Browsing Publications by Author "Isaksen, Jan"

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    • Anti-corruption Reforms: Challenges, Effects and Limits of World Bank Support 

      Fjeldstad, Odd-Helge; Isaksen, Jan (IEG Working Paper 7:2008, Research report, 2008-09-01)
      This study compares the evolution of the state-of-the-art in research and analysis of anticorruption and transparency with World Bank practice. The first part of the paper reviews the theoretical and empirical approaches ...

    • Building Tax Capacity in Developing Countries 

      Moore, Mick; Fjeldstad, Odd-Helge; Isaksen, Jan; Lundstøl, Olav; McCluskey, Rhiannon; Prichard, Wilson (Others, 2015-10-01)
      The agenda for the Third International Conference on Financing for Development suggests there will be less focus on aid, and more on how developing countries can generate their own financial resources for development. ...

    • Corruption and state-backed debts in Mozambique: What can external actors do? 

      Williams, David Aled; Isaksen, Jan (U4 Issue 2016:6, Research report, 2016-11-01)
      The average annual cost of corruption to Mozambique was recently estimated to be up to USD 4.9 billion for the period 2004-2014. Some analysts have entertained the idea that investments in the country's oil and gas sector ...

    • Just Faaland – en verdensborger i Bergen 

      Isaksen, Jan; Jansen, Eirik G. (Book, 2017-11-01)
      Denne boken er en hyllest til Just Faaland som døde i februar 2017. Just Faaland bygget opp det som i dag er Chr. Michelsens Institutt i Bergen. Han var leder for avdelingen for utviklingsforskning ved instituttet fra ...

    • Macro-Economic Convergence Policy in the Southern African Development Community: Prospects and Challenges 

      Kweka, Josaphat; Rweyemamu, Dennis; Luvanda, Eliab; Isaksen, Jan; Wangwe, Samuel (Proceedings of the 2006 FOPRISA Annual Conference, Chapter, 2007-12-10)
      In the last two decades, the subject of regional integration has featured prominently in the agenda of (and policy research on) most developing countries. The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is one of the ...

    • Managing Aid Exit and Transformation. Botswana Country Case Study. On CD-Rom 

      Isaksen, Jan (Joint Donor Evaluation, Research report, 2008-01-01)

    • Policy Making in the Tanzanian Petro State: Building a Statistical Basis 

      Isaksen, Jan; Kilama, Blandina; Matola, Fred (CMI Working Paper WP 2017:5, Working paper, 2017-03-01)
      This paper deals with needs and availability of data, statistics and information in Tanzania. It relates to a five-year (2014–19) research programme on prospects and challenges for the petroleum sector. The main objectives ...

    • The budget process and corruption 

      Isaksen, Jan (U4 Issue 2005:3, Research report, 2005-01-01)
      In the interest of making aid effective, donors are increasingly stressing the importance of a good public financial management (PFM) system in partner countries. The budget process is a part of the PFM system which is ...