Chr. Michelsens Institutt: Recent submissions
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Perpetual Hardships: Female Poverty in Rural Malanje, Angola
(CMI Brief vol. 16 no. 4, Report, 2017-04-01)Rural poverty in Angola is severe and gendered. This brief draws on qualitative field research in ten rural communities in the municipality of Kalandula, Malanje province. It shows that female poverty is characterized by ... -
How does litigation affect health financing?
(Technical Brief Series Brief No 15, Research report, 2010-01-01)In the last fifteen years, judicial claims to secure health services as a matter of right have become an important phenomenon in a number of countries including South Africa, India, Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, and Costa ... -
Always choosing the oil rents: How leaders in Angola and Venezuela brought their countries to ruin
(CMI Working Paper WP 2016:10, Working paper, 2016-11-01)Angola and Venezuela are among the most oil dependent countries in the world. When oil prices fell in 2014, these states lost half of their income base. A combined economic, political and social crisis followed. The acute ... -
National-level corruption risks and mitigation strategies in the implementation of REDD+ in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: An overview of the current situation
(U4 Issue 2015:9, Research report, 2015-04-01)The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is one of the first REDD+ target countries due its huge forest ecosystem potential. Since 2011, the country has been creating key pieces of legislation as well as implementing ... -
Open government and transparency reform in Chile: Balancing leadership, ambition and implementation capacity
(U4 Report 2015:2, Research report, 2015-01-01)Chile is a successful open government reformer. The implementing agencies have achieved the targets set in the national action plans for transparency and access to information commitments. These reforms are changing ... -
Devolutionary delusions? The effect of decentralization on corruption
(CMI Working Paper WP 2014:10, Working paper, 2014-09-01)The effect of government decentralization on corruption is theoretically ambiguous. On the one hand, bringing government closer to the people could increase accountability and reduce corruption. On the other hand, ... -
Forest concessions and corruption
(U4 Issue 2007:3, Research report, 2007-12-05)The forest industry has the potential to contribute to the economy and increase state revenues in many developing countries. The realisation of these opportunities depends on the governance of the forest industry and the ... -
Marginalização e Pobreza em Malanje Rural, Angola
(CMI Brief vol. 15 no. 18, Report, 2016-12-01)Angola rural passou por décadas de provações com a guerra e a marginalização económica – culminando com a actual crise económica. Este resumo diz respeito a dez comunidades rurais na província de Malanje, mostrando que a ... -
Crisis at South Africa’s universities – what are the implications for future cooperation with Norway?
(CMI Brief vol. 16 no. 3, Report, 2017-03-01)South Africa’s universities have witnessed unprecedented student revolts over the past two years. It began as protests against a rise in tuition fees and calls for removals of symbols of the apartheid past. It rapidly ... -
REDD Integrity: Addressing governance and corruption challenges in schemes for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD)
(U4 Report 2011:1, Research report, 2011-02-01)Donor-backed programmes for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) intend to financially reward individuals, communities and countries that cut carbon emissions from forests as part of a global ... -
Building taxpayer culture in Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia: Achievements, challenges and policy recommendations
(CMI Report R 2012:1, Research report, 2012-07-05)The study examines measures that aim to encourage taxpayer compliance through taxpayer education and constructive engagement between the government and citizens over taxation issues in Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia. ... -
New ways to measure institutionalised grand corruption in public procurement
(U4 Brief 2014:9, Report, 2014-10-27)Public procurement, one of the largest areas of public spending worldwide, gives public officials wide discretion. It is therefore unsurprising that it is also one of the government functions most often vulnerable to ... -
Public Expenditure Tracking Surveys: Lessons from Tanzania
(U4 Brief 2007:14, Report, 2007-11-01)Whereas the successful application of PETS in Uganda has received and continues to receive a lot of attention, less has been written about the experiences of PETS elsewhere. The Tanzanian experience clearly shows that PETS ... -
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 ... -
Enseigner l'éthique dans les sociétés fortement corrompues: préoccupations et opportunités
(U4 Brief 2011:7, Report, 2011-08-30)Cette note de synthèse U4 explore les raisons pour lesquelles une approche traditionnelle de l’enseignement de l’éthique n’est pas adaptée aux sociétés fortement corrompues, et met en exergue des éléments clés concernant ... -
Key Steps to Address Corruption in Tax and Customs
(U4 Brief 2008:15, Report, 2008-05-21)Tax and customs authorities are frequently among the most corrupt institutions in many countries For staff, opportunities for corruption and temptation to engage in it are numerous, including speeding up services, undervaluing ... -
Angola's Lobito Corridor: From reconstruction to development
(Angola Brief vol. 4 no. 5, Report, 2014-04-01)This brief reviews the state of the transport corridor which runs from the port of Lobito and the city of Benguela through the hinterland of Angola before it connects with the mineral rich regions in the Democratic Republic ... -
Rule of law and environmental justice in the forests: The challenge of 'strong law enforcement' in corrupt conditions
(U4 Issue 2013:6, Research report, 2013-06-01)Widespread illegal forest activities have contributed to deforestation, forest degradation, economic losses to nations and injustices for forest communities in many countries. Promoting rule of law, particularly through ... -
How can Technical Assistance support the Implementation of UNCAC? U4 Background Paper for the International Cooperation Workshop on Technical Assistance for the Implementation of UNCAC, Montevideo, May 2007
(U4 Background paper 2007:1, Research report, 2007-01-01)At the first Conference of States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC), held in Jordan in December 2006, participants agreed to establish a working group to promote the coordination of ... -
Leaking projects: Corruption and local water management in Kyrgyzstan
(U4 Practice Insight 2013:3, Report, 2013-10-17)Poor water infrastructure in Kyrgyzstan from the Soviet era led international donors to support investments in agricultural irrigation and potable freshwater systems. The financial investments made, however, did not always ...