CMI Reports

CMI Report | 2008

Decentralisation and Gender. Coordination and Cooperation on Maternal Health Issues in Selected District Councils in Tanzania

This empirical study looks at coordination and cooperation within five district councils in Tanzania with a special focus on efforts to reduce maternal mortality. In what ways do district councils cooperate...
Liss Schanke, Siri Lange (editors) In cooperation with PMO-RALG and the Royal Norwegian Embassy (Dar es Salaam) (2008)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2008: 9) 55 p.
CMI Report | 2008

Evaluación: Cooperación del Fondo de Asistencia Internacional de los Estudiantes y Académicos Noruegos (SAIH) con las Unidades Académicas Campesinas (UACs), Bolivia

Respondiendo a los términos de referencia elaborados por SAIH para este estudio, las preguntas principales incluidas es esta evaluación son: ¿En qué medida la cooperación de SAIH fortaleció las UACs...
Dr John-Andrew McNeish, Ana Cecilia Arteaga Böhrt (2008)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2008: 8) 42 p.
CMI Report | 2008

Evaluation: Norwegian Student and Academics' International Assistance Fund's (SAIH) Cooperation with the Bolivian Unidades Academicas Campesinas Peasant Academic Units (UACs)

The evaluation concludes that the cooperation with SAIH has strengthened the UACs as higher education institutions with particular focus on indigenous peoples. The evaluation underlines that a range of improvements...
John-Andrew McNeish, Ana Cecilia Arteaga Böhrt (2008)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2008: 7) 39 p.
CMI Report | 2008

Return with Dignity, Return to What? Review of the Voluntary Return Programme to Afghanistan

This report was commissioned by the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration, Utlendingsdirektoratet (UDI), to assess the programme for voluntary return to Afghanistan. The programme is open to Afghan nationals whose asylum...
Arne Strand (team leader), Arghawan Akbari, Torunn Wimpelmann Chaudhary, Kristian Berg Harpviken, Akbar Sarwari, Astri Suhrke (2008)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2008: 6) 70 p.
CMI Report | 2008

The Norad Programme in Arts and Cultural Education. A Mid-Term Review of the Programme Period 2006-2008/9

This report is a review of the Norad Programme in Arts and Cultural Education (ACE). ACE is a programme for cooperation between institutions for cultural education in the South and...
Siri Lange with Elias M. Songoyi (2008)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2008: 5) 44 p.
CMI Report | 2008

Hvordan gjøre gode ting bedre? Norske bedrifters CSR aktiviteter i utviklingsland

Norske bedrifter opererer i en rekke utviklingsland, hvor problemer med fattigdom, dårlig styresett og brudd på menneskerettigheter ofte er store. Når man går inn i denne typen land, stilles man...
Ivar Kolstad, Arne Wiig, Heidi Larsen (2008)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2008: 4) 54 p.
CMI Report | 2008

Mid-Term Review of the Country Programme (MoU: 2003:2008) between Norway and Bangladesh

This report provides an assessment of Norway's bilateral development assistance to Bangladesh, covering the period 2003 to 2007, based on information collected on a selection of projects within the country...
Arne Wiig, Farah Ghuznavi, Alf Morten Jerve (2008)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2008: 3) 49 p.
CMI Report | 2008

Land Tenure and Mining in Tanzania

Tanzania is a relatively new mining country, and mining has become a hotly debated issue in the country. There is a feeling among both local people and human rights advocacy...
Siri Lange (2008)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2008: 2) 34 p.
CMI Report | 2008

Collaboration on Anti-Corruption Norway and Brazil

International conventions against corruption, signed and ratified by a growing number of countries, are an important tool in combating corruption. Greater collaborationacross countries is now needed in order to draw...
Tina Søreide and Claudio Weber Abramo (2008)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2008:1) 38 p.
CMI Report | 2007

Review of Haydom Lutheran Hospital. External Review Contracted by the Royal Norwegian Embassy, Dar es Salaam

This report reviews the performance of Haydom Lutheran Hospital (HLH), Tanzania. Focus is on HLH's output and effectiveness as a hospital, HLH's place in the Tanzanian health system, and on...
Ottar Mæstad, Eamonn Brehony (2007)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2007: 18) 44 p.
CMI Report | 2007

Rewarding Safe Motherhood: How can Performance-Based Funding Reduce Maternal and Newborn Mortality in Tanzania?

