Chr. Michelsens Institutt: Recent submissions
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The rise and fall of the mining royalty regime in Zambia
(CMI Brief vol. 15 no. 2, Report, 2016-01-01)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 ... -
Land issues and poverty reduction: Requirements for lasting peace in Sudan and Afghanistan
(The poorest and the hungry. Assessments, analyses, and actions, Chapter, 2009-11-01) -
Anti-corruption Reforms: Challenges, Effects and Limits of World Bank Support
(IEG Working Paper 7:2008, Research report, 2008-09-01)This study compares the evolution of the state-of-the-art in research and analysis of anticorruption and transparency with World Bank practice. The first part of the paper reviews the theoretical and empirical approaches ... -
End review of FDC’s project to strengthen the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) in the Zambézia province, Mozambique
(CMI Report R 2014:3, Research report, 2014-09-01)This report is an end review of Fundação para o Desenvolvimento da Comunidade (FDC)’s project to support the implementation of the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) in the Zambézia province. The purposes of the ... -
Rethinking natural resource conflicts
(World Development Report 2011: Input Paper, Research report, 2010-11-17)In this thematic paper I will reconsider the connections between natural resources and conflict. Aimed at producing a state of the art review of the research on the connections between natural resources and conflict, the ... -
«Nowadays there are shoot-outs all the time». Women, children, and Police Pacification Units (UPPs) in Rocinha, Rio de Janeiro.
(CMI Working Paper WP 2016:7, Working paper, 2016-09-01)Executive summary This CMI Working paper explores the implementation of the Brazilian government’s favela (shantytown) policing program, Unidades de Pacificacion Policiais (UPP) or The Pacifying Police Units, from ... -
Servants of the nation, defenders of la patria: The Bolivarian Militia in Venezuela
(CMI Working Paper WP 2015:13, Working paper, 2015-01-01)In 2008, the government of now-deceased President Hugo Chávez in Venezuela passed a law creating what is known as the Bolivarian militia (Milicia Bolivariana), a reserve force composed by civilian volunteers supplementing ... -
Christians in Palestine: A threatened community?
(CMI Brief vol. 11 no. 8, Report, 2012-12-13)Christian Palestinians constitute one of the oldest Christian communities in the world, and their presence in Palestine dates back to the Roman Era. In modern times, they have been instrumental in shaping a Palestinian ... -
Nigeria: Styresett og bistand. En politisk-økonomisk analyse
(Others, 2010-11-19)Presentatsjon av rapporten " Good Governance in Nigeria: A Study in Political Economy and Donor Support " (Oslo, 2010, Norad, Norad Report Discussion no. 17/2010). Studien ble presentert både på et internt antikorrupsj ... -
Cluster Development Programs in Ethiopia: Evidence and Policy Implications
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Financing education in Afghanistan: Opportunities for action
(Research report, 2015-01-01)The Afghan Ministry of Education estimates that there are presently 8.35 million students (39% of which are girls) in primary, lower secondary, and upper secondary government schools, including Islamic schooling, out of a ... -
Acting jointly on behalf of women? The cross-party women’s caucus in Malawi
(CMI Brief vol. 15 no. 8, Report, 2016-05-01)Despite an increase in the number of countries that have adopted women’s caucuses in sub-Saharan Africa, there is still little empirical knowledge about how they operate and under which conditions they are most effective ... -
Corruption and wildlife trafficking
(U4 Issue 2015:11, Research report, 2015-06-03)Wildlife trafficking is a growing global concern. It takes place in all regions of the world with those nations with high biodiversity being the source and the consumers of the wildlife as well as transit areas and hubs ... -
Revenue administration and corruption
(U4 Issue 2005:2, Research report, 2005-01-01)The aim of this U4 Issue paper is to identify and discuss major challenges, appropriate responses, and relevant tools for addressing corruption in revenue administrations. This text is part of the output from the U4 Focus ... -
Unready for REDD+? Lessons from corruption in Ugandan conservation areas
(U4 Brief 2012:3, Report, 2012-06-05)This U4 Brief extracts lessons from recent Ugandan experiences with conservation areas and corruption. A case involving the World Bank/Global Environment Facility (GEF), the Ugandan Ministry of Trade, Tourism, and Industry ... -
Urban poverty and inequality in Luanda, Angola
(CMI Brief vol. 15 no. 17, Report, 2016-11-01)This brief shows that the poor in Angola’s capital Luanda are effectively trapped in poverty through material deficiencies, limited income opportunities and with crime and prostitution sometimes being the only way out. At ... -
How (not) to improve health worker performance
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Peace Processes and Statebuilding: Economic and Institutional Provisions of Peace Agreements
(Research report, 2007-06-26)This report originates in the growing international engagement in statebuilding and postconflict reconstruction during the past decade. The 2005 Paris declaration of the OECD referred to an emerging international consensus ... -
Agricultural Trade between Bangladesh and India: An Analysis of Trends, Trading Patterns and Determinants
(CPD-CMI Working Paper 3, Research report, 2012-11-01)The paper analyses the indices of trends and patterns of India-Bangladesh bilateral agriculture trade, and estimates the short and long-run elasticities of the determinants of this trade by using descriptive statistics and ... -
Civil society and peace building in Sudan: A critical look
(Sudan Working Paper SWP 2016:2, Working paper, 2016-05-01)Abstract The role of civil society organizations in peace making and peace building is often valorized, especially in countries that witness protracted conflicts. The assumption underlying this valorization is that while ...