• Conflictual Peacebuilding: Afghanistan Two Years after Bonn 

      Suhrke, Astri; Harpviken, Kristian Berg; Strand, Arne (Research report, Research report, 2004)
      This report charts the aid policies pursued in Afghanistan since late 2001 aimed at building peace in a country devastated by two decades of conflict. The report presents the four pillars of the peacebuilding design and ...
    • Constraints for a Conservation-Based Agricultural Development Policy in Ethiopia. A Baseline Study in Fedis Awraja 

      Cheru, Fantu (Working paper, Working paper, 1992)
      A baseline survey was conducted in the Hararghe region in Ethiopia in 1989 to identify constraints to agricultural production and environmental protection measures. The survey included not only agricultural support services, ...
    • Controlling fiscal corruption. Theoretical approaches and illustrations from Tanzania 

      Fjeldstad, Odd-Helge (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 1999)
      The primary concern of this paper is to discuss the role of various economic factors in explaining corruption in tax administration. The emphasis is on how the incentive structure of the tax system affects the decisions ...
    • Corporate social responsibility in the Angolan oil industry 

      Wiig, Arne; Ramalho, Madalena (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2005)
      What are the responsibility of oil companies in resource rich countries? Do they take these responsibilities? Based on a utilitarian perspective and theories of the resource curse, we discuss the oil companies’ corporate ...
    • Corruption and market reform 

      Bjorvatn, Kjetil; Søreide, Tina (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2003)
      Market reforms in developing and transition economies have sometimes failed to deliver the desired welfare effects.Corruption may be an important reason for the inefficiency of market reforms, such as privatizationcampaigns. ...
    • Corruption in Bosnia and Herzegovina 2005. Options for Swedish Development Cooperation 2006-2010 

      Devine, Vera; Mathisen, Harald (Research report, Research report, 2005)
      In Bosnia and Herzegovina, we find that corruption exists in all its facets – bribery, nepotism, embezzlement, diversion of public funds, tax fraud, illegal rent seeking, kick-back schemes etc. The victims of corruption ...
    • Corruption in international business transactions: The perspective of Norwegian firms 

      Søreide, Tina (CMI Reports, Research report, 2004)
      This report presents a study of corruption in international markets by exploring the perspectives of Norwegian firms, their challenges, their experiences and their preferred strategies. The study consists of three parts, ...
    • Corruption in Montenegro 2007: Overview over Main Problems and Status of Reforms 

      Trivunovic, Marijana; Devine, Vera; Mathisen, Harald (Research report, Research report, 2007-09-12)
      This report was commissioned by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) to provide an analysis of corruption and the progress of anti-corruption activities in Montenegro, with the objective of ...
    • Corruption in public procurement. Causes, consequences and cures 

      Søreide, Tina (Research report, Research report, 2002)
      This study explores the problem of corruption in public acquisitions of goods and services. While mainly concentrating on the bureaucratic administration, the discussion often includes the political level. Three aspects ...
    • Corruption in Serbia 2007. Overview of Problems and Status of Reforms 

      Trivunovic, Marijana; Devine, Vera; Mathisen, Harald (Research report, Research report, 2007)
      Corruption is one of the most important problems facing Serbia. While there are some indications that corruption may have become less rampant in recent years, available evidence suggests that corruption levels are still ...
    • Corruption in tax administration: Lessons from institutional reforms in Uganda 

      Fjeldstad, Odd-Helge (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2005)
      Over the past two decades many developing countries have implemented comprehensive reforms of their tax administrations in order to increase revenue and curb corruption. This paper examines recent experiences in the fight ...
    • Corruption. A review of Contemporary Research 

      Andvig, Jens Chr.; Fjeldstad, Odd-Helge; Amundsen, Inge; Sissener, Tone; Søreide, Tina (Research report, Research report, 2001)
      During the last decade corruption has become a topical issue in the international development policy debate. Research on corruption has also expanded rapidly, taking many different directions both within and across ...
    • Corruption: Critical assessments of contemporary research. Report from a multidisciplinary workshop 

      Andvig, Jens Chr.; Fjeldstad, Odd-Helge; Shrivastava, Amit (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2001)
      Chr. Michelsen Institute and the Norwegian Institute of Foreign Affairs in collaboration with the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD), organised a workshop on ‘corruption research’ in Oslo 19-20 October ...
    • Cost-Benefit Analysis, Discounting, and the Environmental Critique: Overloading of the Discount Rate? 

      Angelsen, Arild (Report, Research report, 1991)
      The use of (high) discount rates in cost-benefit analysis is being criticized in the environmental debate. In particular, some feel that high future environmental costs do not get a fair hearing in a project appraisal due ...
    • Countries in violent conflict and aid strategies: The case of Sri Lanka 

      Ofstad, Arve (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2000)
      In countries with an ongoing violent conflict aid donors are confronted by four sets of issues: How the volume and orientation of the program may influence a peace process; whether development efforts may be undertaken in ...
    • Courts under Construction in Angola: What can they do for the Poor? 

      Skaar, Elin; Van-Dúnem, José Octávio Serra (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2006)
      This paper is about the role that may be envisioned for the courts in Angola with respect to the poor. Looking at the period from 1992 – 2004, it analyses the factors that are necessary for getting social rights litigation ...
    • Crescent and Sword: The Hamas Enigma 

      Knudsen, Are (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2004)
      This paper analyses the popular support to Hamas, the most important of the Palestinian Islamist movements today. The paper charts the movement’s historical ascendancy from a fringe Gaza-based group to a mainstream Islamist ...
    • Crime, Poverty and Police Corruption in Developing Countries 

      Andvig, Jens Chr.; Fjeldstad, Odd-Helge (CMI Working Paper, Working paper, 2008)
      Crime and the fear of being hit by crime and small-scale violence are key economic and social problems in most developing countries, not least felt strongly by the poor. Extensive corruption in the police, experienced or ...
    • Criteria for general budget support and general sector support. Report commissioned by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs 

      Nordås, Hildegunn Kyvik (Research report, Research report, 1998)
      This report assesses a set of criteria for providing development aid in the form of general budget support and sector support. The criteria are suggested by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and relate to good ...
    • Cultural cooperation with Nepal 

      Lange, Siri; Shrestha, Era; Korvald, Tordis (Research report, Research report, 2009)
      This report is a mid-term review of Norway’s support to the cultural sector in Nepal. Norwegian support has focused on the following areas: theatre production, music education, institutional capacity building, and documentation ...