Full name: The Republic of Angola
Population: 18.5 million (UN, 2009)
Life expectancy: 45 years (men), 49 years (women) (UN)
Main exports: Oil, diamonds, minerals, coffee, fish, timber
GNI per capita: US $3,450 (World Bank, 2008)
Source: BBC News Country Profile
Chr. Michelsen Institute has extensive research experience in Angola. CMI's involvement in the country includes research within several scientific fields as well as consultancy work. CMI enjoys a network of affiliated institutions and researchers in Angola.
The largest current programme is an institutional co-operation with the research centre Centro de Estudos e Investigação Científica (CEIC) of the Catholic University of Angola. Read more on the programme.
CEIC-CMI Annual Conference 2009 - Papers and presentations available
Presentation of the workshop "Post-war resource management in Angola"
The aim of these web pages is to offer valuable information concerning Angola and CMI's projects in the country for our partners in Norway and beyond.
| Selected projects |
CEIC - CMI Cooperation Programme
Start: Feb. 2008 (Current)
Political Parties in Angola
Start: Jan. 2008 (Current)
Keywords: Angola, democratization, political parties
Geography: Angola
Angola: Civil Society as Promoters of Governance and Accountability
Start: Feb. 2006 (Completed)
Keywords: Civil Society, Good Governance, Accountability
Geography: Angola
Angola: Effects of 1992 elections
Start: Jan. 2008 (Completed)
Keywords: Civil war, elections, political parties
Geography: Angola
Cooperation on improvement of IT system at CEIC
Start: Mar. 2007 (Current)
Keywords: ICT, Angola, CEIC, Open Access
Geography: Angola
Short courses: Social Science Methodology
Start: Jan. 2008 (Completed)
Keywords: Training course, social science methodology
Geography: Angola
Angola: Social Funds
Start: Mar. 2007 (Completed)
Geography: Angola
Reconstructing traditional authority - for whom? Political parties, state
Start: Aug. 2005 (Completed)
Keywords: Local government, political parties, democratisation
Geography: Angola and Mozambique
Economic and judicial incentives for peace consolidation
Start: Jan. 2005 (Current)
Keywords: peacebuilding, civil war, natural resources, resource curse, transitional justice, reconciliation
Geography: Africa: Angola, Democratic Rep. of Congo.
| Selected publications |
Opposition Parties and the 2008 Parliamentary Elections in Angola
Amundsen, Inge, Markus Weimer (2008)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Working Paper WP 2008:9) 61 p.
Budget, State and People. Budget Process, Civil Society and Transparency in Angola
Isaksen, Jan, Inge Amundsen, Arne Wiig with Cesaltina Abreu (2007)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2007: 7) 87 p.
Orçamento, Estado e Povo. Processo de Orçamento, Sociedade Civil e Transparência em Angola
Isaksen, Jan, Inge Amundsen, Arne Wiig, com Cesaltina Abreu (2007)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2007: 14) 91 p.
Ética de negócio - Compêndio para ser usado no ensino da ética de negócio na Universidade Católica de Angola (UCAN)
Kolstad, I., Wiig, A. e de Andrade, V. P. (Eds.) (2007)
Bergen: Chr: Michelsen Institute 379 p.
Integration of Traditional Authorities in Local Governance in Mozambique and Angola - the Context of Decentralization and Democratisation
Orre, Aslak (2007)
in Armando Marques Guedes and Maria Jose Lopes, eds.: State and Traditional Law in Angola and Mozambique. Coimbra: Almedina pp. 139-199
Civil Society in Angola: Inroads, Space and Accountability
Amundsen, Inge and Cesaltina Abreu (2006)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2006: 14) 53 p.
Sociedade Civil em Angola: Incursões, Espaço e Responsabilidade
Amundsen, Inge and Cesaltina Abreu (2007)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2007: 8) 58 p.
Accountability on the Move. The Parliament of Angola
Amundsen, Inge, Cesaltina Abreu and Laurinda Hoygaard (2005)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Working Paper WP 2005: 11) 27 p.
Courts under Construction in Angola: What can They do for the Poor?
Skaar, Elin and Josè Octavio Serra Van-Dunem (2006)
in Roberto Gargarella, Pilar Domingo and Theunis Roux, editors: Courts and Social Transformation in New Democracies. An Institutional Voice for the Poor?. Aldershot/Burlington: Ashgate pp. 213-232
Corporate Social Responsibility in the Angolan Oil Industry
Wiig, Arne (2005)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Working Paper WP 2005: 8) 29 p.
