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An Elusive Fiscal Social Contract: Three Lessons from South Africa
(CMI Insight 2025:03, Report, 2025-03-01)A common policy concern in developing countries is that inadequate government revenue hampers development. Hence, many countries focus on raising revenue through taxation, assuming governance improvements will follow because ... -
Fun, Violence, and Survival in Boko Haram
(CMI Insight 2025:2, Report, 2025-02-01)While often framed as either victims or perpetrators, children within Boko Haram navigate a far more complex reality – one where violence coexists with moments of camaraderie and fun. -
Norge kan, Norge bør: Ta lederskap for å halvere tidlig død innen 2050
(Research report, 2024-11-01)Rapport fra Stoltenberg-utvalget om global helse. -
Gaza, South Africa and the Return of the Third World: Toward a Postcolonial Humanism
(Humanity: An International Journal of Human Rights, Humanitarianism, and Development vol. 15 no. 2, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024-10-01)International law has historically served to create exceptions that render acceptable the suspension of liberal normative standards when it comes to violence and suffering perpetrated against non-Western populations. Yet ... -
Speaking up against EU externalisation: Activist-led migration information campaigns in Senegal
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Imagined solidarity around tax practices in Namibia
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Effects of jobs on ethnic switching – Evidence from a field experiment in Ethiopia
(Journal of Development Studies vol. 86 no. 2, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2025-01-01)Ethnicity is a dynamic construct, with individual-level ethnic switching having been reported in numerous contexts. Ethnic switching, typically attributed to instrumental or social identity motivations, is hypothesized to ... -
Anti-corruption measures in the context of oil. Evading the ‘resource curse’ in Uganda
(U4 Issue 2024:7, Research report, 2024-11-01)With oil production on the horizon, Uganda faces critical corruption risks across procurement, land acquisition, and revenue management, testing the limits of its anti-corruption frameworks. -
Schlagfertigkeit. A soldier skill
(Critical Military Studies, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2025-02-01)Are soldiers funny? On the face of it, fun is antithetical to the serious trade of the military profession, models of the decent and responsible soldier, and the strains of military life. However, military scholars acknowledge ... -
Escaping Khartoum: Understanding forced displacement
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Partners in Audit. An Evaluation of Cooperation between the National Audit Office in Malawi and the Office of the Auditor General of Norway
(Research report, 2013-12-01)The Office of the Auditor General of Norway (OAGN) commissioned the Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI) to undertake this evaluation of its collaborative relationship with the National Audit Office (NAO) in Malawi to gauge ... -
Between Resilience and Radicalisation: Reassessing the Trajectory of Internally Displaced Populations in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique
(Kronos vol. 50 no. 1, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024-05-01)Displacement is an endemic phenomenon that affects those uprooted, the communities that feel the impact of those arriving, governments, and the international agencies which are increasingly engaged in organising the ... -
Sustainability reporting and anti-corruption provisions: unlocking the potential for impact
(U4 Issue 2025:1, Research report, 2025-01-01)Sustainability reporting can reduce corruption and enhance corporate transparency. Development cooperation organisations and sector-wide anti-corruption initiatives provide examples of how this can be done. -
Artificial intelligence in anti-corruption – a timely update on AI technology
(U4 Brief 2025:1, Report, 2025-01-01)With recent and rapid advancements in artificial intelligence, it’s time to check in on AI’s headway – and the hype – and revisit how the technology can be used in anti-corruption work. -
Taxation and Governance in Post-Apartheid South Africa: Prospects for a Fiscal Social Contract
(CMI Working Paper WP 2025-1, Working paper, 2025-01-01)Historical evidence from state-building processes in Western countries suggests that a substantial governancdividend can be gained from mobilizing domestic financial resources through the tax system. Democratic South ... -
Taxation and Governance in Post-Apartheid South Africa: Prospects for a Fiscal Social Contract
(CMI Working Paper WP 2025:01, Working paper, 2025-01-01)Post-apartheid South Africa is an intriguing case of a fiscal state where the positive tax-governance link that forms the basis of a productive fiscal social contract, has not materialized despite the presence of several ... -
Improving working conditions for women in African industrial parks
(CMI Brief no. 2024:2, Report, 2024-12-01)Gender Inequality In Sub-Saharan Africa, as well as in other poor regions, fewer women than men are engaged in industrial jobs.1 This implies a potential for more female jobs as women traditionally take on jobs in labour ... -
Refugees in Norway: Stay or Leave Rural Areas?
(Research report, 2025-01-01)There is limited research on how the contextual characteristics of residential areas influence the patterns of refugees' voluntary emigrations from the host country. Most existing empirical studies focus on return aspirations ... -
Advancing anti-corruption capacity in Ukraine’s local self-government
(U4 Issue 2024:9, Research report, 2024-11-01)Ukraine’s recovery relies on strengthening local self-governments to ensure transparency and fair reconstruction. Decentralised efforts, legal clarity, and collaboration are key to sustainable progress. -
Corruption as a limit to state capacity: Mobile phones in Peruvian prisons
(U4 Brief 2024:7, Report, 2024-12-01)Overcrowding and corruption in Peruvian prisons fuel mobile phone smuggling. Modern technology, better staff training, and policy reforms can enhance control and support fair governance.
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