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Sudan Working Paper | 2020
Food Security and Agricultural Development in Sudan: The case of Kassala State
This research discusses the relationship between agricultural development and food security, determinants of supply of (production of food) and demand for (consumption of food) food and determinants of food insecurity...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (Sudan Working Paper SWP 2020:1)

Master's Thesis | 2020
The effect of a supply shock in the production of cocaine on violence: Evidence from Colombia and Venezuela
Using data on coca cultivation and homicides, this paper analyzes an otherwise little researched topic, linking cocaine production and violence in Colombia. I use an exogenous supply shock in gasoline,...

Journal Article | 2020
Does an economics education produce technocratic paternalists? Experimental evidence from Tanzania
When confronted with information that ordinary citizens do not care that strongly about efficiency, do economists change their views of optimal public policy? In a randomized experiment on tax preferences...
in Journal of Development Studies vol. 56

U4 Issue | 2019
Education sector corruption: How to assess it and ways to address it
Education sector corruption erodes social trust, worsens inequality, and sabotages development. Types of corruption in elementary-secondary education range from academic cheating to bribery and nepotism in teaching appointments to bid-rigging...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (U4 Issue 2019:5)

U4 Guide | 2019
Guide to using corruption measurements and analysis tools for development programming
Development practitioners routinely encounter corruption as a key obstacle to achieving their programming objectives. They confront questions such as: How serious is corruption in the country and sector in which...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (U4 Guide 2019:1)

Report in External Series | 2019
Corruption and Wildlife Crime: A Focus on Caviar Trade
Produced by TRAFFIC, WWF, U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre (U4 ACRC), Northumbria and Utrecht Universities, "Corruption and wildlife crime: A focus on caviar trade" examines how corruption facilitates the flow of...
Cambridge: TRAFFIC

CMI Report | 2018
Can Smallholders benefit from the new market opportunities from the extractive industry in Tanzania?
The recent discovery of huge oil and gas reserves in Tanzania has created a new opportunity for economic growth and development of the country. Tanzania is expected to be one...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2018:8) 38 p.

Journal Article | 2018
Do donors reduce bilateral aid to countries with restrictive NGO laws?: A panel study, 1993-2012
Foreign aid contributes to about 10% of gross domestic product of developing countries. To distribute aid in recipient countries, Western donors increasingly rely on non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Yet, since the...
in Non-Profit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly vol. 47 no. 1 pp. 89-106

U4 Brief | 2017
Proxy indicators for the corrupt misuse of corporations
Winners of the U4 Proxy Challenge 2016
We need more imaginative ways of addressing corruption. It is important to generate indicators that development agencies can use. U4 and DFID developed a...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (U4 Brief 2017:6)

U4 Issue | 2017
Shadow Value Chains: Tracing the link between corruption, illicit activity and lootable natural resources from West Africa
Illicit natural resource trade continues to benefit corrupt officials, criminal and terrorist networks and to divert resources away from development, security and the common good in West Africa. How are...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (U4 Issue 2017:7) 80 p.

U4 Issue | 2017
Trading in corruption: Evidence and mitigation measures for corruption in the trading of oil and minerals
Between 2011 and 2013, sales of government oil from the ten biggest producers in sub-Saharan Africa accounted for 56% of these countries’ total public revenues. Despite their importance, however, such...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (U4 Issue 2017:6) 52 p.

CMI Working Paper | 2017
Policy Making in the Tanzanian Petro State: Building a Statistical Basis
This paper deals with needs and availability of data, statistics and information in Tanzania. It relates to a five-year (2014–19) research programme on prospects and challenges for the petroleum sector.
The...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Working Paper WP 2017:5) 53 p.

U4 Issue | 2017
Preventing corruption in community mineral beneficiation schemes
Abstract
This paper analyses patterns of corruption and corruption risks related to community mineral beneficiation schemes (CMBSs) that distribute benefits funded by mineral revenues to communities. It analyses insights from existing...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (U4 Issue 2017:3) 40 p

Journal Article | 2017
Constellations of Power and Authority in the Political Economy of Illegal Timber Extraction in BTAD, Assam
This article seeks to comprehend the way the illegal timber economy in the Bodoland Territorial Autonomous Council (BTAD) in Assam is integrated within a constellation of power and authority. Based...
in Alternatives: Global, Local, Political vol. 42 no. 3 pp. 146-165

U4 Issue | 2016
The resource bites back: Entry-points for addressing corruption in wildlife crime
Corruption has recently risen up the global wildlife conservation agenda with a series of international agreements highlighting the role of corruption in facilitating wildlife crime. Though there are notable exceptions,...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (U4 Issue 2016:2) 25p

CMI Brief | 2016
Lack of consultation. Stakeholders perspectives on local content requirements in the petroleum sector in Tanzania
Tanzania has recently discovered huge offshore natural gas fields. This has led the Government to develop Local Content Policies (LCPs) to increase local job and business opportunities. This brief presents...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Brief vol. 15 no. 15) 4 p.

CMI Brief | 2016
Petro-Governance in Tanzania: Opportunities and Challenges
Recent significant natural gas discoveries have pushed Tanzania into the international spotlight as a new petroleum producer. How can the country ensure that its newfound wealth is translated into economic...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Brief vol. 15 no. 14) 4 p.

CMI Brief | 2016
The Gatekeepers: Political Participation of Women in Malawi
All over the world, there are gatekeepers with the power to facilitate – or restrict – peoples’ access. We have studied the role of the chairpersons and secretaries of the...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Brief vol. 15 no. 12) 4 p.

Sudan Working Paper | 2016
From a Temporary Emergency Shelter to an Urbanized Neighborhood: The Abu Shoak IDP Camp in North Dārfūr
Introduction
In early 2003, two rebel movements (the Sudanese Liberation Army and the Justice and Equality Movement) launched an insurgency against the rule in Khartoum. Supported by Janjaweed tribal militias, the...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (Sudan Working Paper SWP 2016:3) 14 p.

U4 Issue | 2016
Doing accountability differently. A proposal for the vertical integration of civil society monitoring and advocacy
Civil society accountability initiatives that take into account power structures at multiple levels can produce more lasting institutional change, compared to locally-bounded initiatives that address the symptoms rather than the...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (U4 Issue 2016:4) 67 p