Blar i Publications på forfatter "Wiig, Arne"
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Combattre la corruption dans les pays riches en pétrole: Le rôle de la transparence
Kolstad, Ivar; Wiig, Arne; Williams, Aled (U4 Brief 2009:21, Report, 2009-10-14)La corruption constitue un véritable fléau dans de nombreux pays riches en pétrole et autres ressources naturelles. Elle est en grande partie responsable du faible développement socio‑économique de ces pays. Depuis peu, ... -
Devolutionary delusions? The effect of decentralization on corruption
Kolstad, Ivar; Wiig, Arne; Somville, Vincent (CMI Working Paper WP 2014:10, Working paper, 2014-09-01)The effect of government decentralization on corruption is theoretically ambiguous. On the one hand, bringing government closer to the people could increase accountability and reduce corruption. On the other hand, ... -
Diversification and democracy
Kolstad, Ivar; Wiig, Arne (CMI Working Paper WP 2014:9, Working paper, 2014-08-01)Does diversification of an economy improve the chances of democracy? This paper estimates the effect of export diversification on democracy levels, using data from 143 countries. The endogeneity of diversification is ... -
Diversification of the Angolan economy
da Rocha, Alves; Santos, Regina; Bonfim, Luís; Paulo, Francisco Miguel; Kolstad, Ivar; Wiig, Arne (CMI Insight 2014:5, Report, 2014-09-01)Angola has the second most concentrated economy in the world, oil representing more than 97 per cent of its exports in 2011. Concentration has increased since independence in 1975, and since the end of the civil war in ... -
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 ... -
Education and electoral participation: Reported versus actual voting behaviour
Kolstad, Ivar; Wiig, Arne (CMI Working Paper WP 2015:9, Working paper, 2015-08-01)Using survey data of voters in Tanzania, this paper shows that while education does not affect self-reported voting in general elections, it increases actual voting. The less educated are more likely to claim to have voted ... -
Elite behaviour and citizen mobilization
Kolstad, Ivar; Wiig, Arne (CMI Working Paper WP 2015:8, Working paper, 2015-08-01)This paper studies the relation between self-serving elite behaviour and citizen political participation. We use a fixed effects approach to analyze the association between portfolio investment in tax havens and voter ... -
Empresas multinacionais e instituições do país anfitrião: Um estudo de caso das actividades de RSE em Angola
Wiig, Arne; Kolstad, Ivar (International Business Review vol. 19 no. 2, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010-01-01)Embora as instituições sejam importantes para o desenvolvimento económico, particularmente em países ricos em recursos, a interacção entre empresas multinacionais e as instituições do país anfitrião não é inteiramente ... -
Expanding foreign investment in the energy sector: Challenges and risks for Bangladesh?
Wiig, Arne; Kolstad, Ivar (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 ... -
Expert adoption of composite indices: A randomized experiment on migrant resettlement decisions in Bangladesh
Kolstad, Ivar; Karim, Azreen; Lujala, Päivi; Wiig, Arne (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 ... -
Governance, resource curse and donor
Wiig, Arne (Others, 2008-10-07)Plan Part 1. Governance What is good governance? Why is it important? How can we measure good governance? Part 2. The resource curse and the importance of governance in resource rich countries Focus on political ... -
Has recent political unrest affected garment exports from Bangladesh?
Wiig, Arne (CMI Report R 2018:02, Research report, 2018-01-01)According to the World Bank, political unrest in Bangladesh in the first part of 2015 resulted in a loss of 1% of GDP. [1] A previous study by UNDP (2005) estimated the average costs of unrest as even higher during the ... -
How do host–migrant proximities shape attitudes toward internal climate migrants?
Lujala, Päivi; Bezu, Sosina; Kolstad, Ivar; Mahmud, Minhaj; Wiig, Arne (CMI Working Paper WP 2020:2, Working paper, 2020-02-01)Countries in Latin America, Asia, and Africa exposed to the environmental consequences of climate change are predicted to see voluntary and forced internal migration on an unprecedented scale in the coming decades. This ... -
How do voters respond to information on self-serving elite behaviour? Evidence from a randomized survey experiment in Tanzania
Kolstad, Ivar; Wiig, Arne (CMI Working Paper WP 2016:9, Working paper, 2016-11-01)Does self-serving elite behaviour make citizens more politically active? This paper presents the results of a randomized field experiment where voters in Tanzania were given information about elite use of tax havens. ... -
Inter-group interaction and attitudes to migrants
Bezabih, Mintewab; Bezu, Sosina; Getahun, Tigabu; Kolstad, Ivar; Lujala, Päivi; Wiig, Arne (CMI Working Paper WP 2021:02, Working paper, 2021-02-01)Abstract We report results from a randomized field experiment conducted in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, which tests the impact of interaction with migrants on host community members’ attitudes towards migrants. ... -
Internal climate migration in a new era of scarcity
Kolstad, Ivar; Lujala, Päivi; Wiig, Arne (CMI Insight 2022:02, Report, 2022-09-01)Hundreds of millions of people in developing countries will have their lives and livelihoods affected by climate change in the coming decades (IPCC 2022). With credible mitigation strategies failing to be implemented, ... -
“Making money in Angola is about connections, not hard work”
Kolstad, Ivar; Wiig, Arne; Chivunda, Vissolela (CMI Brief vol. 16 no. 12, Report, 2017-12-01)What do the educated future of Angola make of their future in Angola? A recent survey of university students in Angola documents a grave concern about inequality, and strong preferences for redistribution. At the same time, ... -
Mission Improbable. Does Petroleum-related Aid Address Corruption in Resource-rich Countries?
Kolstad, Ivar; Wiig, Arne; Williams, Aled (U4 Issue 2008:3, Research report, 2008-06-05)Petroleum-related aid programmes and projects are a key part of donor activities in oil-rich developing countries. This U4 Issue explores the petroleum-related activities of three bilateral donors: Norad, CIDA and USAID. ...