• Analysis of Norway’s Action Plans on Women, Peace and Security 

      Wimpelmann, Torunn; Tjønneland, Elling; Villanger, Espen; Domingo, Pilar (Evaluation Reports 4/2022, Research report, 2022-03-01)
      This report forms part of an evaluation of Norwegian efforts to promote the women, peace and security (WPS) agenda. The main purpose of the overall evaluation is to assess the impact of Norwegian WPS efforts that have been ...
    • Diverging Like-Mindedness? Development Policy among the Nordics 

      Kjær, Anne Mette; Tjønneland, Elling; Pettersson, Jan; Karhu, Marikki; Lanki, Jari (Forum for Development Studies vol. 49 no. 3, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-10-01)
      The ‘Nordic exceptionalism’ in development aid is well known and characterized by its generosity and focus on poverty reduction and sustainable development. However, the individual Nordic countries’ ...
    • Evaluation of Norwegian aid engagement in the Sahel 

      Millard, Ananda; Tjønneland, Elling; Lof, Bert; Toraasen, Marianne; Sacko, Moussa; Borel, Leonie (Evaluation Reports 1/2023, Research report, 2023-10-01)
      This is the report commissioned by Norad's Department for Evaluation evaluating Norway's development aid support to the Sahel in the 2016-2022 period. Norway has been engaged in the Sahel region in Africa since the 1970s ...
    • Norwegian Development Aid: A Paradigm Shift in the Making? 

      Tjønneland, Elling (Forum for Development Studies, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-07-01)
      Norway has remained committed to allocating one percent of its Gross National Income in developing aid. Poverty reduction has also stayed as an overarching objective for the aid budget. The commitment to these traditional ...
    • The changing role of Chinese development aid 

      Tjønneland, Elling (CMI Insight 2020:1, Report, 2020-03-01)
      In recent years, China has significantly increased its development interventions. China is now among the major providers of aid to Africa. Foreign aid has become an important tool in the range of instruments applied by the ...
    • Zambia’s looming debt crisis – is China to blame? 

      Ofstad, Arve; Tjønneland, Elling (CMI Insight 2019:01, Report, 2019-06-01)
      Is China pressuring poor countries with debt? Debt trap diplomacy is a recent term that is used to describe Chinese loans for infrastructure and development in developing countries. Zambia is one of the countries where ...