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Protected marine reserves as fisheries management tools: A bioeconomic analysis.
CMI Working Paper | Jan 1998
This paper develops a dynamic computational bioeconomic model with the objective of assessing protected marine reserves as fisheries management tools. ...
Mid-Term Review of the Country Programme (MoU: 2003:2008) between Norway and Bangladesh
CMI Report | May 2008
This report provides an assessment of Norway's bilateral development assistance to Bangladesh, covering the period 2003 to 2007, based on information ...
Development aid, Aid evaluation, Bangladesh, Norway
What causes Latin America’s high incidence of adolescent pregnancy?
CMI Brief | Nov 2017
Latin America is the only region in the world where adolescent pregnancies are not decreasing. According to a recent article in the Lancet, if the current ...
teen pregnancies, pregnancy, adolescent, pregnancies, sustainable development goal, Latin America, Argentina, Brazil, El Salvador, Peru, Colombia, Uruguay, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Paraguay, Panama, Ecuador
Ethiopia
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Ethiopia’s economy is booming. Political opposition is not. We research governance in a broad sense, from democracy to elections and employment ...
Global Health and Development
Programme | Jan 2006 - Dec 2009
What can be done to deal with Africa's acute shortage of health workers? What are the relationships between health and economic development? Which factors ...
Tanzania, Nepal
Multialteral aid institutions and strategic donor behavior
Project | Feb - Dec 2003
The project builds on recent empirical evidence suggesting the importance of strategic donor behaviour for aid allocation to develop theoretical models ...
power, foreign assistance
Poverty dynamics among the Dalits of Tarai
Master's Thesis | Nov 2013
The literature suggests that links between social identity and economic outcomes can induce poverty among groups with low social status. This seems to ...
dalit, poverty, poverty dynamics, economics, Nepal, Tarai, Nepal
Cleaning up oil spills barehanded
News | 3 Mar 2016
An oil spill in Peru has left a trail of destruction. The company responsible for the oil spill offered indigenous people in the affected areas the equivalent of five NOK to clean up the mess barehanded.
Methods for learning what works and why in anti-corruption: An introduction to evaluation methods for practitioners
U4 Issue | Aug 2013
Evaluations of donor-funded anti-corruption reforms and programmes would benefit from upgrading and diversifying the methods used to document effects. ...
evaluation measurement, corruption, anti-corruption, governance, monitoring, impact, result chain, mixed methods, theory of change, evidence, learning
Local government finances and financial management in Tanzania. Empirical evidence of trends 2000-2007
Report in External Series | Nov 2010
The paper examines local government capacity with respect to financial management and revenue enhancement, and analyses trends in financial accountability ...
Local government, Financial management, Taxation, Fiscal autonomy, Tanzania
Litigation as a Strategy to hold Governments Accountable for Implementing the Right to Health
Journal Article | Jan 2008
This article offers a framework for exploring litigation as a strategy to advance the right to health by holding governments accountable to human rights ...
Curing the rich (and leaving the rest): Norwegian health research in a global perspective
Event | 7 May 2013
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When "participation" isn't participatory: current health reforms in colombia
Journal Article | Jan 2009
Colombia is a country marked by extreme social inequalities and high levels of violence, with a government that has brutally repressed social movements ...
How to monitor and evaluate anti-corruption agencies: Guidelines for agencies, donors, and evaluators
U4 Issue | Sep 2011
The number of Anti-corruption agencies (ACAs) around the world has increased dramatically over the past decades. Nevertheless, the value of ACAs is increasingly ...
anti-corruption agencies
Breaking the landlords' hold on labourers
News | 31 May 2012
The transition from a feudal to a modern economy has changed the labour market in Nepal. There are more and better paid jobs available, also outside the agricultural sector. Yet, some Nepalese labourers in rural areas continue to have coercive traditional contracts with landlords. Government programmes can help poor families out of these contracts through access to insurance, credit and social services.
FOOD AND FURY
Event | 16 Oct 2012
Food evokes emotions. Food shapes nations and cultures. Food can be a source of conflict. Food riots are one of the oldest forms of people's revolutions.
Increasing trust in the bank to enhance savings: Experimental evidence from India
CMI Working Paper | Jan 2016
Recent evidence highlights the importance of trust in explaining bank account savings. According to economic theory, repeated interactions can play a ...
India, finance, trust, savings, banking, experiment, rct
From Global Village to Urban Globe. Urbanisation and Poverty in Africa: Implications for Norwegian Aid Policy
CMI Report | Jan 2001
Some 52 per cent of Africa's population are expected to live in towns and cities by 2025. There is generally an unequivocal correlation between urbanisation ...
Development aid, Poverty, Urbanisation, Africa south of Sahara, Africa
The Political Parties in Bangladesh: Political Dynasties and Democratisation
Project | Sep 2010 - Dec 2013
In this study of the political parties of Bangladesh we will assess the quality of the political parties and party coalitions along a number of indicators.
First, ...
Political parties, good governance, politics, clientelism, political finance, Bangladesh
Political Corruption
U4 Issue | Jan 2006
Political corruption undermines political and economic development in many countries, and raises difficult challenges for foreign aid. What is political ...
Corruption, political corruption, World