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Poverty, Policy and "Sleight of Hand" in Bolivia and Latin America
Book Chapter | Jan 2005
Poverty, Policy and "Sleight of Hand" in Bolivia and Latin America McNeish, J The Poverty of the St
Poverty, Policy, Bolivia, Latin America
Litigating the right to a healthy environment assessing the policy impact of "The Mendoza Case"
Litigating the right to a healthy environment assessing the policy impact of "The Mendoza Case"CMI Report | Nov 2011
This thesis enquires into the policy consequences of the Mendoza case, a public interest litigation case in Argentina, in which several non-governmental ...
Pollution, River basins, Supreme court, Litigation, Argentina
Poor revenue forecasting: A major challenge for sound fiscal policy in Angola
Poor revenue forecasting: A major challenge for sound fiscal policy in AngolaAngola Brief | Feb 2014
Fiscal policy is the use of government revenue collection (taxation) and expenditure (spending) to monitor and influence the nation’s economy. ...
Angola
Political Economy Models of the Resource Curse: Implications for Policy and Research
Political Economy Models of the Resource Curse: Implications for Policy and ResearchCMI Working Paper | Jan 2008
A number of studies suggest that natural resources can have a negative impact on the developing prospects of countries. This paper reviews political economy ...
Resource curse, Oil, Institutions, Petroleum-related aid
Anti-corruption policy making in practice: What can be learned for implementing Article 5 of UNCAC?
Anti-corruption policy making in practice: What can be learned for implementing Article 5 of UNCAC?U4 Issue | Jan 2007
Fighting corruption is a challenge in any context, because corruption has many faces and can occur in different forms across all sectors and institutions ...
uncac
Macro-Economic Convergence Policy in the Southern African Development Community: Prospects and Challenges
Book Chapter | Dec 2007
In the last two decades, the subject of regional integration has featured prominently in the agenda of (and policy research on) most developing countries. ...
Economic policy, SADC, Southern Africa
Anti-corruption in Covid-19 preparedness and response. Mainstreaming integrity into pandemic plans and policies
Anti-corruption in Covid-19 preparedness and response. Mainstreaming integrity into pandemic plans and policiesU4 Brief | May 2020
Government pandemic response plans and policies do not give enough attention to anti-corruption and governance. Plans need to involve anti-corruption ...
Beyond 'zero tolerance'
Beyond 'zero tolerance'Newspaper Op-Ed | Jun 2016
Some donor interventions, like supporting public financial management, seem to help combat corruption. Others are ineffective. This opinion article ...
Anti-corruption, aid effectiveness, corruption risk assessment, corruption risk management, development policy, foreign policy, economic policy, zero-tolerance policy
The ways of maize. Food, poverty, policy and the politics of meaning among the Chewa of Malawi
Doctoral Thesis | Aug 2012
This ethnographically grounded study of Chewa people’s foodways traces the involvement of the Chewa people in global development politics and policy ...
Malawi
Per diem policy analysis toolkit
Per diem policy analysis toolkitU4 Issue | Dec 2012
Most organizations use per diems as a way to reimburse out-of-pocket expenses for travel and to encourage staff to attend professional development activities. ...
health, per diem, abuse of per diem, wages, human resource management, motivation, incentives, control, travel, fraud
Arab Foreign Aid: Disbursement Patterns, Aid Policies and Motives
Journal Article | Dec 2007
This paper examines Arab aid flows and aid policies, and contrasts them with the broad picture of Western practice. Most Arab bilateral aid is channelled ...
Assistance, strategic aid, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Egypt, United Arab Emirates
Poverty and development in Tanzania: A discussion note
CMI Report | Jan 2000
This brief discussion note is focusing on major policy issues confronting Tanzania when aiming at a substantial reduction in poverty level over the next ...
Poverty reduction, Government policy, Tanzania, Africa: Tanzania
Utdrag av norsk flyktningedebatt 1985-1995. Eit styrande perspektiv?
CMI Report | Jan 1997
The report gives an overview of the main trends and changes in Norwegian refugee policy since 1945. The focus is on the more recent Norwegian political ...
Refugees, Government policy, Norway
The 1999 Small Business Baseline Survey
Commissioned Report | Jan 1999
The aim of the Baseline Survey was to generate information on the characteristics of entrepreneurs and enterprises in the Erongo and Otjozondjupa regions ...
Small enterprises, Namibia
Policy implementation under stress: Central-local government relations in property tax administration in Tanzania
Policy implementation under stress: Central-local government relations in property tax administration in TanzaniaJournal Article | Mar 2019
Inter-organisational cooperation in revenue collection has received limited attention in the tax administration literature. Recent experiences from Tanzania ...
Property tax, tax reform, tax administration, policy implementation, inter-organisational cooperation, Tanzania
Too big to fault? Effects of the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize on Norwegian exports to China and foreign policy
Too big to fault? Effects of the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize on Norwegian exports to China and foreign policyCMI Working Paper | May 2016
Abstract
In October 2010, the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the Nobel peace prize to Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo. The Chinese government responded ...
Nobel peace prize, Liu Xiaobo, foreign policy, exports, United Nations, fish, trade, sanctions, foreign policy, international political economy, Norway, China
Anti-corruption policy making in practice: What can be learned for implementing Article 5 of UNCAC? Synthesis report of six country case studies: Georgia, Indonesia, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Tanzania, and Zambia
Anti-corruption policy making in practice: What can be learned for implementing Article 5 of UNCAC? Synthesis report of six country case studies: Georgia, Indonesia, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Tanzania, and ZambiaU4 Issue | Jan 2007
Fighting corruption is a challenge in any context, because corruption has many faces and can occur in different forms across all sectors and institutions ...
uncac, Georgia, Indonesia, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Tanzania, Zambia
Disjointed Incrementalism. NATO in Afghanistan.
Disjointed Incrementalism. NATO in Afghanistan.Report in External Series | Jan 2011
As the US-led coalition prepares to extricate itself from a combat role in Afghanistan, it is useful to look back and reflect on the policy dynamic ...
Promoting investment in small Caribbean states
CMI Working Paper | Jan 2004
This study performs an econometric analysis to determine the main policy levers for investment promotion in the Caribbean. The results provide the following ...
FDI (Foreign Direct Investment, Domestic investment, Small states, Caribbean
Policy Brief III – Crime and Security in Maputo, Mozambique
Policy Brief III – Crime and Security in Maputo, MozambiqueCMI Brief | Jun 2015
This is the third in a series of policy briefs relating to the research project, “The Ethnography of a Divided City: Socio-politics, Poverty and ...
Mozambique