Blar i Publications på tittel
Viser treff 453-472 av 1485
-
Evaluation of the Sida supported research capacity and higher education development programme in Rwanda, 2013-2017
(Sida Decentralised Evaluation 2018:3, Research report, 2018-04-01)Research cooperation between Sida and the university sector in Rwanda has been carried out in three phases since 2002, with the current phase (2013-2018) being the main focus of this evaluation. The programme is implemented ... -
Evaluation. Support to development research
(Evaluation reports 2009:3, Research report, 2009-10-01)This evaluation of Finnish development research was commissioned by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland (MFA), which supports (a) research on the situation of developing countries; (b) research on the international ... -
Everyday humanitarian diplomacy: Experiences from border areas
(CMI Brief no. 2020:2, Report, 2020-02-01)The term humanitarian diplomacy (HD) emerged in early 2000s. HD recognises the role of humanitarian actors when negotiating access, assistance and protection for civilians in situations of extreme insecurity and armed ... -
Everyday Migrant Accompaniment: Humanitarian Border Diplomacy
(The Hague Journal of Diplomacy, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-02-01)This article advances the notion of humanitarian border diplomacy, contributing to current academic discussions on humanitarian diplomacy and on the practice-theory nexus by conceptualising NGO s’ migrant accompaniment ... -
Evolving anti-corruption practice in rebuilding Ukraine: The Agency for Restoration and Infrastructure Development
(U4 Brief 2024:1, Report, 2024-02-01)Under the pressure and constraints of an ongoing war and eager to work towards EU accession, the Ukrainian government has undertaken rapid efforts in 2023 to mainstream anti-corruption efforts into its reconstruction framework. -
Examining poverty and food insecurity in the context of long-term social-ecological changes in Kabul, Afghanistan
(CMI Report 2023:1, Research report, 2023-05-01)This report examines how long-term socioeconomic and environmental changes have shaped the context for poverty and food insecurity in Afghanistan. An estimated 97% of the population is currently under the poverty line and ... -
Excluding women: the clanization of Somali political institutions
(CMI Brief no. 2020:9, Report, 2020-07-01)Hawa Jibril, a poetess and a long-time activist for Somali women’s rights, identified male elders as a barrier to women’s inclusion in the politics and governance of their society. In her 1962 poem, ‘the ... -
Exogenous state-building: The contradictions of the international project in Afghanistan
(The rule of law in Afghanistan. Missing in inaction, Chapter, 2011-01-01)In the contemporary writing on state-building in post-conflict situations, remarkably little attention is paid to what it takes to build a state. There is much advice on policy priorities and sequencing – security, rule ... -
Expanding foreign investment in the energy sector: Challenges and risks for Bangladesh?
(CMI Brief vol. 13 no. 4, Report, 2014-04-22)Our recent research indicates that increased corruption brings increased foreign direct investment (FDI) in the extractive industries. Moreover, corruption has no effect on FDI in the energy provision industries. This brief ... -
Expectations and Fears. The impact of the 1992 Elections
(Others, 2008-01-01)Conferência sobre as Eleições em Angola. Centro de Estudos e Investigação Científica (CEIC), Universidade Católica de Angola. Terça-Feira, 4 de Novembro de 2008 -
Experiences with Results-Based Payments in Norwegian Development Aid
(Evaluation Department Report 4/2015, Research report, 2015-06-01)The aim of this report is to summarize the experiences from results-based initiatives in Norwegian development cooperation and enhance the knowledge base for future decisions involving results-based payments. The report ... -
Expert adoption of composite indices: A randomized experiment on migrant resettlement decisions in Bangladesh
(CMI Working Paper WP 2022:03, Working paper, 2022-11-01)In settings where complex social decisions are made, information is often aggregated into indices to facilitate decision making. The value added of such composite indices depend, inter alia, on the extent to which decision ... -
Explaining Hamas's Changing Electoral Strategy, 1996-2006
(Government and Opposition vol. 48 no. 4, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-01-01)Hamas, the most influential Islamist party in the occupied Palestinian territories, replaced its strategy of electoral boycott in 1996 with participation in 2006 – a change not explained in the literature. Assisted by party ... -
Explaining municipal governance in Kosovo: local agency, credibility and party patronage
(Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-05-01)What can explain the varied effectiveness of internationally led attempts at statebuilding? This article seeks to answer this question by comparing the contrasting trajectories of governance in two municipalities in Kosovo: ... -
Explaining the Timeliness of Implementation of Truth Commission Recommendations
(Journal of Peace Research vol. 59 no. 5, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-01-01)Truth commissions are widely seen as important peacebuilding tools partially because they issue recommendations that seek to prompt further justice initiatives to address past abuses and promote institutional reforms that ... -
Exploring the links between UNCAC and the Paris Declaration
(U4 Brief 2009:25, Report, 2009-10-20)It is acknowledged by donors that the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) should play a central role in country-level dialogue, implementation, and monitoring of anti-corruption work. At the same time, when supporting ... -
Exploring the relationship between socio-economic inequality, political instability and economic growth Why do we know so little?
(CMI Working Paper WP 2012:2, Working paper, 2012-02-08)The hypothesis that socio-economic inequality has a detrimental effect on economic growth by breeding political instability has been subject to empirical investigation for decades. However, the numerous studies in the field ... -
Exploring the spatio-temporal processes of communal rangeland grabbing in Sudan
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-01-01)The persistent policy of successive Sudanese governments in favouring large-scale agricultural investments at the expense of traditional land use is creating material differences among significant groups of the population. ... -
External Debts, Growth and Peace in the Sudan. Some Serious Challenges Facing the Country in the Post-Conflict Era
(CMI Report SR 2008: 1, Research report, 2008-07-21)Traditional studies on the external debt problem have focused mainly on the development of the magnitude and trends of the external debt in the low-income countries (LICs) and have then been followed by other studies which ... -
Extractive sectors and illicit financial flows: What role for revenue governance initiatives?
(U4 Issue 2011:13, Research report, 2011-11-18)Countries highly dependent on natural resources are among the most severely affected by the problem of illicit financial flows. Despite a lack of definite studies proving the correlation between higher dependency on natural ...