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Shadow Value Chains: Tracing the link between corruption, illicit activity and lootable natural resources from West Africa
(U4 Issue 2017:7, Research report, 2017-06-01)Illicit natural resource trade continues to benefit corrupt officials, criminal and terrorist networks and to divert resources away from development, security and the common good in West Africa. How are Liberian timber, ... -
Shady traffic: Part three: Review of the portefolio supported by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on combating trafficking in human beings
(Norad report 2c/2009, Research report, 2009-02-05)As a response to the growing international and national focus on combating human trafficking, Norway developed its first action plan on trafficking for the period 2003-2005, succeeded by another one to cover the period of ... -
Shaping the tax agenda: Public engagement, lobbying and tax reform in Tanzania
(CMI Brief vol. 14 no. 5, Report, 2015-07-01)Tax reforms are no longer the exclusive domain of the International Monetary Fund, external experts, and the Ministry of Finance. Increasingly, interest groups across Africa shape the tax agenda. Business associations and ... -
Shatila: The island of (in)stability
(Journal article, 2021-02-01)The Shatila refugee camp was established in 1949 for Palestinian refugees fleeing Palestine during the Nakba. The camp is located in Beirut next to the Sabra neighbourhood (of the Gaza buildings discussed in the foregoing ... -
Should Corrupt Countries receive Budget Support?
(CMI Brief, Report, 2005-01-01)Corruption makes budget support ineffective, and sometimes counter-productive. Budget support is particularly unsuitable in partner countries where political corruption is rampant. As donors increase budget support, it is ... -
Should Tanzania establish a sovereign wealth fund?
(CMI Working Paper WP 2016:5, Working paper, 2016-07-01)Abstract Many natural resource abundant countries have established sovereign wealth funds as part of their strategy of managing the resource wealth. The paper looks into different arguments used as reasons to establish ... -
Shrinking oil: Does weak governance and corruption reduce volumes of oil produced?
(U4 Issue 2010:3, Research report, 2010-06-18)Prominent contributions to the resource curse literature suggest that weak governance and corruption are key factors behind continued poverty in resource-rich countries. How poor governance and corruption influence revenue ... -
Shutting down social media, shutting out the youth?
(CMI Brief no. 2023:4, Report, 2023-05-01)Young people across Africa use social media to participate in politics, while their governments implement strategies to limit online political mobilization. However, young citizens whose government shut down social media ... -
Sistema "parlamentar-presidencial" ou presidencialismo extremo?
(Angola Brief vol. 1 no. 16, Report, 2011-06-05)A nova Constituição angolana (Fevereiro 2010) consagrou um sistema de governo auto-designado “Parlamentar-Presidencial”. Esta qualificação sugere a existência de equilíbrio entre os dois órgãos de soberania que não é ... -
Sitting on the Fence: Conflicts of Interest and How to Regulate Them
(U4 Issue 2008:6, Research report, 2008-11-01)This paper describes the problem of conflict of interest of public officials and the main ways in which it may be tackled, with particular focus on regulation of elected officials. The paper describes three main types of ... -
Skatt og statsbygging i utviklingsland: Hvordan skatt kan bidra til å ansvarliggjøre myndighetene overfor egne borgere
(Journal article, 2011-05-02)Den politiske betydningen av skattlegging går langt ut over det å skaffe inntekter til å finansiere offentlig sektor, infrastruktur og grunnleggende behov for borgerne. I denne artikkelen argumenterer Odd-Helge Fjeldstad ... -
Small Hands Should Play, Not Work: A Theoretical Analysis of Interventions in Child Labor
(Master thesis, 2011-01-01)Twelve hours a day, 7 days a week, there are 150 million children below the age of 15 working to make the clothes we wear, the carpets on our floors and the phones in our pockets. Most of these children do not have a choice: ... -
Social accountability in situations of conflict and fragility
(U4 Brief 2011:19, Report, 2011-12-14)Donor support to social accountability in fragile and conflict-affected states is a relatively new phenomenon. It has emerged with the lessons that top-down anticorruption approaches have often failed and different approaches ... -
Social security, poverty dynamics and economic growth in Angola's smallholder agriculture
(CMI Report R 2011:5, Research report, 2011-08-01)A new Land Act introduced in Angola in 2004 demonstrates a genuine interest in the protection of the customary land rights of rural communities and underlines rural communities’ rights to their land. However, the documentation ... -
Son preference, number of children, education and occupational choice in rural Nepal
(CMI Working Paper WP 2012:8, Working paper, 2012-10-01)A unique family survey was conducted in Nepal to investigate the economic consequences of having a first-born girl. Women get more children, but we find no causal effect of number of children on economic outcomes. But ... -
South Sudan “arrivals” in the White Nile State (Sudan). Not citizens, not IDPs, not Refugees: What are they?
(Sudan Working Paper SWP 2016:7, Working paper, 2016-12-01)This paper discusses the living conditions of the so called “arrivals,”{1} South Sudanese refugees in Sudan, most of whom now reside in the White Nile State (58 %) and in Khartoum (23 %), and the rest of which live in ... -
Spatial Variation of Child Stunting and Maternal Malnutrition after Controlling for Known Risk Factors in a Drought-Prone Rural Community in Southern Ethiopia
(Annals of Global Health, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-08-01)Background : Globally, understanding spatial analysis of malnutrition is increasingly recognized. However, our knowledge on spatial clustering of malnutrition after controlling for known risk factors of malnutrition such ... -
Special Issue: Grassroots Responses to Mass Migration in Europe
(Book, 2021-07-01)The range of grassroots responses to the 2015 migration reception crisis is vast. Depending on the local, national, and migratory contexts, different groups employed different modalities and policies to help the people on ... -
Special Issue: Reimagining the Littoral through Development Regimes and Local Contingencies’
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Special tribunal for Lebanon: Either peace or justice?
(CMI Brief vol. 10 no. 1, Report, 2011-03-01)On 14 February 2005, former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and 22 members of his staff and security detail were killed by a massive bomb in downtown Beirut. The murder gave rise to the “Cedar Revolution,” the largest ...