Alf Morten Jerve is no longer affiliated with CMI.

Publications

Journal Article | 2002

Ownership and partnership: Does the new rhetoric solve the incentive problems in aid?

Alf Morten Jerve (2002)
in Forum for Development Studies vol. 29 no. 2 pp. 389-408
Journal Article | 1990

What sustains sustainable development? Natural-resource management and popular participation in Tanzania

Alf Morten Jerve (1990)
in Forum for development studies no. 1 pp. 85-103
Journal Article | 1989

Processes of polarisation and the breaking up of patron-client relationships in rural Bangladesh

Eirik G. Jansen, Alf Morten Jerve, et al. (1989)
in The Journal of Social Studies no. 43 pp. 52-63
Journal Article | 1986

From research to implementation: The country boats of Bangladesh and strategies for development assistance to an indigenous transport sector

Alf Morten Jerve and Eirik G. Jansen (1986)
in The Journal of social studies no. 31 pp. 79-100
Edited Book | 2008

Aid Relationships in Asia. Exploring Ownership in Japanese and Nordic Aid

This book offers fresh perspectives on the current aid effectiveness and aid relationship debates by focusing on the issue of ownership.  The book explores aid relationships from a recipient point...
Alf Morten Jerve, Yasutami Shimomura and Annette Skovsted Hansen (Eds.) (2008)
Houndsmille, Basingstoke/ N.Y.: Palgrave MacMillan 237 p.
Book Chapter | 2008

Introduction: Conceptualising Ownership in Aid Relations

Alf Morten Jerve and Annette Skovsted Hansen (2008)
in Alf Morten Jerve, Yasutami Shinomura and Annette Skovsted Hansen (Eds.): Aid Relationships in Asia. Exploring Ownership in Japanese and Nordic Aid. Hondsmille, Basingstoke / N.Y.: Palgrave MacMillan pp. 3-21
Book Chapter | 2008

Sri Lanka: Exploring 'Ownership' of Aid-Funded Projects: a Comparative Study of Japanese, Norwegian and Swedish Project Aid

Alf Morten Jerve, W.D. Lakshman and Piyadasa Ratnayake (2008)
in Alf Morten Jerve, Yasutami Shinomura and Annette Skovsted Hansen (Eds.): Aid Relationships in Asia. Exploring Ownership in Japanese and Nordic Aid. Houndsmills, Basingstoke / N.Y.: Palgrave MacMillan pp. 83-115
Book Chapter | 2005

Social Consequences of Development in a Human Rights Perspective: Lessons from the World Bank

Alf Morten Jerve (2005)
in Ivar Kolstad and Hugo Stokke, eds.: Writing Rights: Human Rights Research at the Chr.Michelsen Institute 1984-2004. Bergen: Fagbokforlaget pp. 98-130
Book Chapter | 2004

En ny giverpraksis - hva er det? En kommentar til Utviklingsmeldingens behandling av temaet om mottakers ansvar for bistanden: Eierskap og resultatfokus

Alf Morten Jerve (2004)
in Axel Borchgrevink og Ketil Fred Hansen, red.: Felles kamp mot fattigdom? Kritiske blikk på regjeringens utviklingsmelding. Oslo: Norsk utenrikspolitisk institutt pp. 27-34
Book Chapter | 2001

Rural-urban linkages and poverty analysis

Alf Morten Jerve (2001)
in Alejandro Grinspun et al (eds.): Choices for the poor: Lessons from national poverty strategies. Bergen/New York: CMI/UNDP pp. 89-120
Book Chapter | 2001

Laos

Alf Morten Jerve (2001)
in Alejandro Grinspun et al. (eds.): Choices for the poor: Lessons from national poverty strategies. Bergen/New York: UNDP pp. 277-288
Book Chapter | 2001

Lebanon and Palestine

Alf Morten Jerve (2001)
in Alejandro Grinspun et al. (eds.): Choices for the poor: Lessons from national poverty strategies. Bergen/New York: CMI/UNDP pp. 303-327
Book Chapter | 1999

Social Consequences of Development in a Human Rights Perspective: Lessons from the World Bank

Alf Morten Jerve (1999)
in Stokke, Hugo & Arne Tostensen (eds.): Human Rights in Development. Yearbook 1998. The Hague/ Oslo: Kluwer Law International/ Nordic Human Rights Publ pp. 35-66
Book Chapter | 1991

The Tanzanian- Nordic relationship at a turning point

Alf Morten Jerve (1991)
in Hartmann, Jeanette (ed.): Re-thinking the Arusha Declaration. Copenhagen: Centre for Development Research pp. 171-178
Report in External Series | 2008

Managing Aid Exit and Transformation. Lessons from Botswana, Eritrea, India, Malawi and South Africa. Synthesis Report

