Chr. Michelsens Institutt: Recent submissions
Now showing items 1761-1780 of 1927
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Socio-economic effects of HIV/AIDS in African countries
(Research report, Research report, 2002)This desk study was commissioned by NORAD to review recent literature on socio-economic consequences of the HIV/AIDS pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa with focus on Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. The report ... -
An analysis of Tanzania's 1998 imports. A sector of origin and end use analysis of Tanzania's goods imports, undertaken for the Macmod model
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2002)This paper reports on an analysis made of Tanzania’s 1998 imports, undertaken as part of the Macmod project. The analysis entails the classification of imported goods according to their sector of origin and their end use. -
Angola 2002/2003. Key Development Issues and Democratic Decentralisation
(Research report, Research report, 2003)This is the fourth report on Angola under the Country Advisor Agreement between the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) and Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI). The report consists of a Part I synthesising and ... -
Community Driven Development in Contexts of Conflict. Concept Paper Commissioned by ESSD, World Bank
(Research report, Research report, 2003)Violent conflict represents not only a significant barrie r to development; it also wipes out efforts to improve the situation. Experience from many developing countries has shown that Community Driven Development (CDD) ... -
Fighting fiscal corruption: The case of the Tanzania Revenue Authority
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2002)Over the last decade several African countries have undertaken comprehensive reforms of their tax administrations, with the aims of increasing revenue and curbing corruption. This paper examines recent experiences in the ... -
Peacebuilding: Lessons for Afghanistan
(Research report, Research report, 2002)This report examines lessons from previous peacebuilding efforts in Afghanistan, and from other countries, in order to highlight issues of central relevance for the present phase of peacebuilding and economic recovery. It ... -
Ethnic Federalism in a Dominant Party State: The Ethiopian Experience 1991-2000
(Research report, Research report, 2002)Since 1991, when the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front came to power, two parallel political processes have taken place in Ethiopia. Firstly, the country is restructuring into a federal system, where the ... -
Reconciliation and Democratisation: Outlining the Research Field
(Research report, Research report, 2002)The report presents an overview of institutional strategies to deal with the problem of past atrocities – trials, purges, truth commissions, restorative efforts, reforms, amnesty and amnesia. It discusses the main debates ... -
The fight against corruption and the role of parliamentarians
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2002)This note outlines some challenges facing parliamentarians in the fight against corruption. To succeed, it is argued, requires open-mindedness with respect to the weaknesses of political institutions, and to seriously ... -
Taxation and tax reforms in developing countries: Illustrations from sub-Saharan Africa
(Research report, Research report, 2003)Many low income countries face a trilemma with respect to taxation: (1) There is an urgent and obvious need for more revenues to enable resource poor states to provide and maintain even the most basic public services. (2) ... -
The Influence and Effects of Financial Development on Economic Growth. An Empirical Approach
(Research report, Research report, 2003)The financial sector plays an important part in economic growth as it can reduce the cost of acquiring information, conducting transactions and facilitating saving mobilisation. By providing these services, the financial ... -
Social Development and Foreign Direct Investments in Developing Countries
(Research report, Research report, 2002)This study analyses the link between social development and foreign direct investment (FDI) in developing countries. Previous empirical studies conflict in their view of the impact of wage levels and human capital on FDI, ... -
Urban Dimensions of Donors' Poverty-Reduction Strategies
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2002)This paper examines the extent to which the poverty-reduction strategies of selected multilateral and bilateral donors incorporate an urban poverty dimension. Key policy documents of multilaterals such as the World Bank, ... -
Experience from Bangladesh with ethical trading initiatives
(Research report, Research report, 2003)Since the 1990s there has been increasing concern in the North about products from the South and the conditions under which they are produced. In least developed countries labour conditions are considered to be at a very ... -
Funding political parties in emerging African democracies: What role for Norway?
(Research report, Research report, 2002)This report addresses the problem of foreign funding of political parties in newly democratised African states. The report identifies some problems associated with the development of political parties in Africa and indicate ... -
Autonomy, Incentives and Patronage. A Study of Corruption in the Tanzania and Uganda Revenue Authorities
(Research report, Research report, 2003)The report explores factors that explain the observed patterns of corruption within the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) and the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA). In particular, the study discusses the key assumptions behind ... -
Energy Cooperation in Southern Africa: What Role for Norway? Report from the Seminar on Regional Energy Co-operation, Luanda, 12-14 February 2002
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2002)This Working Paper contains a full report from a Seminar on Regional Energy Co-operation, Luanda, 12-14 February 2002. Norwegian involvement in the energy sector in Southern Africa is considerable. Energy is a major area ... -
Corruption in public procurement. Causes, consequences and cures
(Research report, Research report, 2002)This study explores the problem of corruption in public acquisitions of goods and services. While mainly concentrating on the bureaucratic administration, the discussion often includes the political level. Three aspects ... -
When women grow wings: Gender relations in the informal economy of Kampala
(Research report, Research report, 2003)In urban Africa, informal employment constitutes 90 per cent of all new jobs. Informal work is characterised by being unrecognised, unprotected or unrecorded by the public authorities, and a larger percentage of women than ... -
Multiparty elections in Africa's new democracies
(Research report, Research report, 2002)Why has the electoral process in the newly democratised African states had such limited impacts? How can the continued one-party dominance on the continent be explained despite the reintroduction of political freedoms, substantial ...