Chr. Michelsens Institutt: Recent submissions

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    • Et lite offer? En analyse av årsakene til det diplomatiske bruddet mellom Norge og Kenya i 1990 

      Selbervik, Hilde Beate (Research report, Research report, 1995)
      Den 22. oktober 1990 ble den norske ambassadøren innkalt til det kenyanske utenriksdepartementet; kenyanske myndigheter hadde besluttet å bryte de diplomatiske forbindelsene med Norge. Dette var resultatet av en unik ...

    • Value-Added Taxation in Tanzania? 

      Fjeldstad, Odd-Helge (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 1995)
      Is Tanzania ready for a value-added tax (V AT)? The purpose of this paper is to answer this and other related questions that are often asked about value-added taxation in developing countries, to consider how a V AT might ...

    • Mobilising Resources for Regional Integration in Southern Africa: Towards a SADC Capacity-Building Fund 

      Georgala, Steven; Tostensen, Arne (Research report, Research report, 1996)
      Two fundamental problems have been figuring on the agenda of SADC since 190: donor dependency and institutional structure. While not divorcing the broader issue of institutional structure from that of donor dependency, ...

    • Handel og arbeidstandarder: Barnearbeid 

      Wiig, Arne (Research report, Research report, 1996)
      Trade and labour standards: Child labour. This report, commissioned by Save the Children, Norway, discusses the main economic arguments for and against the incorporation of a social clause in World Trade Organization (WTO). ...

    • Coconuts and Cultivation in the Philippines. A Study of Social Formation in Candelaria, Quezon Province 

      Skåre, Guro (Research report, Research report, 1995)
      This study gives a detailed account of coconut production and the social formation of coconut cultivators in a specific locality in the Quezon province on the island of Luzon in the Philippines. Using a theoretical framework ...

    • The Mapuche People's Battle for Indigenous Land. Litigation as a Strategy to Defend Indigenous Land Rights 

      Skjævestad, Anne (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2008)
      Land is the foundation for the economic sustenance of indigenous peoples and for the continued survival of their cultures. One of the major problems faced by indigenous peoples is the dispossession of their traditional ...

    • Whither Nordic/SADC Relations? 

      Atkinson, Keith; Tostensen, Arne (Research report, Research report, 1996)
      In 1986 the member states of the then Southern African Development Coordination Conference (SADC) and the five Nordic countries signed a joint declaration on expanded economic and cultural cooperation, referred to as the ...

    • South African Manufacturing Industries - Catching up or Falling Behind? 

      Nordås, Hildegunn Kyvik (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 1995)
      This paper argues that intraindustry trade with developed countries is an important source of technology transfer, and creates incentives to climb up the learning curve. South Africa has an industrial structure that could ...

    • Taxation and Tax Reforms in Tanzania: A Survey 

      Fjeldstad, Odd-Helge (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 1995)
      This paper reviews the tax system in Tanzania, and gives particular attention to the tax reform proposals presented in the Report of the Presidential Commission on Taxation. In considering the effects of the "low-rate, ...

    • Judiciary and Good Governance in Contemporary Tanzania: Problems and Prospects 

      Bukurura, Sufian Hemed (Research report, Research report, 1995)
      The World Bank identified judiciary among institutions which ran down during centralized governance. The Bank also expressed the need for and willingness to take part in rebuilding these institutions so that they could ...

    • Collective Identities and Social Movements 

      Stokke, Hugo; Tjomsland, Marit (Research report, Research report, 1996)
      This report gives an overview of theories and approaches to the study of social identities, drawing on recent literature in the field. It argues that the study of social identities should be linked to the social outlets ...

    • Land Reforms and Land Degradation in Tanzania: Alternative Economic Approaches 

      Angelsen, Arild; Fjeldstad, Odd-Helge (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 1995)
      This paper uses as a point of departure the extensive soil erosion problems in the highland area of Western Tanzania. The first part of the paper focuses on the ongoing debate on land reforms in Tanzania, particularly the ...

    • Botswana - 30 years of economic growth, democracy and aid: Is there a connection? 

      Rakner, Lise (Research report, Research report, 1996)
      This report has been commissioned by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs as an input to a proposed study on the impact of aid on Botswana. The report is based on a review of literature focusing on the development of ...

    • Collaboration on Anti-Corruption Norway and Brazil 

      Søreide, Tina; Abramo, Claudio Weber (Research report, Research report, 2008)
      International conventions against corruption, signed and ratified by a growing number of countries, are an important tool in combating corruption. Greater collaboration across countries is now needed in order to draw real ...

    • Bureaucratic Complexity and Impacts of Corruption in Utilities 

      Tøndel, Line; Søreide, Tina (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2008)
      This paper explores how the relationship between bureaucratic complexity and corruption affects the performance in utilities. We observe considerable variation in the performance of the utilities across countries, also ...

    • Human Rights Self-Monitoring:A Proposal for the Northern European Democracies 

      Donnelly, Jack; Howard, Rhoda E. (Research report, Research report, 1996)
      This report recommends that Human Rights in Developing Countries adopt a radically new approach to monitoring human rights. The "old way" is to monitor aid-recipient governments' violations of the human rights of their own ...

    • Angola og norsk bistand 

      Tvedten, Inge (Research report, Research report, 1996)
      Angola is currently passing through a political, economic and social crisis deeper than in most other African countries. The MPLA government and the former rebel movement UNIT A signed a peace agreement in Lusaka in November ...

    • Hard Methods for Soft Policies. Environmental and Social Cost-Benefit Analysis 

      Angelsen, Arild; Sumaila, Ussif Rashid (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 1995)
      The quest for sustainability has put the conventional Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) technique under fierce attack. Much of the critique is, however, misplaced or based on misunderstandings. Alternative methodologies for ...

    • Review of Haydom Lutheran Hospital. External Review Contracted by the Royal Norwegian Embassy, Dar es Salaam 

      Mæstad, Ottar; Brehony, Eamonn (Research report, Research report, 2007)
      This report reviews the performance of Haydom Lutheran Hospital (HLH), Tanzania. Focus is on HLH’s output and effectiveness as a hospital, HLH’s place in the Tanzanian health system, and on the role of HLH as a development ...

    • CMI Bibliography 1965-1995 

      Brekke, Hilde; Sperrevik, Hilde (Research report, Research report, 1996)
      This is a bibliography listing the works of researchers at Chr. Michelsen Institute during the period 1965-1995. It aims to cover all publications with the exception of artic1es in newspapers. Hilde Brekke is currently ...