Chr. Michelsens Institutt: Recent submissions
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Combatir la corrupción con estrategias sectoriales: Lecciones de la estrategia anticorrupción para el sector salud de Marruecos
(U4 Practice Insight 2014:1, Report, 2014-06-20)Los esfuerzos anticorrupci ó n espec í ficamente sectoriales son ampliamente recomendados, pero pocas veces implementados a nivel nacional. La Autoridad Central para la Prevenci ó n de la Corrupci ó n de Marruecos ... -
Policy Brief III – Crime and Security in Maputo, Mozambique
(CMI Brief vol. 14 no. 3, Report, 2015-06-01)This is the third in a series of policy briefs relating to the research project, “The Ethnography of a Divided City: Socio-politics, Poverty and Gender in Maputo, Mozambique” (2012–2015), funded by the Norwegian Research ... -
Fraud in Hospitals
(U4 Brief 2008:8, Report, 2008-05-02)Hospitals are vulnerable to corruption. In the U.S., health care fraud has been stimated to cost $60 billion per year, or 3% of total health care expenditures - much of it in the hospital sector. Hospitals account for 50% ... -
Organisational ethics policies: A primer
(U4 Brief 2009:4, Report, 2009-04-27)Most people are familiar with codes of conduct. Often overlooked, however, is the important role that organisational ethics policies have not only as the backbone for such strategies but also for more general policies - ... -
Civil Society in Angola
(Others, 2008-01-01)Presentation of the report "Civil Society in Angola. Inroads, Space, and Accountability", written with Cesaltina Abreu. -
Robustness and vulnerabilities to corruption in Denmark’s aid funding modalities in Afghanistan
(CMI Report R 2017:2, Research report, 2017-06-01)The Danish Embassy’s risk management and mitigation system is well-structured and effective. The Embassy has a coherent and comprehensive anti-corruption approach that addresses both internal and external dimensions, and ... -
Para quando as autarquias em Angola? Se desafios são os mesmos, porquê adiar constantemente a sua implementação?
(Angola Brief vol. 4 no. 8, Report, 2014-08-11)A Constituição de 2010, na sequência da Lei constitucional de 1992, reafirmou e aclarou “o princípio da descentralização político-administrativa” (artigo 213º, 1, CRA). O Presidente da República reconheceu recentemente a ... -
Ethiopia After Meles: Stability for How Long?
(Journal article, 2014-05-01)When Meles Zenawi, the national and ruling party leader for 21 years, died in August 2012, most observers predicted that Ethiopia would be thrown into an uncertain transition and put in great danger by destructive internal ... -
Er diamantene renvasket?
(Others, 2007-01-01)Til tross for Kimberley-prosessen kan diamanter fortsatt bidra til både borgerkriger og barnearbeid. -
En skattepolitisk konfrontasjon med skatteparadiser. Det norske Finansdepartementets narrativ om nasjonalpolitisk avmakt i møte med et globalt fenomen 1970-2012
(Master thesis, 2012-09-28)The issue of so-called “tax havens” is controversial and has been on the international political agenda with interest peaking at the G20 meeting of 2 nd April 2009. The phenomenon`s main feature, banking secrecy laws, ... -
Legal Reform and Women’s Rights in Lebanese Personal Status Laws
(CMI Report R 2017:3, Research report, 2017-10-01)This report documents and analyzes two recent major reforms in Lebanese law whose purpose is to further gender equality for women in Lebanon: ( I ) the alteration of the Sunni personal status law to allow mothers to keep ... -
The role of donors in the recovery of stolen assets
(U4 Issue 2014:8, Research report, 2014-01-01)Financial crimes such as corruption, fraud, and embezzlement generate significant profits, often at the expense of the public budget. These proceeds of crime are usually hidden outside of the country where the crime was ... -
Peacemaking, Customary Laws and Institutions in Dārfūr
(Sudan Working Paper SWP 2016:6, Working paper, 2016-10-01)The traditional native justice system in Darfur has an advantage over the modern state judicial one; it has proved its relevance for effectively managing and resolving conflicts, particularly in the rural communities, ... -
Corruption et REDD+ : Identifier les risques dans une situation complexe
(U4 Brief 2012:4, Report, 2012-06-15)La corruption et différents facteurs peuvent exercer une influence à double tranchant sur la déforestation. Dans le cadre des procédures nationales de mise en oeuvre de l’initiative REDD+, les donateurs devraient se ... -
Building Blocks for Peace An Evaluation of the Training for Peace in Africa Programme
(Evaluation Department 6/14, Research report, 2014-11-07)The Training for Peace in Africa programme (TfP) was initiated in 1995 and has been fully funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It is implemented to five partners organisations in Africa and Norway. The ... -
Women’s Activism in Saudi Arabia: Male Guardianship and Sexual Violence
(CMI Report R 2016:1, Research report, 2016-01-01)Saudi Arabia is often presented in Western media as the poster child of women’s oppression. It is the country where women are forced to cover their heads and body in black dress and cannot drive cars. Although Saudi Arabia ... -
Addressing corruption in fragile states: what role for donors?
(U4 Issue 2007:1, Research report, 2007-01-01)This report takes on board recent international experience and research on fragile states and present operational advice to anyone wanting to tailor strategic reform initiatives. Guidance is provided on a series of categories ... -
Mission Improbable. Does Petroleum-related Aid Address Corruption in Resource-rich Countries?
(U4 Issue 2008:3, Research report, 2008-06-05)Petroleum-related aid programmes and projects are a key part of donor activities in oil-rich developing countries. This U4 Issue explores the petroleum-related activities of three bilateral donors: Norad, CIDA and USAID. ... -
How do voters respond to information on self-serving elite behaviour? Evidence from a randomized survey experiment in Tanzania
(CMI Working Paper WP 2016:9, Working paper, 2016-11-01)Does self-serving elite behaviour make citizens more politically active? This paper presents the results of a randomized field experiment where voters in Tanzania were given information about elite use of tax havens. ... -
When elections consolidate power: The futile fight of the Ugandan opposition in the 2011 elections
(CMI Brief vol. 10 no. 2, Report, 2011-05-18)Recent elections in Uganda produced the outcome “everyone expected”: President Museveni and the NRM-party won. After 25 years of Museveni in power, the opposition has failed to pose any significant and real challenge to ...