What are the consequences in the recipient countries, when donor countries close down their bilateral aid programmes? Are exit practices consistent with established principles of partnership and mutuality in development...
Anneke Slob and Alf Morten Jerve (2008)
Stockholm: Sida/Norad/ Danida/ Netherland's Ministry of Foreign Affairs 222 p.
Report in External Series | 2008

Aid Effectiveness to Infrastructure: A Comparative Study of East Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa . Framework Paper

Alf Morten Jerve and Machiko Nissanke (2008)
Tokyo: Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBICI Research Paper no. 36-1) 73 p.
Report in External Series | 2008

Aid Effectiveness to Infrastructure: A Comparative Study of East Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa . Synthesis Paper

Responding to a renewed call for aid to economic infrastructure, the JBIC Institute launched a study on effectiveness of aid to infrastructure projects. While the analysis of the effectiveness of...
Alf Morten Jerve and Machiko Nissanke (2008)
Tokyo: Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBICI Research Paper no. 36-4) 49 p.
Report in External Series | 2008

The Challenge of Assessing Aid Impact: A Review of Norwegian Evaluation Practice

Alf Morten Jerve and Espen Villanger (2008)
Oslo: NORAD (Evaluation Study no. 1/2008) 37 p.
Report in External Series | 2006

The World Bank's and the IMF's use of Conditionality to Encourage Privatization and Liberalization: Current Issues and Practices. Report prepared for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a background for the Oslo Conditionality Conference,

Benedicte Bull, Alf Morten Jerve and Erlend Sigvaldsen (2006)
Oslo: Centre for Development and the Environment , Univ. of Oslo (SUM Report no. 13) 47 p.
Commissioned Report | 2003

Evaluation of the comprehensive development framework (CDF) : Vietnam case study

(Commissioned, restricted, limited circulation)
Alf Morten Jerve, Ray Mallon, Keiko Nishino, Han Manh Tien and Laura Kullenberg (2003)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute 100 p.
Commissioned Report | 2003

Rural development in the coastal areas of Trieu Phong District, Quang Tri Province: Mid-term review May 2003

Alf Morten Jerve, Ragnhild Overå et al. (2003)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (Commissioned by the Royal Norwegian Embassy, Hanoi) 60 p. (Project supported by NORAD)
Commissioned Report | 2003

MOPAN: Report from the 2003 Pilot Exercise

CMI was engaged early 2002 by the Multilateral Organisations Performance Assessment Network to assist preparing and testing a methodology for monitoring the performance of multilateral organisations. MOPAN is an informal...
Alf Morten Jerve and Hilde Selbervik (2003)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (Commissioned Report)
Commissioned Report | 2002

A Rights-based approach to (Norwegian) development assistance. A discussion paper commissioned by the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Tone Bleie, Siri Gloppen, Alf Morten Jerve, Hugo Stokke and Bertil tungodden (2002)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute 24 p.
Commissioned Report | 2002

The organisation of the social development dimension in major aid agencies: Lessons of relevance for the World Bank

(Commissioned by Operations Evaluation Department World Bank. Restricted, limited circulation)
Alf Morten Jerve and Gunn Helen Søfting (2002)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute 31 p.
Report in External Series | 2001

Tackling turmoil of transition: An evaluation of lessons from the Vietnam-Sweden Health Cooperation 1994-2000

(Sida Evaluation 2001/3)
Alf Morten Jerve , et al (2001)
Stockholm: SIDA 93 p.
Report in External Series | 2001

Choices for the poor. Lessons from national poverty strategies

Alf Morten Jerve et al. (eds.) (2001)
Bergen/New York: CMI/UNDP 370 p.
Report in External Series | 2001

Ideas work better than money in generating reform - but how? Assessing the efficiency of Swedish development assistance in health to Vietnam

(Commissioned, restricted, limited circulation)
Alf Morten Jerve (2001)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute 29 p.
Report in External Series | 1999

A leap of faith. A story of Swedish aid and paper production in Vietnam - the Bai Bang Project, 1969-1996

(Sida Evaluation Report 99/4)
Alf Morten Jerve, Astri Suhrke et al. (1999)
Stockholm: SIDA 288 p.
Report in External Series | 1997

Recipient responsibility: who takes recipient responsibility when the government apparently does not take responsibility for the rural majority?

