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The perfect enemy: From migrants to sexual minorities
(CMI Brief no. 2019:05, Report, 2019-05-01)Why did Poland´s conservative government, the Law and Justice Party, launch an attack on the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people (LGBT) as part of their 2019 European Parliamentary elections campaign? The ... -
The political economy of banking in Angola
(African Affairs, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-01-01)From inauspicious beginnings in a post-socialist, highly dysfunctional financial system, Angolan banking grew in less than a decade after the end of the country's long civil war into one of Africa's largest. Fuelled by the ... -
The political economy of corruption and REDD+: Lessons from the Philippines’ pilot sites
(U4 Issue 2014:7, Research report, 2014-10-17)Corruption is a continuing feature of the Philippines’ natural resource sectors. Given keen interest in the country’s REDD+ potential, it is useful to consider corruption risks related to REDD+ from a political economy ... -
The political economy of REDD+ in Kenya: Identifying and responding to corruption challenges
(U4 Issue 2014:3, Research report, 2014-03-10)The government of Kenya, led by the Ministry of Environment, Water and Natural Resources, is developing a national REDD+ programme. The success of this initiative will depend in part on Kenya’s ability to address political ... -
The Political, Research, Programmatic, and Social Responses to Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the 25 Years Since the International Conference on Population and Development
(Journal of Adolescent Health vol. 65 no. 6, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-12-01)Among the ground-breaking achievements of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) was its call to place adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) on global health and development agendas. ... -
The politicization of abortion and hippocratic disobedience in Islamist Sudan
(Health and Human Rights Journal vol. 21 no. 2, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-12-01)Abstract In Sudan's Islamist state, abortion is politicized through its association to illegal pregnancy. Fornication is crime against God punishable with 100 lashes. Pregnancy outside a marriage contract constitute ... -
The Politics of Humanitarianism. Power, Ideology and Aid
(Book, 2016-01-01)Humanitarian intervention has increasingly become the prevalent means of providing protection and aid at a global level. Yet alongside its success concerns have been raised that humanitarianism has increasingly become an ... -
The Politics of Local Boundaries and Conflict in Sudan. The South Darfur Case
(Sudan Working Paper SWP 2008: 2, Working paper, 2008-02-20)Up to 1994, Darfur region (the present three states of Darfur) had remained a single integrated political and administrative unit since the establishment of the Kaira Kingdom in the 17 th century. Historically, the Kaira ... -
The politics of migration policy implementation in Ghana
(Governance, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024-01-01)This article dives into the complex web of actors and processes of migration policy implementation in Ghana, revealing political tensions as they play out in this field. The analysis is based on semi-structured interviews ... -
The Power of Data: Enhancing Transparency in the Education Sector in Sierra Leone
(U4 Brief 2008:22, Report, 2008-08-08)The best defence against malfeasance are reliable facts and figures. An effectively functioning Education Management Information System can highlight malpractices related to anything from local record keeping, teacher ... -
The Proxy Challenge: Why bespoke proxy indicators can help solve the anti-corruption measurement problem
(U4 Brief 2013:2, Report, 2013-07-30)Practitioners working in anti-corruption face perennial challenges in measuring changes in corruption levels and evaluating whether anti-corruption efforts are successful. These two challenges are linked but not inseparable. ... -
The Recovery of Stolen Assets: A Fundamental Principle of the UN Convention against Corruption
(U4 Brief 2007:2, Report, 2007-10-05)Despite hundreds of billions of dollars in aid, the United Nations determined in 2004 that 54 countries had actually become poorer than they were 15 years previously. Most analysts now agree with findings of the World Bank ... -
The resource bites back: Entry-points for addressing corruption in wildlife crime
(U4 Issue 2016:2, Research report, 2016-11-01)Corruption has recently risen up the global wildlife conservation agenda with a series of international agreements highlighting the role of corruption in facilitating wildlife crime. Though there are notable exceptions, ... -
The revolving door Indicator: Estimating the distortionary power of the revolving door
(U4 Brief 2014:10, Report, 2014-12-10)When people move between positions as regulator or legislators and private companies within the same sector this can lead to conflicts of interest, regulatory capture, and economic distortions. Such practices are called ... -
The rise and fall of the mining royalty regime in Zambia
(CMI Brief vol. 15 no. 2, Report, 2016-01-01)Zambia has a long history of disputed changes of the mining tax regime with damaging effects on the working relations between the Government and the mining sector. A shared assumption has been that profit-related taxes ... -
The rise and fall of the mining royalty regime in Zambia
(Lifting the veil of secrecy: Perspectives on international taxation and capital flight from Africa, Chapter, 2017-11-01)Zambia has a long history of disputed changes of the mining tax regime with damaging effects on the working relations between the Government and the mining sector. A shared assumption has been that profit-related taxes ... -
The risk of authoritarian renewal in Zimbabwe: Understanding ZANU-PF youth
(CMI Brief no. 2023:1, Report, 2023-05-01)What contributes to the reproduction of authoritarianism? Research conducted with politically active youth in the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) demonstrates their motivations and actual practices, ... -
The Role of Advocacy against Child Labour
(CMI Report R 2015:2, Research report, 2015-04-27)This report forms part of a larger study titled Advancing the Rights of Children: Assessing the Effectiveness of Transnational Advocacy Networks for Child Rights. Norwegian-Kenyan Civil Society Partnerships Examined. It ... -
The role of civil society in the UNCAC review process: Moving beyond compliance?
(U4 Issue 2013:4, Research report, 2013-05-01)Civil society plays a crucial role in the fight against corruption. The inclusion of civil society in the United Nations Convention against Corruption Implementation Review Mechanism (IRM), however, is only optional. This ... -
The role of donors in the recovery of stolen assets
(U4 Issue 2014:8, Research report, 2014-01-01)Financial crimes such as corruption, fraud, and embezzlement generate significant profits, often at the expense of the public budget. These proceeds of crime are usually hidden outside of the country where the crime was ...