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Should Tanzania establish a sovereign wealth fund?

CMI Working Paper | Jul 2016

Abstract Many natural resource abundant countries have established sovereign wealth funds as part of their strategy of managing the resource wealth. ...

Fiscal policy, extractive industries, resource curse, sovereign wealth fund, Tanzania

Should developing countries establish petroleum funds?

Journal Article | Jun 2018

Many natural resource abundant countries have established sovereign wealth funds as part of their strategy of managing the resource wealth. The paper ...

Fiscal policy, extractive industries, resource curse, sovereign wealth fund

Petroleum fund in Tanzania? Other alternatives may be better

CMI Brief | Jul 2016

The Government of Tanzania is looking for the best policies and institutional designs to turn future petroleum revenues into welfare, development and ...

Fiscal policy, Extractive industries, Resource curse, Sovereign wealth fund, Tanzania

Gender, Violence and Competing Sovereign Claims in Afghanistan

Book Chapter | Aug 2020

Gender, Violence and Competing Sovereign Claims in Afghanistan Torunn Wimpelmann Sovereign Agency Re

Sovereignities in the making. Reflections on state and society in Sudan

Book Chapter | Jan 2018

Sovereignities in the making. Reflections on state and society in Sudan Leif Manger State, Resistanc

An econometric analysis of what determines market access for developing countries in the sovereign deby market

Master's Thesis | Nov 2010

An econometric analysis of what determines market access for developing countries in the sovereign

Distributing mining wealth to communities in Ghana: Addressing problems of elite capture and political corruption

U4 Issue | May 2013

In the context of a mining boom in Africa, a critical consideration is how governments use increased mineral wealth to foster development, particularly ...

Natural resources, Mining, Minerals, Corruption, Rural communities, Cash transfer schemes, natural resource management, Ghana

Angola: Growth, development & inequality - and what role for Norway?

Event | 4 Dec 2012

How is Angola transforming growth into development? How to balance benefits to Angola's citizens and foreign investors?

Angola

The accumulation of unexplained wealth by public officials: Making the offence of illicit enrichment enforceable

U4 Brief | Jan 2012

Recent high-profile cases have focused attention on the transfer of assets abroad by heads of state and other senior officials from developing countries ...

international drivers of corruption, asset recovery, repatriation of stolen funds, international cooperation, mutual legal assistance, illicit enrichment, UNCAC, Tunisia, Egypt

Addressing illicit financial flows for anti-corruption at country level. A primer for development practitioners

U4 Issue | Jun 2019

Developing countries lose a massive volume of wealth through illicit financial flows (IFFs), presenting a major threat to their development. Initiatives ...

Chasing kleptocrats' loot: Narrowing the effectiveness gap

U4 Issue | Aug 2012

International measures to counter the laundering of looted wealth have not had a significant impact, despite their apparent strength. Evidence, including ...

international drivers of corruption, Australia, Papua New Guinea

Professional Agency in the Ecology of Wrongdoing

CMI Working Paper | Jun 2018

This study offers an account of individual agency within a constructivist view of professional wrongdoing. The main contribution is a model in which the ...

professional wrongdoing, constructivism, tax avoidance, wealth management

Vigilante Citizenship: Sovereign Practices and the Politics of Insult on Lombok

Journal Article | Jan 2013

This article examines the informal auhority wielded by civilian security groups (pamswakarsa) on the island of Lombok. Taking as its point of departure ...

The Price of Protection. Gender, Violence and Power in Afghanistan

Doctoral Thesis | Aug 2013

This thesis examines contestations over gender violence as points of entry into an analysis of gender, politics and sovereign power in contemporary Afghanistan. ...

Afghanistan

Natural resource wealth, conflict, and peacebuilding

Report in External Series | Feb 2009

What connections exist between natural resource wealth and violent conflict? What do such connections imply for policies to build peace in resource-rich ...

Natural resource management, natural resource wealth, resource curse, rentier state, oil, diamonds, armed conflict, war economies, conflict financing, CSR, peacebuilding

Angola: Social Funds

Project | Mar 2007 - Dec 2008

There are a number of "social funds" in Angola, and other social projects financed and managed by private and foreign actors. International ...

Angola

South Africa: Wealth, poverty and reconstruction

Edited Book | Jan 1996

South Africa: Wealth, poverty and reconstruction Lual Deng and Elling N. Tjønneland (eds.) lual

The impact of wealth and female autonomy on fertility decisions in Nepal: An econometric analysis

CMI Working Paper | Jul 2010

Over the last fifteen years, the fertility rate in Nepal has declined significantly. In the same period, the country has, despite political unrest and ...

DHS-data, Family planning, Fertility, Nepal

The Impact of wealth and female autonomy on fertility decisions in Nepal: an econometric analysis

Master's Thesis | Jun 2010

The Impact of wealth and female autonomy on fertility decisions in Nepal: an econometric analysis

On curses and devils: Resource wealth and sovereignty in an autonomous Tarija, Bolivia

Book Chapter | Jan 2012

On curses and devils: Resource wealth and sovereignty in an autonomous Tarija, Bolivia John-Andrew

Bolivia