Chr. Michelsens Institutt: Recent submissions
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Elaborer un système de gestion des risques de corruption pour ONG : Réflexions à l'usage des donateurs
(U4 Issue 2012:5, Research report, 2012-09-01)Les organisations non-gouvernementales (ONG), souvent en première ligne des activités d’aide au développement, sont amenées à gérer une part importante des fonds affectés à leurs interventions. On peut donc craindre des ... -
Social security, poverty dynamics and economic growth in Angola's smallholder agriculture
(CMI Report R 2011:5, Research report, 2011-08-01)A new Land Act introduced in Angola in 2004 demonstrates a genuine interest in the protection of the customary land rights of rural communities and underlines rural communities’ rights to their land. However, the documentation ... -
Uncorking the bottlenecks: Using political economy analysis to address court delay
(U4 Brief 2015:10, Report, 2015-08-01)Long delays in the resolution of court cases are a common problem in both developing and developed countries and impede anti-corruption efforts. Technical solutions such as hiring more judges and reforming cumbersome ... -
Taxing the urban boom in Tanzania: Central versus local government property tax collection
(CMI Insight 2017:3, Report, 2017-06-01)Effective collection of property taxes requires constructive working relations between the central government revenue authority and the municipalities, independent of the mode of administration. Clear division of function ... -
Why hungry Guatemalans don't claim their food rights in court
(CMI Brief vol. 10 no. 13, Report, 2011-10-28)Guatemala suffers from high levels of undernourishment and malnutrition despite a strong political commitment to the right to food. Yet, there is an absence of food rights litigation. This brief explores why and suggests ... -
Espaço Urbano e Pobreza em Maputo, Moçambique
(CMI Brief vol. 12 no. 2, Report, 2013-06-01)Este é o primeiro de uma série de sínteses sobre políticas relacionadas com um projecto de investigação, “A Etnografia de uma Cidade Dividida: Socio-política, Pobreza e Género em Maputo, Moçambique” (2012–2015), financiado ... -
Anti-Corruption in the Health Sector: Reducing Vulnerabilities to Corruption in User Fee Systems
(U4 Brief 2006:3, Report, 2006-01-01)Designed to promote efficiency and expand access to health care services by leveraging financial contributions from patients, user fee systems are in place in government and private facilities throughout the world. Yet, ... -
Governance considerations for the design of REDD+ in Tanzania: The dilemmas of a nested approach
(U4 Issue 2015:14, Research report, 2015-01-01)There are several different options for the design of REDD+ at the national level, and each has its own strengths and weaknesses in terms of feasibility and desirability. Through the example of Tanzania, this U4 Issue ... -
Access to Formal Banking and Household Finances: Experimental Evidence from India
(CMI Working Paper WP 2017:1, Working paper, 2017-02-01)Access to formal banking is spreading across the world. Obtaining a bank account may transform how people manage their finances, and affect their savings and consumption. We report from a field experiment that randomly ... -
O Corredor do Lobito em Angola: Da reconstrução ao desenvolvimento
(Angola Brief vol. 4 no. 7, Report, 2014-05-01)Este sumário descritivo examina o estado do corredor de transporte que inicia no porto do Lobito e na cidade de Benguela para o interior de Angola até às regiões ricas em minérios na República Democrática do Congo (RDC) e ... -
L'élaboration des Politiques Anti-Corruption dans la Pratique: Quelles Implications pour la mise en ouvre de l'Article 5 de la CNUCC?
(U4 Brief 2008:20, Report, 2008-08-02)Pour endiguer la corruption rampante dont ils pâtissent, de nombreux gouvernements ont choisi d'adopter des stratégies nationales générales de lutte contre la corruption, avec des résultats cependant mitigés. Cette note ... -
Reforming corruption out of Nigerian oil? Part one: Mapping corruption risks in oil sector governance
(U4 Brief 2009:2, Report, 2009-02-11)Oil dominates the Nigerian economy and generates the vast majority of government revenues. At the same time, Nigeria is perceived as one of the world's most corrupt countries, and significant levels of corruption are said ... -
The global participation backlash: Implications for natural resource initiatives
(U4 Brief 2017:4, Report, 2017-06-01)Civil society organizations can help to ensure good governance over natural resources as members of global multi-stakeholder initiatives like the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative. Yet a good number of resource-rich ... -
Monitoria e Avaliação das Políticas de Redução da Pobreza em Moçambique. Estudio 1: Relações Sociais da Pobreza Rural
(CMI Brief vol. 7 no. 2, Report, 2008-02-01)Do ponto de vista de um distrito rural no norte de Moçambique, os esforços desenvolvidos pelo governo e doadores são visíveis na crescente capacidade da administração local e nos ... -
Informal pay and the quality of health care: lessons from Tanzania
(U4 Brief 2007:9, Report, 2007-10-01)Informal payments for health services are common in many transitional and developing countries. Informal payments are often claimed to reduce access to health services, especially among the poorest. Impacts on the quality ... -
Ebola and corruption: Overcoming critical governance challenges in a crisis situation
(U4 Brief 2015:1, Report, 2015-01-01)Since the end of 2013, the Ebola virus disease has been ravaging the economies and societies of Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea-Conakry, infecting over 20,000 people by the end of 2014. The disease also spread to Nigeria, ... -
Høgt spel i Austkinahavet
(Others, 2012-10-10)The article tries to explain the background for the powerful heightening of tensions between Japan and China in the wake of the diplomatic crisis over the contested Senkaku/Diaoyu islands. -
Construyendo la rendición de cuentas de manera diferente: Una propuesta para la integración vertical del monitoreo y la incidencia pública
(U4 Issue 2017:4, Research report, 2017-05-01)Las iniciativas de sociedad civil que tienen como objetivo central la promoción de la rendición de cuentas (RdC), tienen el potencial de producir cambios institucionales más duraderos cuando están enfocadas a atender no ... -
Abundant in policy, absent in practice? Rethinking 'local ownership'
(CMI Working Paper WP 2013:1, Working paper, 2013-03-06)Local ownership of international statebuilding processes tends to be understood as a quality which is ‘supported’, ‘fostered’, ‘granted’ or ‘stifled’ by foreigners rather than something which is simply taken by the hosts ... -
Confronting corruption in education: Advancing accountable practices through budget monitoring
(U4 Brief 2009:7, Report, 2009-06-10)Education budget work conducted by civil society is a powerful way of holding governments accountable to their citizens, and drawing attention to corruption in the education system. This brief discusses the relevance of ...