Different external environments lead to differences in supply chain management. This chapter focuses on the organisation of the supply chain in the offshore ...

(Price NOK 50 + postage) Angola represents a new and promising offshore oil market where technology and contracts differ from those of Norway's offshore ...

Drug supply is an essential component of health care systems, accounting for 10-30% of health care costs. Drugs can be expensive, and willingness to pay ...

This project analyses the supply chain of goods and services to the oil sector (upstream) in Norway and Angola with a particular emphasis on the extent ...

Power and influence analysis can be used to assess corruption vulnerabilities in the public sector. This approach helps identify powerful stakeholders ...

The recent discovery of huge oil and gas reserves in Tanzania has created a new opportunity for economic growth and development of the country. Tanzania ...

This is a strategic institute program at CMI running from 2001-2003, financed by the Norwegian Research Council. It addresses the impact of GATS on international ...

This report is an end review of Fundação para o Desenvolvimento da Comunidade (FDC)’s project to support the implementation of the ...

This paper explores the impact of vertical specialization on world trade within the framework of the O-ring theory of production. Within such a framework ...

Illicit natural resource trade continues to benefit corrupt officials, criminal and terrorist networks and to divert resources away from development, ...

This book, co-edited by Harald Mathisen from CMI/U4 describes how corruption is a serious problem for both rich and poor countries, threatening international ...

There is huge variation in vaccination coverage across low- and middle-income countries. Some of the poorest countries perform far better than richer ones. The standard policy response to low coverage is to improve supply of vaccines. Researchers urge policymakers to also work on the demand side. - Health authorities should try making vaccination the default option, says CMI-director Ottar Mæstad.

World food prices are fluctuating, and have on average increased during the last years. What shall we expect in the long run? Economist Stein T. Holden from UMB and geographer Peter Andersen from UiB discuss these issues with a focus on local knowledge and technological opportunities.

This paper discusses the relationship between money supply and production in Tanzania, wit special reference to Macmod, the macroeconomic model for Tanzania. ...

Civil society accountability initiatives that take into account power structures at multiple levels can produce more lasting institutional change, compared ...

SUGAR in Uganda DFID has initiated a new programme, called Strengthening Uganda’s Anti-Corruption and Accountability Regime (SUGAR). The SUGAR ...

This study provides an empirical report and analysis of the results of a June /July 1995 household sample survey of the four towns (Walvis Bay, Swakopmund, ...

A number of low- and middle-income countries have a severe shortage of health workers. This paper studies how health workers' choices of labour supply ...

This U4 issue paper provides policymakers in developing nations, their citizens, and U4’s partners in the donor community with an overview of where ...

Using data on coca cultivation and homicides, this paper analyzes an otherwise little researched topic, linking cocaine production and violence in Colombia. ...