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Kolstad Ivar

Associated Research Professor

Economist whose current research focuses on the political economy of development, poverty dynamics, and corporate social responsibility

Game theory, ethics, public economics, international economics, social choice, Angola, Bangladesh, Malawi, Tanzania

Digging in the dirt? Extractive industry FDI and corruption

Journal Article | Aug 2013

Does corruption attract or deter foreign investment in the extractive sectors? This article presents an econometric analysis of extractive industry foreign ...

Corruption, governance, mining, quarrying, petroleum, extractive industries, Bangladesh, Angola

How do host–migrant proximities shape attitudes toward internal climate migrants?

CMI Working Paper | Feb 2020

Countries in Latin America, Asia, and Africa exposed to the environmental consequences of climate change are predicted to see voluntary and forced internal ...

climate migration, multivariate analysis, host community, distance, perception, Bangladesh

Does democracy reduce corruption?

Journal Article | Oct 2016

While democracy is commonly believed to reduce corruption, there are obvious endogeneity problems in measuring the impact of democracy on corruption. ...

Democracy, corruption, conflict, endogeneity, Bangladesh

Assessment of multilateral organisations performance

Project | Jan - Dec 2003

A group of eight likeminded donors agreed in 2002 to form the Multilateral Organisations Performance Network (MOPAN) to cooperate in the monitoring of ...

Multilateral institutions, aid relations, aid performance, Africa: Ghana, Malawi, Mozambique, Uganda., Asia: Bangladesh, India, Vietnam., Americas: Nicaragua

Microcredit programmes: Methodes for solving dilemmas of credit expansion

CMI Working Paper | Jan 1997

Providing credits seems to be an effective tool for improving the welfare of the poor. It is expected that microcredit funding to poor people will expand ...

Microcredit, Bangladesh

Does democracy reduce corruption?

CMI Working Paper | Dec 2011

While democracy is commonly believed to reduce corruption, there are obvious endogeneity problems in measuring the impact of democracy on corruption. This ...

Democracy, corruption, conflict, endogeneity, Bangladesh

Evaluation Report of Center for Development Research. Volume I: Main Report

Report in External Series | Jan 1996

This main report contains the findings of the evaluation of the Danish Center for Development Research (CDR). The evaluation team found that overall CDR ...

Research, Denmark

Handel og arbeidsstandarder: Barnearbeid

CMI Report | Jan 1996

This report, commissioned by Save the Children, Norway, discusses the main economic arguments for and against the incorporation of a social clause in ...

Trade, Child labour, Economic sanctions, ILO, WTO, Asia: Bangladesh

Writing Rights: Human Rights Research at the Chr. Michelsen Institute 1984-2004

Edited Book | Jan 2005

Human rights are currently an important area of research at the Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI), as they have been for the past 20 years. This anthology ...

Human rights, Economic and social rights, democracy, democratization, development, party systems, truth comissions, reconcilliation, foreign policy, courts in transition, Africa: South Africa, Zambia., Asia: Bangladesh., Americas: Latin America

Economic impacts on the least developed countries of the elimination of import tariffs on their products

Report in External Series | Jan 2001

In this paper, we have discussed potential gains to the LDCs from improved market access in the QUAD. In principle, the economic benefits of extending ...

Trade, Clothing, , Bangladesh, Africa

Courts, Corruption and Judicial Independence

Book Chapter | Mar 2014

A well-functioning justice system is crucial to address corruption effectively, which in turn is important for development. But judicial institutions ...

Corruption, Courts, Judicial Integrity, Judicial Independence

How do host–migrant proximities shape attitudes toward internal climate migrants?

Journal Article | Jan 2020

Climate change is predicted to cause voluntary and forced internal migration on an unprecedented scale in the coming decades. Yet, research on host communities ...

Specialised anti-corruption courts: A comparative mapping

U4 Issue | Dec 2016

Frustration with the capacity of the ordinary machinery of justice to deal adequately with corruption has prompted many countries to develop specialised ...

justice, Judiciary, Anti-corruption courts, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cameroon, Croatia, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Senegal, Slovakia, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda

Mullard Saul

Senior Program Advisor (U4)

Social scientist with a background in Development Studies and South Asian studies.

state, governance, corruption, , India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Mongolia, China

Corruption, grabbing and development: Real world challenges

Edited Book | Jan 2014

All societies develop their own norms about what is fair behaviour and what is not. Violations of these norms, including acts of corruption, can collectively ...

Grabbing, Corruption, Development Aid, Accountability, Utilities, Construction, Ports, Extractive Industries, Finance, Health, Pharmaceuticals, Education, Law Enforcement, Land, Elections

Fjeldstad Odd-Helge

Research Professor, Coordinator: Tax and Public Finance

Economist focusing on taxation, fiscal corruption and capital flight.

Public finance management, taxation, revenue administration, tax evasion, fiscal corruption, capital flight, intergovernmental fiscal relations, local government tax reform, Africa: Angola, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia., Asia and the Middle East: Bangladesh, Palestine, Sri Lanka

Farvel ekstrem fattigdom

Newspaper Op-Ed | Sep 2015

Det er overraskande kor lite me eigentleg veit om å overvinne fattigdom etter femti år med utviklingsforsking. Etter kva rykta seier, vart ...