Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) have been described as ‘the backbone' of the economy of the Western Balkans.Indeed, with SMEs making up ...

In today's Egypt, you cannot miss it: the heavy presence of the military institution in the economy. The Egyptian military owns business enterprises that ...

One of the more interesting traits of barter trade in the transition economies is the participation of foreign owned enterprises. As a rule, barter exchange ...

The project on Community development with traditional leaders funded by the Norwegian Embassy and implemented by Matantala Rural Integrated Development ...

The report was commissioned by the Research Council of Norway in order to provide a state of the art account of how to link human rights and private enterprises. ...

CSR is on the rise in the Arab World, but the initiators find it difficult to root the concept beyond the ranks of state-owned enterprises and crony capitalists. - When CSR projects are initiated in Arab countries, they do not enter an empty void. Many businessmen have pre-existing conceptions of social responsibility, originated in Islam, says CMI-researcher Kjetil Selvik.

Between 2011 and 2013, sales of government oil from the ten biggest producers in sub-Saharan Africa accounted for 56% of these countries’ total ...

This article examines how clustering affects the entry and exit decisions of farm households into and from nonfarm enterprises in rural Ethiopia. We find ...

Sudan has undertaken decentralization reforms since the early 1990s, in a federal government system with three tiers: federal, state, and local government ...

This paper analyses the business environment for micro enterprises in Tanzania based on survey data. The primary objective of the study is to identify ...

The commemorations of historical figures, both public and private, have become a powerful tool for politicians and historians in Vietnam to reconfigure ...

The aim of the Baseline Survey was to generate information on the characteristics of entrepreneurs and enterprises in the Erongo and Otjozondjupa regions ...

Name: Merima Ali Research interests: Micro- and small-scale enterprises, cluster development and informal networks Geographical areas: Ethiopia and ...

In the contemporary writing on state-building in post-conflict situations, remarkably little attention is paid to what it takes to build a state. There ...

Sudan has undertaken decentralization reforms since the early 1990s, in a federal government system with three tiers: federal, state, and local government ...

How can donors strengthen tax systems in developing countries? By complementing their technical approach with measures to build a taxpayer culture, and challenging development countries to take the lead, says CMI researcher Odd-Helge Fjeldstad.

Les femmes, chefs d'enterprise dans la pêche piroguières au Ghana: Le cas de la ville fante de More

New specialized courts have emerged in many countries, both in response to international pressure for legal reform and reflecting states’ own choice. ...

Professor Thomas Hylland Eriksen has accepted a position as Associated Senior Researcher at CMI.

If African economies are to transform, they need more than growth - they need growth with depth.