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Evaluation of the Sida supported research capacity and higher education development programme in Rwanda, 2013-2017
(Sida Decentralised Evaluation 2018:3, Research report, 2018-04-01)Research cooperation between Sida and the university sector in Rwanda has been carried out in three phases since 2002, with the current phase (2013-2018) being the main focus of this evaluation. The programme is implemented ... -
Has recent political unrest affected garment exports from Bangladesh?
(CMI Report R 2018:02, Research report, 2018-01-01)According to the World Bank, political unrest in Bangladesh in the first part of 2015 resulted in a loss of 1% of GDP. [1] A previous study by UNDP (2005) estimated the average costs of unrest as even higher during the ... -
Tax bargains in unlikely places: The politics of Zambian mining taxes
(The Extractive Industries and Society vol. 4 no. 3, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-04-01)In developed nations, issues of taxation rank high on the agendas of political parties. In Africa’s new democracies taxation does not figure as a central campaign issue. Lack of attention to issues of taxation reflects ... -
Understanding the resource curse: A large-scale experiment on corruption in Tanzania
(CMI Working Paper WP 2018:5, Working paper, 2018-01-01)Corruption appears to be an important driver of the resource curse in developing countries. We report from a large-scale field experiment in Tanzania that provides causal evidence on how expectations about future natural ... -
The health status of adolescents in Ecuador and the country’s response to the need for differentiated healthcare for adolescents
(Reproductive Health vol. 14 no. 29, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-01-01)Background Adolescents face a range of health problems but many barriers block their access to health services, and in particular to sexual and reproductive health services. The objective of this study was to assess the ... -
Political determinants of sustainable development goals
(The Lancet vol. 390 no. 10112, Journal article, 2017-12-01)We read with interest the article by the GBD 2016 SDG Collaborators 1 (Sept 16, p 1423), which presents a comprehensive analysis of the potential gaps and gains in the health-related Sustainable Development Goals ... -
Enemies of the state: Curbing women activists advocating rape reform in Sudan
(Journal of International Women's Studies vol. 18 no. 2, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-01-01)Sudanese women activists launched a legal campaign in 2009 calling attention to how the country’s Sharia based Criminal Act of 1991 produced impunity for sexual assault in the Darfur conflict. After years of mobilization, ... -
How much ‘Soft Power’ does China have in Africa?
(China's media and soft power in Africa: Promotion and perceptions, Chapter, 2016-01-01)I have over the past years been intrigued by why Chinese scholars and policy makers have found the term ‘soft power’1 so useful. Can it have something to with its loose connotations, and that it one the hand signifies ... -
The Impact of elections: The case of Uganda
(Crisis in Autocratic Regimes, Chapter, 2017-01-01)The comparative democratization literature is divided on the effects of multiparty elections in non - democratic regimes. Early analyses assumed that elections would lead to democracy, yet more recent studies highlight ... -
Evaluation of the Norwegian Aid Administration’s Practice of Results-Based Management
(Research report, 2018-01-01)The purpose of this evaluation has been to improve the aid administration’s current practice of results-based management by documenting how this is currently done and by identifying areas of improvement. Key findings ... -
Lifting the veil of secrecy: Perspectives on international taxation and capital flight from Africa
(Book, 2017-11-01)Several African countries are among the fastest growing economies in the world. However, capital flows to tax havens are one factor limiting the benefits of economic growth for ordinary Africans. It is estimated that ... -
Abortion rights legal mobilization in the Peruvian media, 1990–2015
(Health and Human Rights Journal vol. 19 no. 1, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-01-01)State and non-state actors engaged in disputes to expand and limit abortion rights have engaged in legal mobilization—in other words, strategies using rights and law as a central tool for advancing contested political ... -
Veiled nannies and secular futures in France
(Ethnos, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-01-01)This article focuses on recent French efforts to expand legal regulation of religious symbols to childcare. Controversies over ‘veiled nannies’ serve as points of departure for investigating laïcité – French secularism – ... -
Community Views on Child Marriage in Kassala: Prospects for Change
(CMI Report SR 2018:01, Research report, 2018-01-01)Child marriage is any formal marriage or informal union where one or both parties are under 18 years of age. Child marriage affects both boys and girls, but disproportionately affects girls. Each year, 15 million girls are ... -
Covering ebola: A comparative analysis of CCTV Africa’s Talk Africa and Al Jazeera English’s Inside Story
(Journal of African Cultural Studies vol. 29 no. 1, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-06-01)This article presents a comparative analysis of how Chinese Central Television (CCTV ) Africa and Al Jazeera English’s current affairs talk shows, both in English, have covered the 2014-2015 West Africa Ebola outbreak ... -
Quotas and women's substantive representation: Evidence from a content analysis of Ugandan plenary debates
(Politics & Gender vol. 13 no. 2, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-01-01)Despite the popularity of electoral gender quotas, the substantive impact of quotas on the plenary behavior of members of parliament (MPs) has yet to be thoroughly empirically explored, and in particular, there is a dearth ... -
The Moderating influence of international courts on social movements: Evidence from the IVF case against Costa Rica
(Health and Human Rights Journal vol. 19 no. 1, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-01-01)Feminists and religious conservatives across the globe have increasingly turned to courts in their battles over abortion. Yet while a significant literature analyzes legal mobilization on abortion issues, it tends to focus ... -
Legal knowledge as a tool for social change: La mesa por la vida y la salud de las mujeres as an expert on Colombian abortion law
(Health and Human Rights Journal vol. 19 no. 1, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-01-01)In May 2006, Colombia’s Constitutional Court liberalized abortion, introducing three circumstances under which the procedure would not be considered a crime: (1) rape or incest; (2) a risk to the woman’s health ... -
Taking the Paris Principles to Norway - Match or Mismatch
(Conference object, 2017-06-01)Presented at the Realizing Rights Conference, June 8 - 10, Univeristy of Ottawa, Canada -
Taxing the urban boom: property taxation in Africa
(CMI Insight 2017:1, Report, 2017-03-01)The growth of Africa’s towns and cities has outpaced local governments’ capacity for service delivery in terms of management, infrastructure, and financing. As a result, many African towns and cities are now faced with a ...