CMI Reports

CMI Report | 2013

Haydom Lutheran Hospital: Midterm review of the Block Grant Support End review of the MDG 4 and 5 project support

Haydom Lutheran Hospital (HLH) is an important service provider in an area of Tanzania where the population is poor and government health services are inadequate. In 2011, The Royal Norwegian Embassy funded...
Siri Lange (2013)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2013:4) 49 p.
CMI Report | 2013

Bands crossing borders: A review of the cooperation between South Africa's Field Band Foundation and Norges Musikkorps Forbund

The Bands Crossing Borders project between South Africa’s Field Band Foundation and the Norwegian Band Federation was initiated in 1999 and funded by Fredskorpset. In Norway the project seeks to...
Elling N. Tjønneland (2013)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2013:3) 36 p.
CMI Report | 2013

China in Africa: Soft power, media perceptions and a pan-developing identity

China is currently implementing a full-fledged ‘Going ¸Global’ strategy, particularly in Africa. Chinese engagement on the continent is all pervasive and spearheaded by summit conferences and flanked by a surge of Chinese...
Shubo Li, Helge Rønning (2013)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2013:2) 21 p.
CMI Report | 2013

The economic and social basis for state-restructuring in Nepal

Nepal is in the process of forming a federal state, where the borders of the provinces is one essential, but disputed, issue. The report discusses underlying economic and social conditions...
Magnus Hatlebakk, Charlotte Ringdal (2013)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2013:1) 75 p.
CMI Report | 2012

'Mucupuki' Revisited: Assessing the Implications of PARP/A in Central Mozambique 2008-2011

This is the final report in a series of six studies to monitor and evaluate Mozambique’s Poverty Reduction Strategies PARP/A (2006-2012). The series focuses on three different areas in the...
Rachi Picardo, Inge Tvedten, Margarida Paulo (2012)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2012:6) 58 p.
CMI Report | 2012

The Norwegian People's Aid, oil and development. A review of Oil for the Common Good (2007-2011).

The NPA has since 2007 implemented an Oil for the Common Good programme (OCG) with funding from Norad’s Oil for Development programme. The main purpose is to contribute to strengthening...
Elling N. Tjønneland (2012)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2012:5)
CMI Report | 2012

Keeping music alive! A review of Mmino - The South African-Norwegian cooperation in music

This report provides an independent review of the Mmino programme between Norway and South Africa. Mmino was established in 2000 with the aim of strengthening South African and Norwegian musical...
Elling N. Tjønneland, Joseph Gaylard (2012)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2012:4) 44 p.
CMI Report | 2012

Tax administrations working together

The Revenue Authorities of Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia have initiated a partnership for capacity building with the Norwegian Tax Administration (NTA). The overarching objective of the collaboration is to improve...
Odd-Helge Fjeldstad, Kari K. Heggstad (2012)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2012:3) 54 p.
CMI Report | 2012

Government's role in cluster development for MSEs: Lessons from Ethiopia

Cluster development programs have become increasingly widespread tools in fostering innovation and growth of a competitive private sector in developing countries, including Ethiopia. As part of the MSE Development Strategy...
Merima Ali (2012)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2012:2) 24 p.
CMI Report | 2012

Building taxpayer culture in Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia: Achievements, challenges and policy recommendations

The study examines measures that aim to encourage taxpayer compliance through taxpayer education and constructive engagement between the government and citizens over taxation issues in Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia. Experiences...
Odd-Helge Fjeldstad, Kari K. Heggstad (2012)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2012:1) 62 p.
CMI Report | 2011

Review of Den Nationale Scenes (DNS) programme:"Continued cooperation with Afghan National Theatre"

Since 2002, Den Nationale Scene (DNS), Bergen, Norway, has collaborated with the Afghan National Theatre. In 2009, the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), funded the three year project ”Continued...
Arne Strand (2011)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2011:10) 18 p.
CMI Report | 2011

Health services in Angola. Availability, quality and utilisation

This report discusses the availability and quality of health services in two provinces of Angola (Luanda and Uíge) and reports how households perceive the level of quality and utilise the...
Mona Frøystad, Ottar Mæstad, Nohra Villamil (2011)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2011:9) 62 p.
CMI Report | 2011

Service delivery indicators: Pilot in education and health care in Africa

The Service Delivery Indicators (“the Indicators”) provide a set of metrics for benchmarking service delivery performance in education and health in Africa to track progress across and within countries over time. The...
Tessa Bold, Jakob Svensson, Bernard Gauthier, Ottar Mæstad, Waly Wane (2011)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2011:8) 46 p.
CMI Report | 2011

Reforms of the Angolan budget process and public financial management: Was the crisis a wakeup call?

This report deals with Angola’s budget process – in the wide sense – in the period between 2008 and 2010. Three concepts - transparency, accountability and efficiency - are used as...
Søren Kirk Jensen, Francisco Miguel Paulo (2011)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2011:7) 111 p.
CMI Report | 2011

Reformas ao processo orçamental e gestão das finanças públicas de Angola a crise foi um sinal de alarme?

Este relatório trata do processo de orçamento de Angola - no seu sentido amplo - no período entre 2008 e 2010. Três conceitos – transparência, responsabilidade e eficiência - são usados...
Søren Kirk Jensen, Francisco Miguel Paulo (2011)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2011:7) 115 p.
CMI Report | 2011

Litigating the right to a healthy environment assessing the policy impact of "The Mendoza Case"

This thesis enquires into the policy consequences of the Mendoza case, a public interest litigation case in Argentina, in which several non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and the National Ombudsman demanded action from authorities...
Kristi Innvær Staveland-Sæter (2011)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2011:6) 62 p.
CMI Report | 2011

Social security, poverty dynamics and economic growth in Angola's smallholder agriculture

A new Land Act introduced in Angola in 2004 demonstrates a genuine interest in the protection of the customary land rights of rural communities and underlines rural communities’ rights to...
Eyolf Jul-Larsen, Bjørn Enge Bertelsen (2011)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2011:5) 33 p.
CMI Report | 2011

Between two societies: Review of the information, return and reintegration of Iraqi nationals to Iraq (IRRINI) programme

The Information, Return, and Reintegration of Iraqi Nationals to Iraq (IRRINI) programme was established in 2008 by the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration (UDI) to facilitate the voluntary return and reintegration of persons from...
Arne Strand, Synnøve Bendixsen, Erlend Paasche, Jessica Schultz (2011)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2011:4) 125 p.
CMI Report | 2011

Samandrag: Gjennomgang av programmet - Information, return and reintegration of Iraqi nationals to Iraq (IRRINI)

Arne Strand (2011)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2011:4)
CMI Report | 2011

The tax systems in Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia: capacity and constraints

The purpose of this study is to systematise and analyse existing knowledge of the capacity and constraints of the tax systems in selected African countries, and to advice Norwegian authorities...
Odd-Helge Fjeldstad and Kari K. Heggstad (2011)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2011:3) 124 p.