Chr. Michelsens Institutt: Recent submissions
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Evaluation of Norway's Support to Women's Rights and Gender Equality. Mozambique Case Study Report
(Norad Evaluation Report 2/2015 Annex 7, Research report, 2015-06-01)Purpose of evaluation: This report is the Mozambique case study report for the evaluation of Norway’s support to strengthening women and girls’ rights and gender equality through its development cooperation ... -
The resource bites back: Entry-points for addressing corruption in wildlife crime
(U4 Issue 2016:2, Research report, 2016-11-01)Corruption has recently risen up the global wildlife conservation agenda with a series of international agreements highlighting the role of corruption in facilitating wildlife crime. Though there are notable exceptions, ... -
MODUCAN. A construção de um modelo macroeconómico para Angola: desafio e recompensa
(Angola Brief vol. 1 no. 12, Report, 2011-06-03)Um modelo macroeconómico proporciona um quadro analítico para descrever a estrutura e o comportamento da economia. O conhecimento dos mecanismos em funcionamento providencia uma base para discutir políticas governamentais ... -
Reality Checks in Mozambique. Sub-Report District of Lago. Year Two
(Research report, 2012-10-31)A series of five “Reality Checks” will take place in the period 2011-2016, focussing on the dynamics of poverty and well-being with a particular focus on good governance, agriculture/climate and energy that are key sectors ... -
Lobbying: the preconditions of an anti-corruption promise
(U4 Issue 2017:8, Research report, 2017-07-01)Can lobbying be a realistic and legitimate alternative to corruption in less developed countries? This paper addresses this question by: (1) delineating the differences and similarities between lobbying and corruption; (2) ... -
Female empowerment and education of children in Nepal
(CMI Working Paper WP 2014:7, Working paper, 2014-07-01)A family survey was conducted in Nepal to investigate whether female empowerment leads to more education, in particular for girls. The relative economic power of the male and female side of the extended family was used as ... -
Egypt's constitutional cul-de-sac: Enabling military oversight and a security state in a nominally democratic order
(CMI Insight 2014:1, Report, 2014-04-02)Egyptians began 2014 being summoned back to the polls for the third time in three years on a constitutional matter. This time, as in the past two polls (and indeed, all such balloting in Egyptian history), the people gave ... -
Ethnic and Fiscal Federalism in Nepal
(Research report, 2008-07-24)Nepal is in the process of making a democratic federal republic. We hope to contribute to the discussions of ethnic and fiscal federalism based on experiences from other countries. Our main conclusions are: The new ... -
Measuring Private Sector Corruption
(U4 Brief 2007:5, Report, 2007-10-09)How can donors engage effectively with new kinds of corruption - both in their home countries and in developing and emerging economies - and why is it important to act? -
Is bonded labor voluntary? Responses from Kamaiyas on why they chose to stay.
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New study hints on country's business barriers
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Towards REDD+ Integrity: Opportunities and Challenges for Indonesia
(U4 Issue 2015:5, Research report, 2015-02-01)Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) has become a cornerstone of Indonesia’s forest sector policies. Given corruption risks in the sector, a number of policies and initiatives – both ... -
Poverty dynamics in rural Orissa: Transitions in assets and occupations over generations
(CMI Working Paper WP 2012:11, Working paper, 2012-01-01)We investigate whether historic land distribution determines stagnation or development of Indian villages. The empirical analysis is motivated by the Banerjee and Newman (1993) model of occupational choice and economic ... -
Malnutrition in South-Asia. Poverty, diet or lack of female empowerment?
(CMI Working Paper WP 2012:4, Working paper, 2012-03-21)Despite economic growth, and a reduction in poverty, malnutrition is still rampant in South-Asia. This indicates that non-economic factors are important, and we use a nation-wide survey from Nepal to identify factors that ... -
Maintaining Development Momentum or Just Providing Aid?
(Analysis No. 261, Research report, 2014-07-01)Afghanistan is again preparing for change. Most international forces are about to leave the country by end of 2014, Afghans expects to have a new President over the summer and there are signals of a major reduction in ... -
Avaliando as Implicações do PARPA II em Maputo 2007 - 2010
(CMI Brief vol. 10 no. 3, Report, 2011-08-01)As melhorias que tiveram lugar em Maputo entre 2007 e 2010 nas áreas de redução da pobreza, educação, saúde, água, electricidade, saneamento, etc. parecem – ironicamente – ter trazido mais desafios aos governos central e ... -
Marriage is Politics: Prospects for Women's Equality after the Arab Spring
(CMI Insight 2013:1, Report, 2013-04-30)Hopes were high that the uprisings that began in 2011 across the Middle East and Northern Africa (MENA) that have come to be known as “the Arab Spring” would bring not just democratization, but greater gender equality. ... -
Anti-corruption Policy Making in Practice: Implications for Implementing UNCAC
(U4 Brief 2008:1, Report, 2008-01-11)Broad national anti-corruption strategies have so far been a popular response by governments to wide-spread corruption in many countries. The results have, however, been mixed. This U4 Brief argues that States Parties to ... -
Bistands-Høyre
(Others, 2012-01-01)Inge Tvedten, Seniorforsker, CMI Høyres utspill . Høyre har lagt fram et forslag til ny bistandspolitikk med fokus på reduksjon, konsentrasjon og endring av virkemidler, til sterke protester fra den rød-grønne regjerningen ...