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Hamas and the Quest for Palestinian Statehood
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2006)The Islamic Resistance Movement’s (Hamas) big win in the elections to the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) marks the end of Fatah’s political hegemony. Having trumped Fatah in the elections, Hamas faces several domestic ... -
Handel og arbeidstandarder: Barnearbeid
(Research report, Research report, 1996)Trade and labour standards: Child labour. This report, commissioned by Save the Children, Norway, discusses the main economic arguments for and against the incorporation of a social clause in World Trade Organization (WTO). ... -
Hard Methods for Soft Policies. Environmental and Social Cost-Benefit Analysis
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 1995)The quest for sustainability has put the conventional Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) technique under fierce attack. Much of the critique is, however, misplaced or based on misunderstandings. Alternative methodologies for ... -
Haydom Lutheran Hospital - Final project review
(Research report, Research report, 2009)Haydom Lutheran Hospital (HLH) is a first level referral hospital located in Mbulu district, Manyara region in Tanzania. HLH was established by the Norwegian Lutheran Mission in 1955 and is owned by the Evangelical Lutheran ... -
How banks assist capital flight from Africa: A literature review
(Research report, Research report, 2010)Systematic studies of the banking sector’s involvement in facilitating capital flight from developing countries are limited. This report was commissioned by Norad’s Anti-Corruption Project (ANKOR) for the purpose of ... -
"How can the Elections Help us Quell Hunger?" Mid-Term Review of Norwegian Support to UNDP's Trust Fund for Civic Education
(Research report, Research report, 2008)This report is the mid-term review of UNDPs trust fund for civic education in Angola. The trust fund was set up in late 2006, with support from the embassies of Norway, Sweden and USAid, topped up with UNDP’s own funds. ... -
How does social development affect FDI and domestic investment?
(Research report, Research report, 2004)Creating a favourable investment climate is crucial for economic development. In this study, we explore the impact of social development variables on FDI and private domestic investment, using panel data from 75 countries ... -
How middle-men can undermine anti-corruption reforms
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2005)The anti-corruption reform in the Tanzanian tax bureaucracy in the mid-1990s was apparently a short-lived success. In the wake of the reform, a number of “tax experts” established themselves in the market, many of them ... -
How to Assess the Political Role of the Zambian Courts?
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2004)The paper addresses the methodological problems concerning how to assess the political role of courts in Zambia - and in new democracies more generally, and suggests a framework within which this can be done. Particular ... -
Human Resources for Health in Tanzania: Challenges, Policy Options and Knowledge Gaps
(Research report, Research report, 2006)The number of health workers in Tanzania has declined sharply over the last decade. The present number of health personnel in Tanzania is low both by international standards and relative to national staffing norms, and an ... -
Human Rights and Assigned Duties: Implications for Corporations
(CMI Working Paper, Working paper, 2007)Human rights imply duties. The question is, duties for whom? Without a welldefined scheme for assigning duties correlative to human rights, these rights remain illusory. This paper develops core elements of a general scheme ... -
Human Rights and Development. The Discourse in the Humanities and Social Sciences
(Research report, Research report, 1993)The aim of this study is to review central debates on human rights within the social sciences and humanities with a view to enumerating the present state of knowledge about human rights and development. The central topics ... -
Human Rights as International Consensus. The Making of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1945-1948
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Human Rights Self-Monitoring:A Proposal for the Northern European Democracies
(Research report, Research report, 1996)This report recommends that Human Rights in Developing Countries adopt a radically new approach to monitoring human rights. The "old way" is to monitor aid-recipient governments' violations of the human rights of their own ... -
Human Rights Violations and the Paradox of Democratic Transition. A Study of Chile and Argentina
(Research report, Research report, 1994)This comparative analysis of recent transitions to democracy in Argentina and Chile examines (1) the impact of the type of transition on democratic consolidation; (2) how resolving the problem of past human rights violations ... -
Humanitarian Assistance and Conflict: A-State-of-the-Art Report
(Research report, Research report, 1998)The rapid growth of international aid allocated to "complex humanitarian emergencies" has led to parallel calls for preventive action. It is also asked how humanitarian assistance and other forms of international civilian ... -
Humanitarian assistance during conflict in a state-less society: The case of Somalia
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 1999)This working paper was prepared for the workshop on "Aid and Humanitarian Assistance in Africa" in Arusha, 27-29 June, 1998, with financial support from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It is based on a series ... -
Humanitarian Challenges in Afghanistan: Administrative Structures and Gender and Assistance
(Research report, Research report, 2001)The humanitarian situation in Afghanistan has rapidly deteriorated over the last months, as the conflict between the Taliban and the international community has intensified. UN sanctions and isolation has strengthened the ... -
Hva får vi igjen? En statistisk analyse av norske leveranser til det multilaterale bistandsmarkedet
(Research report, Research report, 1993)Omfanget av Norges salg til det bistandsfinansierte markedet blir til tider diskutert, blant annet på grunnlag av landets store bistandsbevilgninger. Denne studien tar sikte på å presentere og analysere tilgjengelig data ... -
Hvordan gjøre gode ting bedre? Norske bedrifters CSR aktiviteter i utviklingsland
(Research report, Research report, 2008)Norske bedrifter opererer i en rekke utviklingsland, hvor problemer med fattigdom, dårlig styresett og brudd på menneskerettigheter ofte er store. Når man går inn i denne typen land, stilles man overfor store utfordringer ...