CMI Reports

Master’s Thesis in Intercultural Studies at NLA University College, Bergen IKF_THE 60 ECTS Abstract The act of receiving or paying of interest, known as riba, is considered a grave sin in Islam,...

En este informe, la antropóloga guatemalteca Irma Alicia Velásquez detalla en qué medida los informes de las comisiones de la verdad en Guatemala abordaron la violencia sexual relacionada con el...

Preface Guatemala is a paradigmatic case of long-run efforts to punish perpetrators for conflict-related crimes of sexual violence during armed conflict. Truth commission reports published after the internal armed conflict ended...

This report is from the research project “Changing Geopolitics of the South Caucasus: The Prospect for Regional Cooperation and the Role of the External Actors”, funded by the Norwegian Ministry...

This CMI Report presents a critical analysis of the Jordans’ governance of the Syrian refugee crisis and discusses the spatial policies in the framework of space and power. It identifies...

Background Save the Children Norway (SCN) and its partners are implementing an extensive programme to support children’s education, child protection and child rights in 16 countries. The programme is running from...

This report examines how long-term socioeconomic and environmental changes have shaped the context for poverty and food insecurity in Afghanistan. An estimated 97% of the population is currently under the...

The ‘paradigm shift’ in Danish asylum policy, officially introduced in 2019, implied the adoption of quasi-mandatory rules on revocation of asylum residence permits as soon as the circumstances in the...

In Norway during the 1990s, a concept of temporary protection developed both as a principle of asylum for all refugees and as a tool for facilitating and coordinating asylum in...

Summary This commissioned report has two main aims: First, providing a description of what UNRWA is, including its history, mandate and services, with particular emphasis on the recent funding deficit and...

Review of Norwegian-funded CDC projects in Afghanistan

This review of community driven development discusses the incentive problems that arise when an external agency attempts to involve the local community in the planning and implementation of development projects. 

This report attempts to understand why research findings differ on the impacts of foreign aid on in particular economic growth, but as a corollary also on the impacts of aid...