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    • Divine Intervention: Invoking God in Peace Agreements 

      Forster, Robert; Bell, Christine (Wiley Blackwell Companion to Religion and Peace, Chapter, 2022-07-01)
      Based on an analysis of the religious language found in contemporary peace agreements, Robert Forster and Christine Bell argue in Chapter 44 that such language should not be dismissed as culturally specific rhetoric, but ...

    • Do donors reduce bilateral aid to countries with restrictive NGO laws?: A panel study, 1993-2012 

      Dupuy, Kendra; Prakash, Aseem (Non-Profit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly vol. 47 no. 1, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-02-01)
      Foreign aid contributes to about 10% of gross domestic product of developing countries. To distribute aid in recipient countries, Western donors increasingly rely on non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Yet, since the ...

    • Do elections imply democracy or autocracy? 

      Rakner, Lise; Rønning, Helge (CMI Brief vol. 9 no. 2, Report, 2010-03-25)
      Since the early 1990s, legislative and presidential multiparty elections have taken place in 42 out of Sub Saharan Africa’s 48 states. For a majority, fourth and fifth elections have now been convened, suggesting that ...

    • Does aid work? 

      Hatlebakk, Magnus (CMI Report 2021:11, Research report, 2021-12-01)
      This report attempts to understand why research findings differ on the impacts of foreign aid on in particular economic growth, but as a corollary also on the impacts of aid on poverty and other welfare indicators. The ...

    • Does aid work? Reflections on a natural resources programme in Tanzania 

      Jansen, Eirik G. (U4 Issue 2009:2, Research report, 2009-03-30)
      A former programme officer at the Norwegian Embassy in Tanzania considers challenges to aid effectiveness in a major natural resources programme. After twelve years of support by the Norwegian government totalling about ...

    • Does changing the narrative improve host community attitudes to climate migrants? Experimental evidence from Bangladesh 

      Kolstad, Ivar; Bezu, Sosina; Lujala, Päivi; Mahmud, Minhaj; Wiig, Arne (CMI Working Paper WP 2019:3, Working paper, 2019-01-01)
      A number of studies suggest that our narratives about the situation of the poor and vulnerable affect how we view them and treat them. Theoretically, a potentially powerful way to make host communities more welcoming of ...

    • Does democracy reduce corruption? 

      Kolstad, Ivar; Wiig, Arne (CMI Working Paper WP 2011:4, Working paper, 2011-12-12)
      While democracy is commonly believed to reduce corruption, there are obvious endogeneity problems in measuring the impact of democracy on corruption. This paper addresses the endogeneity of democracy by exploiting the ...

    • Does diversification improve institutions in resource rich countries? 

      Wiig, Arne; Kolstad, Ivar (Angola Brief vol. 2 no. 5, Report, 2012-12-11)
      Angola is the world’s second most concentrated country in terms of exports. Furthermore, concentration has increased during recent years. Angola also faces the challenge of a resource curse prevalent in resource rich ...

    • Does the Colombian constitutional court undermine the health system? 

      Gianella, Camila (CMI Brief vol. 10 no. 7, Report, 2011-09-01)
      Is right-to-health litigation a suitable strategy for advancing the right to health, or does it reinforce inequalities and undermine health authorities in their attempts to control costs and set fair priorities? Colombia ...

    • Doing accountability differently. A proposal for the vertical integration of civil society monitoring and advocacy 

      Fox, Jonathan; Aceron, Joy; Guillán, Aránzazu (U4 Issue 2016:4, Research report, 2016-08-01)
      Civil society accountability initiatives that take into account power structures at multiple levels can produce more lasting institutional change, compared to locally-bounded initiatives that address the symptoms rather ...

    • Doing global investments the Nordic way. The 'business case' for Equinor’s support to union work among its employees in Tanzania 

      Lange, Siri (Focaal: Journal of Global and Historical Anthropology vol. 88, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-10-01)
      In the Nordic countries, unions are represented in company boards and can infl uence companies’ policies toward labor abroad. Th is article focuses on the Norwegian national oil company Equinor and its support of ...

    • Doing reconstruction funding well: International lessons for Ukraine’s energy sector 

      Jackson, David (U4 Brief 2023:2, Report, 2023-10-01)
      Ukraine is not the first country to require urgent reconstruction of its energy sector. Other countries’ efforts can provide some valuable lessons – especially in mitigating procurement corruption.

    • Donor anti-corruption strategies: Learning from implementation 

      Hart, Liz; Taxell, Nils (U4 Brief 2013:10, Report, 2013-12-19)
      A comparison of U4 partner agencies’ anti-corruption strategies shows that while they take different shapes, their purpose, content and approach is similar. Emphasis is placed on safeguarding donor funds and guiding support ...

    • Donor roles in face of endemic corruption - Albania in the policy debate 

      Mathisen, Harald W. (U4 Report, Report, 2003-01-01)

    • Donors and "zero tolerance for corruption": From principle to practice 

      De Simone, Francesco; Taxell, Nils (U4 Brief 2014:2, Report, 2014-02-05)
      Bilateral donors often use “zero tolerance for corruption policies” to signal a tough stance against corruption, but staff often experience a lack of clarity on how to apply these policies in practice. Some multilateral ...

    • Draken i rommet 

      Iversen, Thor Olav (Others, 2012-09-05)
      An article about the lack of domestic political debate surrounding Norway's frosty relationship to China.

    • Drivers of child marriage in eastern Sudan 

      Tønnessen, Liv; al-Nagar, Samia (Report, 2018-09-01)
      There are several causes that contribute to child marriage in eastern Sudan, including poverty, lack of education for girls, avoiding stigma and the legality of child marriage. However, tradition and protection of girls’ ...

    • Due Diligence : un outil à disposition des bailleurs pour identifier les risques de corruption 

      Autran, Camille; Musso, Sophie (U4 Issue 2022:10, Research report, 2022-09-01)
      La Due Diligence est pour un bailleur un moyen de détecter en amont les risques de corruption d’un partenaire envisagé. Étape clé pour un projet, mais complexe pour de petites ONG, moins ...

    • Dying for information: Right to information and whistleblower protection in India 

      Pande, Suchi (U4 Brief 2015:3, Report, 2015-01-01)
      India's Right to Information Act is one of the most powerful in the world, but the increasing attacks on users of the law suggest a need for further measures. The results of an analysis of newspaper reports indicates the ...

    • Dynamics of destabilisation in development interventions in South Kordofan, 2005-2011 

      Ille, Enrico (Sudan Working Paper SWP 2015:4, Working paper, 2015-05-19)
      This paper outlines the landscape of development interventions in South Kordofan between the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) in 2005 and the start of a new war in June 2011. Given the constant political ...