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Drowning in Oil: Angola's Institutions and the "Resource Curse"
Journal Article | Jan 2014
Institutional factors are increasingly highlighted to explain the “resource curse” or, why some countries with rich natural resources have ...
Political institutions, development, oil, resource curse, Angola
Political economy of the mining sector in Ghana
Report in External Series | Aug 2011
With a focus on the institutional set-up and the political environment as central to understanding and rectifying the poor impact of mining on Ghana’s ...
Political economy, corruption, mining, Ghana, Ghana
Agriculture in Bangladesh, problems and politics. The Agricultural Sector Review 1988-1989
Book Chapter | Jan 1990
(In cooperation with Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies and Chr. Michelsen Institute)
Authoritarian democracy and adjustment. The politics of economic reform in Africa
Edited Book | Jan 1991
(Published in cooperation with Chr. Michelsen Institute and United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (Seminar Proceedings no. 26))
The comprehensive peace agreement in the Sudan: Institutional developments and political trends in focus areas
Sudan Working Paper | May 2009
The Sudan is a vast and varied country in terms of its geography and people, defining its social and political relations from the colonial era through ...
Sudan
Institutions, mobility and resilience in the Fante migratory fisheries of West Africa
CMI Working Paper | Jan 2001
The fishery of the Fante town Moree in Ghana and its network of migrants in West Africa is here understood as a social field, whose institutions are key ...
Migration, institutions, fisheries management, Africa: Ghana, West Africa
If diversification is good, why don't countries diversify more? The political economy of diversification in resource- rich countries
Journal Article | Jan 2012
For resource-rich countries, diversification is claimed to represent a strategy for reducing resource curse problems. This, however, depends on whether ...
Diversification, natural resources, political economy, institutions, Angola
It's the rents, stupid! The political economy of the resource curse
Journal Article | Nov 2009
A number of studies suggest that natural resources can have a negative impact on the developing prospects of countries. Empirical results suggest that ...
Natural resources, resource curse, institutions
Responsiveness and accountability in Botswana politics: Do democratic institutions matter?
Book Chapter | Jan 1994
Responsiveness and accountability in Botswana politics: Do democratic institutions matter? Andreas
The Institutional Context of the 2004 General Elections in Malawi
CMI Report | Jan 2006
This report summarises the findings of a joint research project undertaken by the Centre for Social Research, Chr. Michelsen Institute and the Universities ...
Malawi, , Elections, Political institutions, Judiciary, Parliament, Electoral commission, Political parties, Accountability
Institutional perspectives
Book Chapter | Jan 2011
Institutional perspectives Lise Rakner and Vicky Randall Politics in the developing world. 3rd. ed
Institutions of checks and balances: The Election Commission of Angola
CMI Report | Aug 2013
This report focuses on one particular institution which may mitigate the centralisation of power in Angola and pave the way for political reform and democratisation; ...
Election commission, Angola
Judiciary and good governance in contemporary Tanzania. Problems and prospects
CMI Report | Jan 1995
The World Bank identified judiciary among institutions which ran down during centralized governance. The Bank also expressed the need for and willingness ...
Legal institutions, Judicial system, Good governance, Tanzania, Africa: Tanzania
Studying Courts in Context: The Role of Nonjudicial Institutional and Socio-Political Realities
Book Chapter | Jan 2015
Studying Courts in Context: The Role of Nonjudicial Institutional and Socio-Political Realities Sir
Peacebuilding and Democratic Consolidation in Post-War Guatemala: A Comparative Assessment of the Impact of Civil-Military Reforms in the Peace Accords
Master's Thesis | Dec 2007
This thesis seeks to combine institutional peacebuilding theory and democratization theory in order to understand the process and the result of the implementation ...
Palestinian State-formation: Prospects and Challenges. Report from a Symposium at Chr. Michelsen Institute, Bergen, Norway 24-25 May 2004
CMI Report | Jan 2004
The CMI - Muwatin symposium, held in Bergen on 24-25 May 2004, addressed both internal and external challenges to Palestinian state-formation. Internal ...
State formation, Palestine
Petroleum resources, institutions and politics: An introduction to the book.
Book Chapter | Nov 2019
Petroleum resources, institutions and politics: An introduction to the book. Odd-Helge Fjeldstad, Do
Tanzania
The Other Side of Taxation: Extraction and Social Institutions in the Developing World
Journal Article | Jan 2018
The fiscal sociology literature views the state at the heart of development, but in most developing countries, formal taxation is limited. Instead, local ...
taxation, social institutions, social extraction, informal taxation, service provision
PNA Political Institutions and the Future of State Formation
Book Chapter | Jan 2004
PNA Political Institutions and the Future of State Formation Inge Amundsen and Basem Ezbidi State f
Middle East: Palestine
Strengthening institutions against corruption? Biofuel deals in Ghana
Book Chapter | Jan 2017
Strengthening formal control and oversight institutions is a common policy prescription for addressing corruption in natural resource sectors and escaping ...
Ghana, corruption, biofuel, land deals, informal institutions