Performance-based funding has been proposed as one mechanism to speed up the implementation of interventions for reduced maternal and newborn mortality. This report investigates the potential role of such funding...
Ottar Mæstad (2007)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2007:17)
CMI Report | 2007

Will International Trade Reduce Poverty? A Background Note to NORAD

NORAD is currently developing a trade strategy towards developing countries. This background note presents a review of the current literature and empirical findings on the relationship between trade, growth and...
Arne Wiig, Line Tøndel, Espen Villanger with the contribution from Ottar Mæstad (2007)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2007: 16) 36 p.
CMI Report | 2007

Review of Bistandsnemda's (Norwegian Missions in Development) Work with Indigenous Peoples

Spanish version As part of Norway's efforts to strengthen its cooperation with indigenous peoples a set of Guidelines were published by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2004. The Guidelines...
Axel Borchgrevink and John-Andrew McNeish (2007)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2007: 15) 33 p.
CMI Report | 2007

Orçamento, Estado e Povo. Processo de Orçamento, Sociedade Civil e Transparência em Angola

Este estudo identifica várias deficiências no processo de orçamento em Angola. A proposta do governo não é discutida publicamente, não é preparado nenhum documento pré-orçamento, não são feitas comparações entre...
Jan Isaksen, Inge Amundsen, Arne Wiig, com Cesaltina Abreu (2007)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2007: 14) 91 p.
CMI Report | 2007

"Xiculungo" - Social Relations of Urban Poverty in Maputo, Mozambique

This report is the second in a series of six participatory and qualitative studies on poverty in Mozambique, undertaken as part of the monitoring and evaluation of Mozambique's poverty reduction...
Inge Tvedten, Margarida Paulo, Carmeliza Rosário (2007)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2007: 13) 102 p.
CMI Report | 2007

"Xiculungo" Relações Sociais da Pobreza Urbana em Maputo, Moçambique

Este é o segundo de uma série de seis estudos participativos e qualitativos da pobreza em Moçambique, efectuados com o objectivo de apoiar o governo na monitoria e avaliação do...
Inge Tvedten (2007)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2007: 13) 114 p.
CMI Report | 2007

Asian Models for Aid: Is There a Non-Western Approach to Development Assistance? Summary record of seminar held in Oslo, December 2006

The expansion of the international donor community clearly challenges the current "consensus" of a new "harmonised" aid architecture, and calls for strategies on how to adjust to an aid landscape...
Alf Morten Jerve (2007)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2007: 12) 9 p.
CMI Report | 2007

Liberated Bonded Laborers: Are They Better Off? Welfare and Efficiency Implications of an Agricultural Reform in Western Terai, Nepal

This master thesis investigates the welfare effects for bonded laborers (kamaiyas) in Western Terai of a ban on permanent labor contracts in July 2000. The ban was credibly enforced and...
Jon Audun Kvalbein (2007)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2007: 11) 114 p.
CMI Report | 2007

Governance Assessments and the Paris Declaration

Is it possible to carry out governance assessments and develop diagnostic tools for enhancing governance while adhering to the principles of the Paris Declaration? Or, are the two processes largely...
Lise Rakner, Vibeke Wang (2007)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2007: 10) 17 p.
CMI Report | 2007

Corruption in Montenegro 2007: Overview over Main Problems and Status of Reforms

Despite the impressive figures that point to a booming economy (with real GDP growth unofficially projected by the EBRD at 7% in 2007), not all is well in Montenegro. The...
Marijana Trivunovic, Vera Devine, Harald Mathisen (2007)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2007: 9) 81 p.