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Making hay while the sun shines: Experiences with the Zambian Task Force on corruption
U4 Practice Insight | Jun 2011
In 2002 the Government of Zambia established an intragovernmental task force to investigate allegations of corruption against former President Frederick ...
political corruption, Zambia
TRAFIG Transnational Figurations of Displacement
Project | Jan 2019 - Oct 2022
TRAFIG, Transnational Figurations of Displacement, is an EU-funded Horizon 2020 research and innovation project. From 2019 to 2021, 12 partner organisations ...
What Kind of Peace is Possible?
Project | Jan - Dec 2005
What are the best ways to contain 'spoilers' of peace processes? Is it only by the use/threat of force or are there opportunities to draw on their ...
Peacebuilding, DDR, Afghanistan, Guatemala
Corruption and Industrial Fishing in Africa
U4 Issue | Dec 2008
Africa's marine resources are increasingly in demand and are gaining in geopolitical importance. Competition between key fishing nations for access and ...
corruption, natural resources, fisheries, natural resource management
Transforming local relationships: Reintegration of combatants through mine action in Afghanistan
Book Chapter | Jan 2004
This is a case study on Afghanistan which concentrates on a specific mine action project that focused on the reintegration of former combatants through ...
Asia: Afghanistan
Constraints for a conservation-based agricultural development policy in Ethiopia. A baseline study in Fedis Awraja
CMI Report | Jan 1992
A baseline survey was conducted in the Hararghe region in Ethiopia in 1989 to identify constraints to agricultural production and environmental protection ...
Energy crisis, Environmental protection, Agricultural policy, Women, Ethiopia
Can Africa's Leaders Promote Democracy? The Case of Zimbabwe and SADC
Event | 11 Sep 2008
Ambassador Mussagy Jeichande from Mozambique's Ministry of Foreign Affairs discusses the situation in Zimbabwe, and on the current role of SADC (Southern African Development Community).
Kindergardens and shootouts
News | 6 Jul 2015
So far, kindergartens and shootouts have by and large been completely unrelated issues in my world. Not anymore. Now, for the past days, every morning around 7.30, I have slowed down and scouted cautiously: Does anyone seem tense, watchful? Are there any police troops in a state of mobilization hiding somewhere close? Are there any heavy fireworks all of a sudden, alerts of that something is about to happen?
Brazil
Evaluation of Norway's Support to Women's Rights and Gender Equality. Mozambique Case Study Report
Report in External Series | Jun 2015
Purpose of evaluation:This report is the Mozambique case study report for the evaluation of Norway’s support to strengthening women and girls’ ...
Evaluation, Aid, Gender, Mozambique
Evaluation of Norway's Support to Women's Rights and Gender Equality in Development Cooperation
Report in External Series | Jun 2015
Purpose of evaluation:This report evaluates Norway’s support to strengthening women and girls’ rights and gender equality through its development ...
Aid, Evaluation, Women, Empowerment, Global, Ethiopia, Nepal, Norway
Understanding Inequalities in Child Health in Ethiopia: Health Achievements Are Improving in the Period 2000– 2011
Journal Article | Sep 2014
Objective: In Ethiopia, coverage of key health services is low, and community based services have been implemented to improve access to key services. ...
Ethiopia
Out of Poverty. Comparative Poverty Reduction Strategies in Eastern and Southern Africa
Edited Book | Sep 2008
Poverty reduction has been a long-standing concern of all African countries since independence. This focus is also reflected in the policies of the international ...
Poverty reduction strategies, Botswana, Kenya, Namibia, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia
Land Rights and Inclusive Development in India
Event | 17 Oct 2013
Why has landlessness come to plague the weakest and poorest amongst the tribal population, when laws were enacted to prevent this from happening?
India
No Longer a Guest: Permitting Syrians in Sudan
Sudan Brief | Dec 2020
When Syrian refugees first started arriving to Sudan in 2014 they were welcomed as guests. But Sudan’s economic crisis combined with Syrians’ ...
refugees, business, Jordan Compact, economics, crisis, Sudan, Syria
End-review Norwegian Embassy Support to the Blue Diamond Society, Nepal
Commissioned Report | Jul 2018
This report presents the findings, conclusion and recommendations of an end-review of the second phase (2015-2018) of the Norwegian Embassy support to ...
development aid, , health, LBGTI, civil society, Nepal
Sexual violence in armed conflicts: research progress and remaining gaps
Journal Article | Jan 2017
Research on conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) has grown rapidly over the last decade. This article consolidates existing social science research ...
Urban poverty and inequality in Luanda, Angola
CMI Brief | Nov 2016
This brief shows that the poor in Angola’s capital Luanda are effectively trapped in poverty through material deficiencies, limited income opportunities ...
inequality, Angola, Luanda
Regional variation in livelihood strategies in Malawi
Journal Article | Mar 2012
We identified livelihood strategies at the household level as a function of assets held using survey data from Malawi. We only included endowments that ...
Livelihoods, non-farm employment, multinomial-logit, Malawi
The ugly poetics of violence in post-accord Guatemala
Journal Article | Oct 2009
With the signing of the Peace Accords in 1996 Guatemala's credentials of democratic governance was re-established, but as media reports and the international ...
Violence, poverty, post-accord, Guatemala
Research for improved health worker performance. International workshop Bergen, Norway, May 2009
CMI Report | Jan 2009
Inspired by a vision to build knowledge on how to implement high quality health care in low income contexts, Chr Michelsen Institute (CMI), Health Economics ...