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Edited Book | forthcoming 2021
Women and Peacebuilding in Africa
Even in the best of circumstances, women are all too often excluded from formal peacemaking and peacebuilding processes and relegated to the sidelines as observers or limited to informal peacebuilding...
James Currey (African issues vol. 47) 240 p.

Journal Article | forthcoming 2021
Legal Mobilization to Protect Women against Rape in Islamist Sudan
A popular uprising recently ousted Omar al-Bashir and his Islamist cronies from power after having ruled Sudan with an iron fist since 1989. Sexual abuse and torture orchestrated by the...
in Cahiers d'études africaines

Report in External Series | Mar 2021
(ترتیبات الحكم المؤقتة في البیئات الھشة وبیئات ما بعد الصراع)
یقدم ھذا التقریر فھماً لترتيبات الحكم المؤقتة خلال التحولات السیاسیة الجوھریة وطریقة عملها على مستوى الممارسة العملیة. ترتیبات الحكم المؤقتة ھي إطار مؤسسي أنشئ لیكون بمثابة 'الجسر' الذي ینقل بلداً...
Forster, R. 'Interim Arrangements in Post Conflict and Fragile Settings', Event Report, Stockholm: International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (Arabic)

Journal Article | Jan 2021
Sur les routes de Kigali : évolution des pratiques de petite corruption
The fight against corruption increased the informal privatization of the managementof the road transport sector in Rwanda, to the benefit of transport cooperatives, whichreplaced traffic police. This interweaving of formal...
in Politique Africaine no. 160 pp. pp. 87- 112

Journal Article | 2020
A needs assessment for postgraduate training in selected public health disciplines: evidence from health services organisations in Lusaka, Zambia
Background
As most low and middle-income countries seek to achieve universal health coverage targets, there is an ever-increasing need to train human resources with the required core skills and competencies. This...
in BMC health services research vol. 20 no. 1 pp. 1-10

Journal Article | 2020
Health equity and COVID-19: global perspectives
The COVID-19 is disproportionally affecting the poor, minorities and a broad range of vulnerable populations, due to its inequitable spread in areas of dense population and limited mitigation capacity due...
in Login International Journal for Equity in Health vol. 19 no. 1 pp. 1-16

Journal Article | 2020
Clergy in Politics: The Opportunistic Engagement of Faith-Based Organisations in Malawi's Politics
Malawi is a profoundly religious society and faith-based organisations (FBO s) play a significant role in politics, addressing social concerns and governance. This article investigates their role in Malawi’s political realm...
in Journal of Religion in Africa vol. 49 no. 1 pp. 1-33

Sudan Brief | 2020
No Longer a Guest: Permitting Syrians in Sudan
When Syrian refugees first started arriving to Sudan in 2014 they were welcomed as guests. But Sudan’s economic crisis combined with Syrians’ success in business has created antagonism. The transitional...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (Sudan Brief 2020:6) 4 p.

Journal Article | 2020
Too big to fault? Effects of the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize on Norwegian exports to China and foreign policy
In October 2010, the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the Nobel peace prize to Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo. The Chinese government responded by freezing political and economic relations with Norway, introducing...
in International Political Science Review vol. 41 no. 2 pp. 207-223

U4 Brief | 2020
The conservation-corruption conundrum: Understanding everyday relationships between rangers and communities
Rangers are at the frontline of biodiversity conservation and are perhaps the only actors that bridge the human-nature divide through their work in protecting charismatic species and engaging with local...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (U4 Brief 2020:15)

U4 Brief | 2020
Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in a context of nationalist oligarchy: Lessons from Indonesia
Thinking and working politically is often viewed as crucial for anti-corruption reform efforts in resource sectors. But what happens when it does not play a central role? Lessons from REDD+...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (U4 Brief 2020:13)

Journal Article | 2020
European colonization and the corruption of local elites: the case of chiefs in Africa
The association between British colonial rule and lower levels of corruption is often emphasized in legal origins literature (La Porta et al., 2008). However, given the historical context of Africa, we hypothesize...
in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization vol. 179 pp. 80-100

Journal Article | 2020
The non-oil tax reform in Angola: Escaping from petroleum dependency?
Angola experienced an extraordinary oil boom between 2004 and 2014. During this period, oil revenue accounted for 80% of all government revenue. In 2011, the Government of Angola started implementing...
in The Extractive Industries and Society vol. 7(4)

U4 Issue | 2020
Tackling forestry corruption in Indonesia. Lessons from KPK prosecutions
The Indonesian Corruption Eradication Commission has successfully prosecuted more than 600 defendants in corruption cases since 2004, but only about 5% of these defendants were charged for offences related to...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (U4 Issue 2020:15)

Journal Article | 2020
The local governance of COVID-19: Disease prevention and social security in rural India
in World Development vol. 138

Report in External Series | 2020
Evaluation of Norway’s Engagement in Somalia 2012–2018
The purpose of this evaluation commissioned by Norad's evaluation department is to draw lessons from Norway's involvement over time in a country affected by conflict. Somalia is one of the...
Oslo: Norad (Evaluation Department Reports no. 7/2020) 122 + 78 p.

Journal Article | 2020
Bringing the State back in. Corporate Social Responsibility and the paradoxes of Norwegian state capitalism in the international energy sector
This theme section brings the state back into anthropological studies of corporate social responsibility through the lens of Norwegian energy corporations working abroad. Th ese transnational corporations (TNCs) are expected...
in Focaal: Journal of Global and Historical Anthropology vol. 88 pp. 1-21

Book Chapter | 2020
Corruption in customs: How can it be tackled?
This chapter examines recent experiences in combating corruption in customs administration in developing countries. There is no lack of measures, norms, standards or ‘best practices’ to address corruption. Although development...
in World Bank (2020): Enhancing Government Effectiveness and Transparency: The Fight Against Corruption. Washington D.C.

Report in External Series | 2020
Interim Governance Arrangements in Post-Conflict and Fragile Settings
This report provides an understanding of how temporary governance during major political transitions is structured and how it works in practice. Interim governance arrangements are the exercise of public power...
Stockholm: International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (Edinburgh Dialogues on Post-Conflict Constitution Building) 45 p.

U4 Issue | 2020
A Theory of Change for the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative. Designing resource governance pathways to improve developmental outcomes
The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative is a major international effort to disclose information about extractive activities. Having an explicit Theory of Change could help it to improve natural resource governance...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (U4 Issue 2020:11)