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    • Social Rights Litigation as Transformation: South African Perspectives 

      Gloppen, Siri (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2005)
      The paper analyses the role of litigation as a strategy to fulfil the social rights laid down in the South African constitution. Critically examining litigation as a means to bring the constitutional provisions to life, ...

    • Precarious peacebuilding: Post-war Lebanon, 1990-2005 

      Knudsen, Are (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2005)
      This paper analyses Lebanon’s post-war period (1990–2005) from the perspective of peacebuilding and argues that the country’s precarious attempts at implementing a peacebuilding agenda must be sought internally in the ...

    • The Institutional Context of the 2004 General Elections in Malawi 

      Gloppen, Siri; Kanyongolo, Edge; Khembo, Nixon; Patel, Nadini; Rakner, Lise; Svåsand, Lars; Tostensen, Arne; Bakken, Mette (Research report, Research report, 2006)
      This report summarises the findings of a joint research project undertaken by the Centre for Social Research, Chr. Michelsen Institute and the Universities of Malawi and Bergen. Ensuring that elected political leaders play ...

    • The Accountability Function of Parliament in New Democracies: Tanzanian Perspectives 

      Wang, Vibeke (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2005)
      The role of parliaments in holding the executive accountable is a neglected topic in the study of the democratization process in sub-Saharan Africa. In particular there is a lack of studies measuring executive-legislative ...

    • "Opitanha" Social Relations of Rural Poverty in Northern Mozambique 

      Tvedten, Inge; Paulo, Margarida; Rosário, Carmeliza (Research report, Research report, 2006)
      Research-based information is recognised as crucial for Mozambique’s endeavours to reduce its poverty. This first report in a series of three qualitative studies on poverty in Mozambique focuses on the district of Murrupula ...

    • Accountability on the Move. The Parliament of Angola 

      Amundsen, Inge; Abreu, Cesaltina; Hoygaard, Laurinda (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2005)
      The Parliament of Angola was established and elected in 1992 in a watershed election that coincided with the peace process in Angola and the democratisation process in much of Africa. There has still been no second election, ...

    • "Economic Aid to Post-Conflict Countries: A Methodological Critique of Collier and Hoeffler" 

      Suhrke, Astri; Villanger, Espen; Woodward, Susan L. (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2005)
      This paper retests the analysis of “Aid Policy and Growth in Post-Conflict Societies,” by Paul Collier and Anke Hoeffler (October 2002 and forthcoming in European Economic Review). It finds that their data and analysis do ...

    • 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 ...

    • Experience and Institutional Capacity for Poverty and Income Distribution Analysis in Angola 

      Isaksen, Jan; Tvedten, Inge; Ilinga, Pacheco (Research report, Research report, 2006)
      The Chr. Michelsen Institute was contracted to carry out this study on previous experience in and institutional capacity for poverty and income distribution analysis in Angola. The study aims at presenting an overview of ...

    • How middle-men can undermine anti-corruption reforms 

      Bjorvatn, Kjetil; Torsvik, Gaute; Tungodden, Bertil (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 ...

    • Aid, growth and peace: A comparative analysis 

      Suhrke, Astri; Buckmaster, Julia (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2005)
      The paper examines patterns of post-conflict aid in a sample of 14 countries, with in-depth qualitative analysis of seven cases. The study shows that – contrary to the findings of World Bank-supported research in this area ...

    • Economic Prospects for Ethiopia and Challenges for Poverty Reduction 

      Villanger, Espen (Research report, Research report, 2006)
      The report analyses Ethiopia’s economic performance and expected future development. The economic growth rate is likely to remain high despite large fluctuations in agricultural production. Projections indicate, however, ...

    • Uganda's 2006 Presidental and Parliamentary Elections 

      Gloppen, S.; Atoo, C.; Kasimbazi, E.; Kibandama, A.; Kiiza, J.; Makara, S.; Okiror, G.; Rakner, L.; Rwengabo, S.; Svåsand, L.; Tabaro, R.; Tostensen, A. (Research report, Research report, 2006)
      This report analyses the 2006 Ugandan presidential and parliamentary election in terms of the broader process starting with the processes of setting the rule for political contestation, through the registration of voters ...

    • Mid-Term Review of the Angola Programme of Norwegian People's Aid 

      Isaksen, Jan; Samset, Ingrid; Pacheco, Fernando (Research report, Research report, 2006)
      The purpose of this review is to assist Norwegian People’s Aid in adapting its Angola programme to reach the objectives it has set for the period from 2004 to 2007. NPA presently works in five provinces and employs more ...

    • "Money has no Name": Informalisation, Unemployment and changing Gender Relations in Accara, Ghana 

      Overå, Ragnhild (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2005)
      Economic crisis and structural adjustment in Ghana have put large numbers of formal sector employees and civil servants out of work. This informalisation process has gendered consequences. Unemployed people, rural-urban ...

    • Benefit Streams from Mining in Tanzania: Case Studies from Geita and Mererani 

      Lange, Siri (Research report, Research report, 2006)
      Tanzania is a ‘new’ mining country, and foreign investment in the mining sector has caused controversies. Government revenues from mining increased from 2 million US$ in 1998 to 36 million in 2002, but many stake holders ...

    • Palestinian Women: Is there a Unitary Conception of Rights? 

      Kjøstvedt, Hilde (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2006)
      Palestinian women’s participation in the resistance against the Israeli occupation, most notably during the first Intifada (1987-93), has been characterised as broad and active, particularly at grass roots level. This ...

    • Why firms should not always maximize profits 

      Kolstad, Ivar (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2006)
      Though corporate social responsibility (CSR) is on the agenda of most major corporations, corporate executives still largely support the view that corporations should maximize the returns to their owners. There are two ...

    • Business Corruption, Uncertainty and Risk Aversion 

      Søreide, Tina (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2006)
      The presence of business-corruption in a market provokes firms to make choices between legal business approaches and illegal bribery. The outcome of a chosen strategy will usually be uncertain at the time the decision is ...

    • Beaten by Bribery: Why not Blow the Whistle? 

      Søreide, Tina (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2006)
      A recent business survey in Norway reveals that firms rarely react to corruption, even when they have lost important contracts as a result. This disinclination to take action is explored in the light of market structures, ...