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Report in External Series | 2020
Implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for revenue generation in poor African countries
In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic the need in poor countries in Africa for more revenues is obvious and growing - also because aid agencies are quite stingy in...
Copenhagen: Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS Working Paper no. 13: 2020) 61 p.

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)

Newspaper Op-Ed | 2020
Er norsk bistand rigga for støtte til sårbare statar? Lærdommar frå Somalia
The article (in Norwegian) discusses strategy, communuication and management in Norwegian development aid to fragile states based on leesons from the support provided to Somalia
Bistandsaktuelt 25 November 2020

Newspaper Op-Ed | 2020
Evaluation View: Norwegian Development Aid in the Age of the Corona
How did Norwegian aid respond to the Covid-19 pandemic? Several new initiatives were launched, the aid budget was adjusted to give more emphasis to vaccines and health issues, but also...
EVALNews, Norad Evaluation Department 6 November

U4 Issue | 2020
Downward accountability in humanitarian aid. The example of UNHCR Uganda
If aid organisations are accountable to their beneficiaries, there is potentially less risk of corruption. Interventions may also be more efficient and effective with accountability measures in place. Here researchers...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (U4 Issue 2020:18)

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.

Report in External Series | 2020
Responding to the Covid-19 Pandemic - Early Norwegian Development Aid Support
This report - commissioned by Norad's Evaluation Department - provides a mapping and analysis of early Norwegian development aid related to Covid-19 . It gives an overview of all Covid-19...
Oslo: Norad (Background Study, Norad Evaluation Department no. 1/20) 30 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.

U4 Brief | 2020
Covid-19 and donor financing. Minimising corruption risks while ensuring efficiency
With the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, development aid and donor agencies face new challenges. They have to deliver essential products and financial assistance in a short time frame to...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (U4 Brief 2020:10)

U4 Report | 2020
Submission to the UK Parliament International Development Committee “Effectiveness of UK Aid Inquiry”, 2020
Corruption in its various guises is well established as an impediment both to aid
effectiveness and broader development goals: this is why anti-corruption efforts are a core aspect of official development...
Presented at: International Development Committee, House of Commons, UK

CMI Insight | 2020
The changing role of Chinese development aid
In recent years, China has significantly increased its development interventions. China is now among the major providers of aid to Africa. Foreign aid has become an important tool in the...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Insight 2020:1) 8 p.

U4 Practitioner Experience Note | 2020
Twenty years with anti-corruption. Part 2. Fighting the ‘seven deadly thins’ – starting the DFID journey
DFID’s experience between 1997 and 2010 saw a fundamental shift in the accepted role of a development agency and unique innovations in anti-corruption thinking and operations. The years would also...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (U4 Practitioner Experience Note 2020:2)

U4 Brief | 2020
Corruption in the time of COVID-19: A double-threat for low income countries
It is critical to continue a strong stance against corrupt practices during the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Anti-corruption procedures and systems of accountability will ensure that development aid is...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (U4 Brief 2020:6)

U4 Brief | 2020
La corruption au temps du COVID-19 : double menace pour les pays à faibles revenus
Maintenir la lutte contre la corruption durant la réponse à l’épidémie du Covid-19 s’avère essentiel. Mettre en place des procédures ainsi que des systèmes permettant de rendre compte des décisions...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (U4 Brief 2020:7)

Report in External Series | 2020
Blind Sides and Soft Spots – An Evaluation of Norway's Aid Engagement in South Sudan
The evaluation has looked at Norway's engagement in South Sudan during the period 2011-2018 (with a look back to 2005). The evaluation has assessed the effects of the total Norwegian...
Oslo: Norad (Evaluation Reports no. Report 3/2020) 130 p.

CMI Working Paper | 2020
The UAE’s Humanitarian Diplomacy: Claiming State Sovereignty, Regional Leverage and International Recognition
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) became the world’s third-largest donor of humanitarian aid relative to Gross National Income in 2016. The country was among the top five humanitarian assistance state-donors...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Working Paper WP 2020:1) 11 p.

U4 Issue | 2020
Reciprocity networks, service delivery, and corruption: The wantok system in Papua New Guinea
In all countries, informal systems of reciprocity influence the distribution of state resources. These social networks help people cope with adversity but can also promote favouritism and corruption, posing a...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (U4 Issue 2020:1)

Edited Book | 2019
Political Corruption in Africa. Extraction and Power Preservation
Analysing political corruption as a distinct but separate entity from bureaucratic corruption, this timely book separates these two very different social phenomena in a way that is often overlooked in...
Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishers Ltd. c 200 p.

Book Chapter | 2019
Ceasefires
A review of the practice and content of ceasefire agreements and provisions in peace agreements. The article include a discussion on the definition of ‘ceasefire’ and related terms, such as...
in Romaniuk, S., Thapa M., and P. Marton: The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Global Security Studies. Cham: Palgrave MacMillan

CMI Brief | 2019
Turkey’s Humanitarian Diplomacy: The AKP Model
Turkey has become a major global humanitarian actor. They have been widely engaged in Somalia and Syria, Pakistan and Myanmar and hosts the world’s largest number of refugees with more...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Brief no. 2019:08) 5 p.