(seminar 1997 Asker)
Alf Morten Jerve (1997)
Ås: Agricultural University of Norway, Noragric
Commissioned Report | 1992

Evaluation of Hambantota integrated rural development programme (HIRDEP)

(Evaluation Report 4.91)
Alf Morten Jerve, Wilbert Gooneratne and John Edward Moore (1992)
Oslo: MFA 172 p.
CMI Report | 2008

Mid-Term Review of the Country Programme (MoU: 2003:2008) between Norway and Bangladesh

This report provides an assessment of Norway's bilateral development assistance to Bangladesh, covering the period 2003 to 2007, based on information collected on a selection of projects within the country...
Arne Wiig, Farah Ghuznavi, Alf Morten Jerve (2008)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2008: 3) 49 p.
CMI Report | 2007

Asian Models for Aid: Is There a Non-Western Approach to Development Assistance? Summary record of seminar held in Oslo, December 2006

The expansion of the international donor community clearly challenges the current "consensus" of a new "harmonised" aid architecture, and calls for strategies on how to adjust to an aid landscape...
Alf Morten Jerve (2007)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2007: 12) 9 p.
CMI Report | 2003

Sustaining local level development: What worked and what did not. Lessons from the phasing-out of Norwegian aid to the Hambantota Integrated Rural Development Programme (HIRDEP), Sri Lanka 1992-1999

Aid has been successful when it is no longer needed, but we all too often see how aid breeds dependency, and how both donors and recipients have difficulties preparing for...
Alf Morten Jerve, Sylvi Endresen, Dhanawardana Gamage and Marcus M. Karunanayake (2003)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2003:2)
CMI Report | 2003

Community-Driven Development in Contexts of Conflict

Violent conflict represents a significant barrier to development. While Community Driven Development (CDD) programmes have been effective in establishing or expanding essential social services and physical infrastructure at the local...
Arne Strand, Hege Toje, Alf Morten Jerve and Ingrid Samset (2003)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute R 2003: 11 68 p.
CMI Report | 2000

Poverty and development in Tanzania: A discussion note

This brief discussion note is focusing on major policy issues confronting Tanzania when aiming at a substantial reduction in poverty level over the next decades. The government has high ambitions...
Alf Morten Jerve, Arve Ofstad (2000)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2000:5) 34 p.
CMI Report | 1990

Research on local government in Tanzania

Alf Morten Jerve and Jon Naustdalslid (1990)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report D 1990:5) 27 p.
DERAP Publication | 1985

The country boats of Bangladesh. Social and economic development and decision-making in inland water transport

Antony J. Dolman, Eirik G. Jansen, Alf Morten Jerve et al. (1985)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (DERAP Publication WP 1985:)
CMI Working Paper | 2006

Exploring the Research-Policy Linkage: The Case of Reforms in Financing Primary Education in Tanzania

Tanzania abolished school fees in primary schools as from 2002. This move was made possible because of shifts in the policy of major donors, not least the World Bank. In...
Alf Morten Jerve (2006)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Working Paper WP 2006: 3) 21 p.
CMI Working Paper | 2003

The SAPRIN Report: An assessment of the empirical analysis supporting main conclusions

In 1996, the World Bank and a network of non-governmental organizations (SAPRIN) started cooperating on an evaluation of 15 years of structural adjustment programs (SAPs). The background of our paper...
Espen Villanger, Siegfried Pausewang and Alf Morten Jerve (2003)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Working Paper WP 2003:2) 19 p.
DERAP Working Paper | 1990

Research on local government in Tanzania

The paper contains the report from a study tour in Tanzania - April/May 1990. The objective of the tour was to investigate the possibilities for Norwegian involvement in research concerning...
Alf Morten Jerve and Jon Naustdalslid (1990)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Working Paper D 1990: 5)
DERAP Working Paper | 1984

Can commissioned research be "researcher friendly"? The case of the Bangladesh country boat study

Eirik G. Jansen and Alf Morten Jerve (1984)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (DERAP Working Paper A 320) 12 p.
DERAP Working Paper | 1984

From research to implementation: The country boats of Bangladesh and strategies for development assistance to an indigenous transport sector

Alf Morten Jerve and Eirik G. Jansen (1984)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (DERAP Working Paper A 322) 23 p. (See Derap Publication 200)
Conference Paper / Presentation | 2007

Effectiveness of Aid to Infrastructure

Alf Morten Jerve (2007)
Presented at: JBIC Project Workshop, Nairobi
Newspaper Op-Ed | 2008

Time, Trust , Patience

Alf Morten Jerve (2008)
in Development today vol. 16 no. 2 p. 11
Newspaper Op-Ed | 2007

Slutt på ekte bistand

Norge har ikke lenger en egen bistandspolitikk. Bistand er i stedet blitt et påvirkningsinstrument for norske politiske anliggender. Erik Solheims dobbeltrolle. Beslutningen om at bistand og miljø skal ha felles...
Alf Morten Jerve (2007)
Aftenposten 21 November

Projects

Mid-term review - Bangladesh

Nov 2007 - Apr 2008

A review of Norwegian evaluations

Mar 2007 - Dec 2007

Vietnam country study

Jan 2001 - Sep 2006

Bridging Research and Policy

Nov 2003 - Dec 2005

Country specific aid reviews

Jan 1999 - Jan 2001