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Who rules Nigeria?
Who rules Nigeria?Project | May - Aug 2012
This project is a policy-oriented study on the political economy of Nigeria, describing the process of elite formation and exploring the ...
Elite formation, Nigeria
Retribalisation of the Educated Elite in Darfur and the Phenomenon of Tribal Shura Councils; with a Special Reference to the Fur Shura Council
Retribalisation of the Educated Elite in Darfur and the Phenomenon of Tribal Shura Councils; with a Special Reference to the Fur Shura CouncilSudan Working Paper | Dec 2014
This paper documents the formation and development of the Fur Shura council as an example of a new form of urban based voluntary ethnic associations. ...
Elites, Darfur, ethnicity, Sudan
The ‘Secret Loans Affair’ and Political Corruption in Mozambique
The ‘Secret Loans Affair’ and Political Corruption in MozambiqueBook Chapter | Jan 2019
In 2016, the ‘secret loans affair’ sprung on to the Mozambican political scene with the discovery that three government-owned companies – ...
political corruption, 'secret loans affair', economic crisis, enrichment, elite formation, Mozambique
Who Rules Nigeria?
Who Rules Nigeria?Report in External Series | Nov 2012
Nigeria has experienced military coups, a civil war and very poor economic development, and its population is more impoverished today than at independence. ...
Resource curse, democracy, ruling elites. political economy, Nigeria
Security for Many or Surplus for the Few? Customary Tenure and Social Differentiation in Southern Malawi
CMI Working Paper | Jan 2007
It has been argued that the ambiguities in Malawian customary tenure may aggravate processes of social differentiation and class formation. The ...
Land tenure, Customary land, Social differentiation, Malawi, Poverty
PNA Political Institutions and the Future of State Formation
PNA Political Institutions and the Future of State FormationBook Chapter | Jan 2004
PNA Political Institutions and the Future of State Formation Inge Amundsen and Basem Ezbidi State f
Middle East: Palestine
Women and Peacebuilding in Sudan
Women and Peacebuilding in SudanProject | Apr - Nov 2009
The different roles taken on by and given to women in a post-conflict transition period are likely to determine their future power. Participation in the ...
Islamism, elite, grasroots, women, peacebuilding, state, civil society, Sudan
Coconuts and cultivation in the Philippines. A study of social formation in Candelaria, Quezon Province
CMI Report | Jan 1995
This study gives a detailed account of coconut cultivation and the social formation of coconut cultivations in a specific locality in the Quezon province ...
Agricultural production, Coconuts, Peasantry, Philippines, Asia: Philippines
Elite Capture Through Information Distortion: A Theoretical Essay
Elite Capture Through Information Distortion: A Theoretical EssayJournal Article | Jan 2014
We investigate donor-beneficiary relationships in participatory development programs, where (i) communities are heterogeneous and dominated by the local ...
community-driven development, aid effectiveness, elite capture, preference targeting, information distortion
Elite behaviour and citizen mobilization
Journal Article | May 2019
This paper studies the relation between self-serving elite behaviour and citizen political participation. We use a fixed effects approach to analyze the ...
Elites, citizens, portfolio investment, tax havens, voter turnout, political economy
Elite behaviour and citizen mobilization
Elite behaviour and citizen mobilizationCMI Working Paper | Aug 2015
This paper studies the relation between self-serving elite behaviour and citizen political participation. We use a fixed effects approach to analyze the ...
Elites, citizens, portfolio investment, tax havens, voter turnout, political economy
State Formation in Palestine: Viability and Governance During a Social Transformation
Edited Book | Jan 2004
The crisis-ridden progress in Palestinian state formation since the signing of the Oslo Agreements raises important questions about reform priorities ...
Middle East: Palestine
Trust and informal practice among elites in East-Central and South East Europe
Trust and informal practice among elites in East-Central and South East EuropeJournal 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 ...
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
How does information about elite tax evasion affect political participation: Experimental evidence from Tanzania
Journal Article | Jan 2019
We present results of a randomized field experiment where voters in Tanzania were given information about elite use of tax havens. Information provided ...
Elites, citizens, voter turnout, political participation, tax havens, political economy, Tanzania
New challenges for local government revenue enhancement. Formative process research on the local government reform in Tanzania
Report in External Series | Jan 2003
New challenges for local government revenue enhancement. Formative process research on the local go
Poverty alleviation, Africa: Tanzania
Formative process research on the local government reform in Tanzania. About the project
Report in External Series | Jan 2003
Formative process research on the local government reform in Tanzania. About the project Odd-Helge
Poverty alleviation, Africa: Tanzania
How do voters respond to information on self-serving elite behaviour? Evidence from a randomized survey experiment in Tanzania
How do voters respond to information on self-serving elite behaviour? Evidence from a randomized survey experiment in TanzaniaCMI Working Paper | Nov 2016
Does self-serving elite behaviour make citizens more politically active? This paper presents the results of a randomized field experiment where voters ...
Tanzania
Mønsteret rakner- om nasjon og stat i Afrika sør for Sahara
Book Chapter | Jan 1994
This chapter (in Norwegian) discusses the inherent tension between nations (or ethnic groups) and the modern state formations which in most African cases ...
Nationalism, Ethnicity, State, Africa
Forming the 2012 and 2013 constituent assemblies: A comparative process
Forming the 2012 and 2013 constituent assemblies: A comparative processBook Chapter | Dec 2017
A comparative analysis of the formation of Egypt's constituent assemblies from 2012 and 2013.
After President Hosni Mubarak was toppled in 2011, discussions ...
Egypt, constitution, constitutional assembly, democracy, inclusion