Chr. Michelsens Institutt: Recent submissions

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    • Capital flight, tax policy and lobbyists in Africa 

      Fjeldstad, Odd-Helge (Lifting the veil of secrecy: Perspectives on international taxation and capital flight from Africa, Chapter, 2017-11-01)
      This article examines how the use of tax havens affects tax moral and lobbying, and how tax havens form elites’ and other actors’ incentives to block or promote tax reforms in African countries. A particlar focus is on the ...

    • The rise and fall of the mining royalty regime in Zambia 

      Fjeldstad, Odd-Helge; Fundanga, Caleb; Rakner, Lise (Lifting the veil of secrecy: Perspectives on international taxation and capital flight from Africa, Chapter, 2017-11-01)
      Zambia has a long history of disputed changes of the mining tax regime with damaging effects on the working relations between the Government and the mining sector. A shared assumption has been that profit-related taxes ...

    • Building Fiscal Capacity:The Role of ICT 

      Ali, Merima; Shifa, Abdulaziz B.; Shimeles, Abebe; Woldeyes, Firew (Research report, 2017-01-01)
      Weak fiscal capacity for domestic resource mobilization is the hallmark of poor countries. Recently, many developing countries resorted to the application of information technology to consolidate tax mobilization; however, ...

    • Political Parties in Bangladesh 

      Jahan, Rounaq (CPD-CMI Working Paper series WP 2014:8, Research report, 2014-09-09)
      This study provides an overview of the evolution of political parties since the birth of Bangladesh. It analyses and compares the ideology, organisational structure, leadership and support base of four major electoral ...

    • Reality Checks in Mozambique. 2nd Annual Report - Governance 

      Tvedten, Inge (Research report, 2012-12-21)
      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 ...

    • Democracy's shortcomings in anti-corruption 

      Søreide, Tina (CMI Working Paper WP 2012:10, Working paper, 2012-12-01)
      Citizens of countries with a corrupt political leadership are trapped in a situation, typically characterized by increasing income differences, human rights violations, dysfunctional democracy, limited press freedom, weak ...

    • Outsourcing Revenue Collection: Experiences from Local Government Authorities in Tanzania 

      Fjeldstad, Odd-Helge; Katera, Lucas; Ngalewa, Erasto (REPOA Brief 10, Research report, 2008-04-10)
      Many local government authorities in Tanzania have reformed their tax collection systems in recent years in order to increase their revenue. This brief examines recent experiences with privatised revenue collection in seven ...

    • Poverty reduction through microbusiness 

      Villanger, Espen (CMI Brief vol. 11 no. 6, Report, 2012-11-23)
      Microbusiness can be an effective way out of poverty. Returns to capital for microbusinesses in poor rural areas can be so high that people with microbusinesses can double and even triple their capital within a year. Yet, ...

    • Effect of Paying for Performance on Utilisation, Quality, and User Costs of Health Services in Tanzania: A Controlled Before and After Study 

      Binyaruka, Peter; Patouillard, Edith; Powell-Jackson, Timothy; Greco, Giulia; Mæstad, Ottar; Borghi, Josephine (PlosONE vol. 10 no. 8, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-09-01)
      Despite widespread implementation across Africa, there is limited evidence of the effect of payment for performance (P4P) schemes in low income countries on the coverage of quality services and affordability, consistent ...

    • Information Technology and Fiscal Capacity in a Developing Country: Evidence from Ethiopia 

      Ali, Merima; Shifa, Abdulaziz; Shimeles, Abebe; Woldeyes, Firew (ICTD Working Paper 31, Research report, 2015-02-01)
      Governments in developing countries are typically constrained by a limited fiscal capacity to finance the provision of essential public goods – a constraint that has been cited as one of the fundamental challenges to ...

    • The Egyptian military in politics and the economy: Recent history and current transition status 

      Abul-Magd, Zeinab (CMI Insight 2013:2, Report, 2013-10-24)
      The Egyptian military has been playing a decisive role in national politics since the eruption of the 2011 uprisings. The Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF) governed the country from February 2011 until June 2012. They ...

    • The tax systems in Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia: achievements, challenges and recommendations for Norwegian support 

      Fjeldstad, Odd-Helge (Conference object, 2011-05-04)

    • Afghanistan og mindreårig migrasjon 

      Strand, Arne (Others, 2017-01-01)

    • Civil Soeciety in Peacebuilding: What room is there for Diaspora involvement? 

      Strand, Arne (Others, 2012-03-27)

    • Striking a New Balance? Exploring Civil-Military Relations in Colombia in a Time of Hope 

      McNeish, John-Andrew; Andrade, Gabriel Rojas; Vallejo, Catalina (CMI Working Paper WP 2015:5, Working paper, 2015-05-01)
      Colombia appears to be fast approaching an agreement on a set of peace accords ending an armed conflict that has lasted over 55 years. In this CMI Working paper, we consider the status of and possibilities to transform ...

    • Too big to fault? Effects of the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize on Norwegian exports to China and foreign policy 

      Kolstad, Ivar (CMI Working Paper WP 2016:03, Working paper, 2016-05-01)
      Abstract In October 2010, the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the Nobel peace prize to Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo. The Chinese government responded by freezing political and economic relations with Norway, introducing ...

    • Weak law forbidding female genital mutilation in Red Sea State, Sudan 

      al-Nagar, Samia; Tønnessen, Liv; Bamkar, Sharifa (Sudan Working Paper SWP 2017:1, Working paper, 2017-05-01)
      This paper critically investigates the criminalization of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) in Red Sea, a state with one of the highest prevalence rates of FGM/C in Sudan (where 89% of females have undergone the ...

    • Three myths about engagement and exclusion in responsible investment 

      Kolstad, Ivar (CMI Working Paper WP 2014:3, Working paper, 2014-05-01)
      There is a move towards more use of engagement strategies in responsible investment. This change in strategies is motivated by a number of claims about the effectiveness of engagement versus exclusion of companies from the ...

    • International Assistance for Political Party Development 

      Carothers, Thomas (U4 Issue 2008:1, Research report, 2008-04-21)
      Political party assistance should be a key component of international donors' governance agenda. Efforts to reduce corruption that do not address this domain will be incomplete, as they leave out actors essential to political ...

    • Is worker effort higher in church-based than in government health facilities? 

      Lindkvist, Ida; Mæstad, Ottar (CMI Brief vol. 10 no. 11, Report, 2011-10-25)
      A study of diagnostic effort documents low worker effort in both churchbased and government health facilities. Despite a strong perception among patients about good medical quality in church-based health clinics, health ...