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Policy implementation under stress: Central-local government relations in property tax collection in Tanzania
(CMI Working Paper WP 2018:1, Working paper, 2018-01-01)Inter-organisational cooperation in revenue collection has received limited attention in the tax administration literature. Recent experiences from Tanzania offer a unique opportunity to examine opportunities and challenges ... -
Norwegian aid to food security, nutrition and agriculture
(CMI Report R 2018:01, Research report, 2018-01-01)The report reviews available research on the links between agriculture and the rest of the economy, with a focus on structural adjustment and the role of agriculture in economic growth and poverty reduction. Furthermore, ... -
Counter-mobilization against child marriage reform in Africa
(Political Studies, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-10-01)Legislating a minimum age of marriage at 18 has stirred counter-mobilization in some, but not all, countries where religious or traditional institutions enjoy constitutional authority. To explore differences between states ... -
False Prophets? Ontological Conflicts and Religion-Making in an Indonesian Court
(Critical Anthropological Engagements in Human Alterity and Difference, Chapter, 2016-11-01)This chapter examines a blasphemy trial on Lombok in 2010, in which a Muslim who claimed to have received revelations from the Angel Gabriel was charged with the offence of “insulting Islam” and accused of pretending to ... -
Faith on Trial: Blasphemy and 'lawfare' in Indonesia
(Ethnos, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-01-01)This article develops the argument that blasphemy trials occupy a pivotal role in ‘religion-making’ in post-1998 Indonesia. Examining a blasphemy trial on the island of Lombok in 2010, I argue that the process of democratization ... -
Nye utfordringer til islamsk feminisme: Kvinneaktivismens mange ansikter i Sudan og Iran
(Tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning vol. 4 no. 4, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011-09-01)Flere tiår med islamisering i Sudan og Iran har resultert i en fremvekst av islamsk feminisme. På samme tid fremstår kvinneaktivismen i de to landene fremdeles som mangfoldig og innbefatter både islamsk og sekulær feminisme, ... -
Ethiopian state support to insurgency in Southern Sudan from 1962 to 1983: local, regional and global connections
(Journal of Eastern African Studies vol. 8 no. 4, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-09-01)During the 1960s and 1970s, the Government of Ethiopia supplied Southern Sudanese insurgents with arms, training and political support. This support has been explained as retribution for Sudanese aid to Eritrean rebels ... -
When Rape Becomes Politics: Negotiating Islamic Law Reform in Sudan
(Women's Studies International Forum vol. 44, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-01-01)Under Sudan’s Criminal Act (1991), rape is defined as zina (adultery and fornication) without consent. This means that the strict rules of evidence used for zina are also applied to rape. Women activists have contested ... -
The Women's Quota in Conflict Ridden Sudan: Ideological Battles for and against Gender Equality
(Women's Studies International Forum vol. Volume 41 no. Part 2, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-01-01)This article explores women's substantive representation in Sudan's National Assembly. It examines the extent to which female legislators in the National Assembly represent women's interests, paying special attention to ... -
Women and legal pluralism: Lessons from indigenous governance systems in the Andes
(Journal of Latin American Studies vol. 49 no. 3, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-01-01)The shift towards legally plural multicutural and pluri-national citizenship regimes in the Andes formally recognised indigenous peoples' community-based governance systems. These tend to emphasise participation, deliberation ... -
Troublesome threesome: Feminism, anthropology and Muslim women's piety
(Feminist Review no. 98, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011-01-01)This article critically addresses recent anthropological and feminist efforts to theorize and analyse Muslim women's participation in and support for the Islamic revival in various manifestations. Drawing on ethnographic ... -
Islam and gender in Europe: Subjectivities, politics and piety
(Feminist Review no. 98, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-01-01)'Is Islam reconcilable with feminism?' asks Haideh Moghissi (1999), echoing a concern that is currently dramatized in numerous ways across and beyond Europe. The growing presence and visibility of Muslims in European liberal ... -
The Absence of Freedom
(Journal of Global Slavery vol. 2 no. 1-2, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-05-01)Central and South Asian brick kilns have long attracted the attention of both humanitarian agencies and scholars as sites of slavery-like forms of labor exploitation. They represent both an important case study for ... -
Do donors reduce bilateral aid to countries with restrictive NGO laws?: A panel study, 1993-2012
(Non-Profit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly vol. 47 no. 1, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-02-01)Foreign aid contributes to about 10% of gross domestic product of developing countries. To distribute aid in recipient countries, Western donors increasingly rely on non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Yet, since the ... -
The Battle over abortion rights in Brazil's state arenas, 1995-2006
(Health and Human Rights Journal vol. 19 no. 1, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-06-01)This article proposes a relational approach to the study of abortion law reform in Brazil. It focuses on the interaction of pro-choice and anti-abortion movements in different state arenas and political contexts. It details ... -
Strategies of Self-Proclaimed Pro-Life Groups: Effect of New Religious Actors on Sexual Policies
(Latin American Perspectives vol. 208 no. 43: 3, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-05-01)Over the past few decades political processes recognizing and broadening sexual and reproductive rights have produced a reaction from conservative sectors seeking to block those gains. Although the Catholic Church hierarchy ... -
Strengthening civil society in developing countries? Development aid and Norwegian organisations
(CMI Brief vol. 17 no. 1, Report, 2018-01-01)Norway channels a large portion of its development aid budget through Norwegian civil society organisations. This also includes disbursements from Norad’s civil society grant for strengthening civil society where more than ... -
Paper tiger law forbidding FGM in Sudan
(CMI Brief vol. 16 no. 7, Report, 2017-09-01)Female genital mutilation (FGM) is still a common practice in Sudan. Nine out of ten women have been subjected to this practice. In 2009, a proposed ban on FGM in the National Child Act miserably failed to materialize. ... -
Counter-mobilization against child marriage reform in Africa
(CMI Brief vol. 16 no. 8, Report, 2017-11-01)Legislating a minimum age of marriage at 18 has stirred counter-mobilization in some, but not all, countries where religious or traditional institutions enjoy constitutional authority. Why does counter-mobilization arise ... -
With a little help from the banks
(Lifting the veil of secrecy: Perspectives on international taxation and capital flight from Africa, Chapter, 2017-11-01)Africa is a source of large-scale capital flight. The purpose of this paper is to shed light on how banks facilitate capital flight from Africa. There is growing evidence that subsidiaries of the world’s major banks have ...