In January CMI produced a brief report on aid and economic policy issues in Sri Lanka, commissioned by NORAD. The report is part of the agreement to improve ...

Alf Morten Jerve, deputy director at CMI, led an international team of consultants that evaluated Sida's aid during the past 10 years to the health sector ...

This seminar on Women and Islamisation took place at CMI in 1994, focusing on Islam as a religion undergoing reinterpretation and change - especially ...

I år deles Chr. Michelsens pris for fremragende utviklingsforskning ut for første gang. Årets prisvinner er Carl Henrik Knutsen, førsteamanuensis ved Institutt for statsvitenskap, Universitetet i Oslo.

The success of any international development agency depends on an understanding of the ways in which a community and individuals relate to ideas and resources, argues Dr. David Lewis from the London School of Economics.

The relationship between religious majorities and minorities in the Middle East is often construed as one of domination versus powerlessness. While this ...

The article examines patterns of generalised and institutional trust among elites in East Central Europe, South East Europe and the West Balkans. It enquires ...

A wave of democratisation swept across the developinng world from the 1980s onwards.  However, despite the momentous transformation that this so-called ...

If humanitarian agencies are to regain the trust of the Afghans it remains of crucial importance that they continue to demonstrate their distance ...

This study examines particular aspects of the overall Afghanistan mission. It represents a 'snapshot analysis' of the planning, establishment and first ...

The starting point of this paper is a universally observed tendency of common property to be replaced by private property in traditional agriculture. ...

The objective of this research is to determine factors affecting land degradation in the upland in Indonesia, and to suggest appropriate policies regarding ...

The magnitude of refugees movements in the Third World, widely perceived as an unprecedented crisis, has generated widespread concern in the West. This ...

The evaluation assessed the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, impact, coherence and connectedness of the assistance provided by Denmark, Ireland, ...

This is a mid-term review of the international department of the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, Oslo. The activities centre largely on Asian countries ...

Right to Play, formerly Olympic Aid, is a humanitarian organisation intiated by athletes. The main office of Right to Play is in Toronto, Canada, and ...

An international team of researchers headed by CMI has evaluated the "Comprehensive Development Framework" (CDF) in Vietnam. The project commissioned ...

In collaboration with the Nordic Consulting Group, CMI entered in 1999 into a two-year contract with NORAD to assist in the preparation of country specific ...

This Ph.D. project focuses on deforestation in the temperate forest in the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan. A central question is why the Palas ...

Experiences with social accountability measures in water management schemes in Nepal and Ethiopia offer useful lessons for practitioners. Participation ...