Chr. Michelsens Institutt: Recent submissions
Now showing items 1641-1660 of 1927
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Social Action and Microcredit Funds in Malawi: A Pilot Study
(Research report, Research report, 1997)This study forms part of the output of a consultancy on Social Development Funds in Zimbabwe and Malawi commissioned from Chr. Michelsen Institute by the African Development Bank. It describes, analyses and evaluates ... -
Women and Islamisation - Carving a New Space in Muslim Societies
(Research report, Research report, 1997)The diversity in Muslim women's religious practices and positions within contemporary resurgent Islam, often referred to as "Islamic fundamentalism", has so far been given little attention. The different chapters in this ... -
CMI and Bangladesh: 40 years of collaboration and institutional capacity building
(Research report, Research report, 1997)The report reviews CMI's experience of technical assistance and institutional collaboration in Bangladesh, from the involvement of individual staff members working as experts in Pakistan in the late 1950s to the formal ... -
Fish as vehicle for economic development in post-independence Namibia
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 1997)A key fishery policy issue decided by the new government of Namibia soon after independence in 1990 relates to the division of the total allowable catch for hake between wetfish and freezer trawlers. Using economic and ... -
Criteria for general budget support and general sector support. Report commissioned by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
(Research report, Research report, 1998)This report assesses a set of criteria for providing development aid in the form of general budget support and sector support. The criteria are suggested by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and relate to good ... -
Microcredit programmes: Methods for solving dilemmas of credit expansion
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 1997)Providing credits seems to be an effective tool for improving the welfare of the poor. It is expected that microcredit funding to poor people will expand rapidly over the coming years. If a sound monitoring mechanism is ... -
Terms of Trade and Economic Growth in a World of Constrained Capital Mobility
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 1997)This paper focuses on the interaction between world community and capital markets within the framework of an extended neoclassical growth mode!. The model incorporates raw materials as an essential input and captures the ... -
Research and Fisheries Management; the Uneasy Relationship Review of the Zambia-Zimbabwe SADC Fisheries Project
(Research report, Research report, 1998)This report is an evaluation of the "Zambia-Zimbabwe SADC Fisheries Project". The project aims to establish effective fisheries management regimes for the various fisheries of Lake Kariba. The project has been funded by ... -
Korrupsjon
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 1998)Corruption is an ancient phenomenon, which has attracted increasing attention in recent years. This does not least reflect the growing awareness of the magnitude of the phenomenon. The primary concern of this paper is to ... -
Share-tenancy within the household unit
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 1997)Virtually all peasant household models assume efficient allocation of household productive resources between different household activities. In an African context characterised by different plots of land being cultivated ... -
Protective Strategies in the 1990s: A Review of the Policy Discourses in UNHCR and the Executive Committee. Report prepared under a grant from the Research Programme on Forced Migration, the Research Council of Norway
(Research report, Research report, 1998)The study examines changing policy doctrines for protecting refugees, as reflected in the official documents of UNHCR and its Executive Committee (ExCom) composed of nation states. Collectively, the two bodies determine ... -
The Evolution of Private Property Rights in Traditional Agriculture: Theories and a Study from Indonesia
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 1997)The starting point of this paper is a universally observed tendency of common property to be replaced by private property in traditional agriculture. The paper seeks to explore the forces behind such a development. Four ... -
Mountain protected areas in Northern Pakistan: the case of Khunjerab National Park
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 1997)This paper discusses recent conversation efforts in Northern Pakistan and the relevance of national parks as legal instruments in nature and wildlife conservation. Employing an extensive case study approach the paper ... -
Teoriskapt virkelighet? Ny-klassisk teori og kvinnelige økonomiske aktører
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 1997)Kjønnsaspektet er generelt sett fraværende i økonomiske analyser. Fraværet er tradisjonelt blitt oppfattet som en refleksjon av de økonomiske problemstilingenes og den økonomiske teoriens kjønnsnøytralitet, men er i den ... -
Turning but not Toppling Malthus: Boserupian Theory on Population and the Environment Relationships
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 1997)Subsequently to the Brundtland Report, the 1992 Earth Summit, and the resu1ting Agenda 21, the issue of population and development has increasingly evolved into discussion on the "population, environment and development ... -
Land dispute and death enmity in a Kohistani mountain village (Pakistan)
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 1998)This paper reconstructs the events that unleashed death enmity between two closely related men. Recounting this complex story from the angle of the contestants challenges simplistic cultural and material explanations of ... -
Democracy and Violence: The Colombian Paradox
(Research report, Research report, 1997)This study argues that the Colombian paradox between formal democracy and endemic political violence is a direct result of the narrow polity established by elite pacts. Through an analysis of the Colombian situation and ... -
Boikott til hvilken pris? Barns situasjon i Irak og Burundi. Rapport for Redd Barna
(Research report, Research report, 1998)This report, commissioned by Save the Children, Norway, discusses the impact of international sanctions on children's situation in Iraq and Burundi. The report recognises that sanctions raise the ethical question of whether ... -
Korrupsjon. En studie av skatteadministrasjonen i Tanzania
(Research report, Research report, 1998)The primary concern of this study is to discuss the role of various economic factors in explaining the causes, consequences and scope of fiscal corruption in Tanzania. The emphasis is on how the incentive structure within ... -
Does Aid to Institution Development Work? Reflections on Personal Experiences
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 1998)The author has spent dose to ten years as advisor to planning organisations in four developing countries: Pakistan, Kenya, the Sudan and Bangladesh. He raises the question whether the work of the advisory teams resulted ...