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Book Chapter | Jan 2021
Indigenous Irrigation System Linking People, Place and the Planet: The Practice of Jamfwi on the India-Bhutan Borderlands
in Dan Smyer Yu and Erik De Maaker: Trans-Himalayan Environmental Humanities: Animist Earth and Symbiotic Indigeneity'). London: Routledge

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
¿Y la salud intercultural?: Lecciones desde la pandemia que no debemos olvidar(What about intercultural health?: Lessons from the pandemic that we should not forget, E a saúde intercultural: lições da pandemia que não devemos esquecer)
Those of us who work in indigenous health know that it is very common for Indigenous People or peasants to be represented as guilty for their health problems. Such representations...
in Mundo Amazónico vol. 11 no. 2 pp. 93-110

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
Assessing the population-wide exposure to lead pollution in Kabwe, Zambia: an econometric estimation based on survey data
This study quantitatively assessed the population-wide lead poisoning conditions in Kabwe, Zambia, a town with severe lead pollution. While existing data have reported concerning blood lead levels (BLLs) of residents...
in Scientific reports vol. 10 no. 1 pp. 1-11

Sudan Brief | 2020
Food Insecurity in Sudan as seen from Kassala State
Sudan’s commitment to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 2 – zero hunger – can turn out to be even more challenging than anyone had bargained for. Due to prolonged conflict, environmental...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (Sudan Brief 2020:3) 4 p.

CMI Brief | 2020
La diplomatie humanitaire
Améliorer l’accès à l’aide humanitaire dans les conflits et dans les situations d’urgence complexes a toujours été la plus grande préoccupation pour les acteurs humanitaires. Historiquement l’humanitarisme a été conduit...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Brief no. 2020:06) 4 p.

Journal Article | 2020
Current trends of blood lead levels, distribution patterns and exposure variations among household members in Kabwe, Zambia
Childhood lead (Pb) poisoning has devastating effects on neurodevelopment and causes overt clinical signs including convulsions and coma. Health effects including hypertension and various reproductive problems have been reported in...
in Chemosphere vol. 243 pp. 125-412

Sudan Brief | 2020
Irregular Migration or Human Trafficking? The Realities of Cross-border Population Mobility in Western Sudan
A new public discourse labels irregular migration as human trafficking. The new discourse has been shaped by emerging globalized migration patterns and the increased securitization of Europe’s borders. This brief...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (Sudan Brief 2020:1) 4 p.

U4 Issue | 2020
Using legal empowerment to curb corruption and advance accountability
Legal empowerment refers to the use of laws and rights to increase relatively powerless populations’ control over their lives. A growing field, it overlaps with social accountability but emphasises laws...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (U4 Issue 2020:4)

Journal Article | 2020
Sheikhs and the City: Urban Paths of Contention in Sidon, Lebanon
This article examines the rise and fall of the “Assir movement,” a neo-Salafist campaign led by a charismatic local sheikh who, after years of community activism, rose to prominence in the...
in Conflict and Society vol. 6 no. 1 pp. 34-51

Book Chapter | 2020
French children’s literature and autism: A case for more children’s books on autism and for autistic children
The aim of this chapter is to assess the hypothesis that there would be a market for more children’s books on autism and for autistic children in France. Autism is...
in Contemporary Publishing and the Culture of Books. Routledge

Journal Article | 2020
Commentary: Enclosing Blue Commons, Generating Blue Growth? Comment on Fiona McCormack’s “Precarity, Indigeneity and the Market in Māori Fisheries" in Forum: Precarity, Indigeneity and the Market in Maori Fisheries
in Public Anthropologist vol. 2 no. 1

Journal Article | 2019
The Political, Research, Programmatic, and Social Responses to Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the 25 Years Since the International Conference on Population and Development
Among the ground-breaking achievements of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) was its call to place adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) on global health and development agendas....
in Journal of Adolescent Health vol. 65 no. 6

Journal Article | 2019
Gender parity and the symbolic representation of women in Senegal
Following the adoption of the Senegalese Law on Parity and the subsequent influx of women to the National Assembly, we saw a strong gendered polarisation of attitudes towards women as...
in The Journal of Modern African Studies vol. 57 no. 3 pp. 459-481

Book Chapter | 2019
Congenitally Conjoined and Inseparable: Politics and Corruption in Nigeria
This chapter analyses political corruption in Nigeria through the trajectory of a number of scandals and their background. It underscores the resilience of political corruption in the country, where the...
in Inge Amundsen (ed.): Political Corruption in Africa. Extraction and Power Preservation. Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishers Ltd.

CMI Working Paper | 2019
Managing the born-free generation: Zimbabwe’s strategies for dealing with the youth
A rich literature on Africa’s autocratic and repressive regimes has discussed the diverse strategies through which these regimes seek to consolidate and stay in power. Prominent strategies include election rigging,...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Working Paper WP 2019:02)

Journal Article | 2019
Vulnerable populations and the right to health: lessons from the Peruvian Amazon around tuberculosis control
In 2014 the World Health Organization (WHO) launched the “End TB Strategy”, setting new ambitious goals for elimination of tuberculosis (TB). In contrast with previous efforts to control TB, the...
in International Journal for Equity in Health vol. 18 no. 1 pp. 1-13

Book | 2019
Interaction between Health Institutions in Knowledge and Medical Practices in South Kordofan/Nuba Mountains
This research thesis addresses the challenges confronting the establishment of stable and sufficient health care provision in Heiban Locality in South Kordofan / Nuba Mountains in the aftermath (2002–2011) of...
Bergen: Chr.Michelsen Institute

U4 Issue | 2019
Beyond the work permit quotas. Corruption and other barriers to labour integration for Syrian refugees in Jordan
In 2016, the Jordanian government began issuing work permits for Syrian refugees through the Ministry of Labor and cooperating labour associations. Despite its successes on some fronts, reliance on intermediaries...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (U4 Issue 2019:4)