008:14, Report, 2008-05-21)A recent and relatively successful anti-corruption strategy on value added tax refunds conducted in Bolivia, applied a process flow approach that appears to be powerful in preventing corruption in tax administration. This ... -
Convincing health workers to work in rural areas
(CMI Brief vol. 10 no. 12, Report, 2011-10-01)Tanzania has one of the lowest health worker ratios in the world. It is the rural areas that suffer the most. The geographical imbalance represents a serious problem for the delivery of crucial health services to a large ... -
Fighting Corruption to Overcome the Resource Curse
(Others, 2015-08-01)Presentation at a one-day conference for 17 members of Nigeria's Supreme Court, visiting Norway by invitation of the Africa Center for Information and Development ( ACID ). -
“Not a single crack where the light can come in” Civil-military relations in contemporary Honduras
(CMI Working Paper WP 2016:1, Working paper, 2016-01-01)This CMI Working Paper draws from several years of research in Honduras, including a series of interviews in February 2015, to assess the relationship between civilian and military authority in Honduras today. It highlights ... -
Projectos de Construção Pública - Angola. Necessidade de fortificar as barreiras contra a corrupção
(Angola Brief vol. 1 no. 6, Report, 2011-06-05)Entre o início de 2002 e 2009, o governo Angolano investiu cerca de 30,4 mil milhões de dólares americanos em novas infra-estruturas, hospitais, escolas e outros projectos de construção pública. Estes investimentos têm ... -
Bespoke monitoring and evaluation of anti-corruption agencies
(U4 Brief 2017:4, Report, 2017-05-01)Anti-corruption agencies (ACAs) are often considered a last resort against corruption and are expected to solve a problem that other institutions have failed to address effectively or may even be part of. When national ... -
Corruption and Commercial Fisheries in Africa
(U4 Brief 2008:23, Report, 2008-12-05)Heightened competition and considerable illegal fishing by commercial boats, suggest that incentives for corruption in African fisheries are high. Dependence on revenues and investments from foreign countries, as well as ... -
Embezzlement of Donor Funding in Health Projects
(U4 Brief 2008:11, Report, 2008-05-02)Donor funding has fuelled a vast increase in service delivery, medical research and clinical trials throughout the developing world. Yet, there is a dark side to this badly needed influx of funding: with pressures to spend ... -
Using money laundering investigations to fight corruption in developing countries: Domestic obstacles and strategies to overcome them
(U4 Issue 2012:9, Research report, 2012-11-26)Anti-money laundering systems have the potential to curb the use of proceeds of corruption and other crimes by the perpetrators. An effectively implemented anti-money laundering framework limits the channels through which ... -
Specialised anti-corruption courts: A comparative mapping
(U4 Issue 2016:7, Research report, 2016-12-01)Frustration with the capacity of the ordinary machinery of justice to deal adequately with corruption has prompted many countries to develop specialised anti-corruption institutions. While anti-corruption agencies with ... -
Corporate Community Involvement and Local Institutions: Two Case Studies From the Mining Industry in Tanzania
(Journal of African Business vol. 13 no. 2, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012-01-01)Corporate community involvement contributes capital or resources in various forms to a community. However, such involvement may also influence local institutions that determine how well these resources are used, i.e. the ... -
Anti-Corruption Training and Education
(U4 Brief 2007:13, Report, 2007-10-10)Corruption has gained significant attention in development discourse and practice. While anticorruption (AC) training is identified as a useful approach to fostering the development of broadbased alliances for demanding ...