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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 ... -
Afghan hydrocarbons: A source for development for conflict? A risk assessment of Norwegian involvement in development of the Afghan oil and gas industry
(Research report, Research report, 2010)Norad has been engaged in capacity building and provision of technical support to the Afghan Ministry of Mines since 2007. A part of this engagement relates to the development of the Afghan Hydrocarbons Law, and commercialization ... -
The politics of women's representation in Sudan: Debating women's rights in islam from the elites to the grassroots
(Research report, Research report, 2010)The international discourse on gender and peacebuilding presupposes a common agenda among all women across religion, ethnicity and class in any given post-conflict situation. The literature seems to express the belief that ... -
Support for parliaments : Tanzania and beyond
(Research report, Research report, 2010)This report presents an analysis of the Parliament of Tanzania (which includes the Bunge in Dodoma and the House of Representatives in Zanzibar), which has only recently taken up its ‘checks and balances’ functions. The ... -
Learning to build a sustainable peace: Ownership and everyday peacebuilding
(Research report, Research report, 2010)Lack of local ownership is seen as a central explanation for why peacebuilding efforts often fail to yield sustainable peace dividends. But how is local ownership understood and acted upon by those who are engaged in ... -
"A woman should not be the boss when a man is present": Gender and poverty in Southern Mozambique
(Research report, Research report, 2010)This is the third and final report in the series “Gender Policies and Feminisation of Poverty in Mozambique”, revealing a curious incongruity between often broad and sweeping statements about gender inequality and the great ... -
'Opitanha' revisited. Assessing the implications of PARPA II in rural northern Mozambique 2006-2009
(Research report, Research report, 2010)This report is part of a larger exercise of monitoring and evaluating Mozambique’s poverty reduction strategy, focussing on three districts in Mozambique and using a combination of quantitative and qualitative data. It ... -
Accounting for poverty reduction in Norwegian development aid to Mozambique
(Research report, Research report, 2008)Poverty reduction is the overarching goal of Norwegian development assistance, as expressed in the “Government Plan of Action for Combating Poverty in the South Towards 2015” and other related documents. At the same time, ... -
Keep on talking! Review of the Nansen dialogue network in the western Balkans
(Research report, Research report, 2008)The review considered whether NDN activities have contributed to improved ethnic relations and to sustainable peace and reconciliation in the Western Balkans by promoting inter-ethnic dialogue. The review found that NDN ... -
'Mucupuki'. Social relations of rural-urban poverty in central Mozambique
(Research report, Research report, 2008)This is the third in a series of six qualitative studies monitoring and evaluating Mozambique’s Poverty Reduction Strategy, PARPA. Many communities in Mozambique find themselves in the rural-urban interface, either by being ... -
Gender policies and feminisation of poverty in Mozambique
(Research report, Research report, 2008)This study is the first in a series of three on gender policies and feminisation of poverty in Mozambique, to be carried out in the period 2008-2010. The studies combine a critical assessment of current government and donor ... -
Non-state actors and democratic consolidation
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2009)This working paper provides a review of the literature addressing the role of civil society or non-state actors in democratic consolidation, with particular reference to Malawi. Civil society comprises private businesses; ... -
Explaining Maoist control and level of civil conflict in Nepal
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2009)Does poverty or inequality explain the Maoist insurgency in Nepal? In contrast to previous studies we limit the analysis to the hill/mountain districts of Nepal as very few terai (plains) districts are classified as Maoist. ... -
Teaching business in Tanzania: Evaluating participation and performance
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2009)There is increased awareness that success among small scale entrepreneurs in developing countries requires more than microfinance, and that an important limiting factor for business growth is the level of human capital ... -
What determines Chinese outward FDI?
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2009)Chinese outward foreign direct investment (FDI) has increased substantially in recent years. Though this has generated considerable interest in the motivations and drivers of Chinese investment abroad, there have been few ... -
Overworked? The relationship between workload and health worker performance in rural Tanzania
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2009)The current shortage of health workers in many low-income countries poses a threat to the quality of health services. When the number of patients per health worker grows sufficiently high, there will be insufficient time ... -
Kalandula and the CACS. Voice or accountability
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2009)This report presents some of the findings from field work carried out in October-November 2008 in Kalandula, Malanje province, on the fresh experiences with the new Concelhos de Auscultação e Concertação Social. It also ... -
Regional variation in livelihood strategies in Malawi
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2009)This is a background paper on livelihood strategies in rural Malawi in general. Livelihood strategies are identified at the household level as a function of assets held, using survey data. Only endowments that are likely ... -
UN support for peacebuilding: Nepal as the exceptional case
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2009)In the annals of UN peace operations, the mission in Nepal (UNMIN) appears as an exceptional case. Most peace support operations today are multidimensional – covering the security sector, political transition, relief and ... -
Aid for trade: A misdirected initiative?
(CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2009)Given that the motivation for aid is poverty reduction, I argue that Aid for Trade (AfT) measures need to demonstrate that they are effective and have a potential impact on poverty. The debate about aid for trade measures ...