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Economic policy issues in Sri Lanka
Project | Jan 2000 - Dec 2024
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 ...
Asia: Sri Lanka
Evaluation of aid to health in Vietnam
Project | Jan 2000 - Dec 2024
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 ...
Aid, health sector, Sida, Asia: Vietnam
Women and Islamisation: Comtemporary dimensions of discourse on gender relations
Project | Jan 1994 - Jul 1998
This seminar on Women and Islamisation took place at CMI in 1994, focusing on Islam as a religion undergoing reinterpretation and change - especially ...
gender, islam, Asia, Africa
Demokrati fører til økonomisk vekst
News | 14 Mar 2014
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.
Ethnographies of Aid and Development
Event | 31 May 2007
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.
Religious minorities in the Middle East. Domination, self-empowerment, accommodation
Edited Book | Jan 2012
The relationship between religious majorities and minorities in the Middle East is often construed as one of domination versus powerlessness. While this ...
Religion, Minorities, Middle East
Trust and informal practice among elites in East-Central and South East Europe
Journal Article | Jan 2012
The article examines patterns of generalised and institutional trust among elites in East Central Europe, South East Europe and the West Balkans. It enquires ...
Hybrid Regimes and the Challenges of Deepening and Sustaining Democracy in Developing Countries
Journal Article | Dec 2008
A wave of democratisation swept across the developinng world from the 1980s onwards. However, despite the momentous transformation that this so-called ...
Democratization
Ways to Regain Afghan Trust
Journal Article | Jan 2007
If humanitarian agencies are to regain the trust of the Afghans it remains of crucial importance that they continue to demonstrate their distance ...
Asia: Afghanistan
Afghanistan. A snapshot study
Book Chapter | Jan 2003
This study examines particular aspects of the overall Afghanistan mission. It represents a 'snapshot analysis' of the planning, establishment and first ...
UN, UN operations, UNAMA, conflict, post-war aid, relief, recovery, reconstruction, Asia: Afghanistan
The evolution of private property rights in traditional agriculture: Theories and a study from Indonesia
CMI Working Paper | Jan 1997
The starting point of this paper is a universally observed tendency of common property to be replaced by private property in traditional agriculture. ...
Asia: Indonesia
Economic analysis of land degradation in Indonesia upland
CMI Working Paper | Jan 1996
The objective of this research is to determine factors affecting land degradation in the upland in Indonesia, and to suggest appropriate policies regarding ...
Asia: Indonesia
Escape from Violence. Conflict and the Refugee Crisis in the Developing World
Edited Book | Jan 1989
The magnitude of refugees movements in the Third World, widely perceived as an unprecedented crisis, has generated widespread concern in the West. This ...
Multidonor Evaluation of Humanitarian Assistance to Afghanistan
Project | Nov 2004 - Dec 2005
The evaluation assessed the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, impact, coherence and connectedness of the assistance provided by Denmark, Ireland, ...
Multidonor Evaluation, IDPs, Asia: Afghanistan
UiO-NCHR Mid-term review of international department ]
Project | Oct 2018 - Jan 2019
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 ...
Human rights, Indonesia, Vietnam, China, Asia
Review of Right to Play
Project | Apr - Jul 2006
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 ...
Sports, Refugees, Palestine, Tanzania
Vietnam country study
Project | Jan 2001 - Sep 2006
An international team of researchers headed by CMI has evaluated the "Comprehensive Development Framework" (CDF) in Vietnam. The project commissioned ...
Development aid, development planning, PRSP, aid relationship, country ownership, Asia: Vietnam
Country specific aid reviews
Project | Jan 1999 - Jan 2001
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 ...
country analysis, Africa: Angola, Uganda., Asia: Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka., Americas: Nicaragua
Resource management, local knowledge and cosmology in the Palas-valley, North Pakistan
Project | Jan 1996 - Jul 2000
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 ...
Asia: Pakistan
Social accountability and water integrity: Learning from experiences with participatory and transparent budgeting in Ethiopia and Nepal
U4 Issue | Sep 2019
Experiences with social accountability measures in water management schemes in Nepal and Ethiopia offer useful lessons for practitioners. Participation ...
water and sanitation, social accountability, civil society, participatory budgeting, community-driven development, NGOs, Ethopia, Eastern Africa, Nepal, Southern Asia