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Review of the Norwegian Development Fund Portfolio in Ethiopia
CMI Report | Jan 2005
This report reviews the Ethiopian portfolio of the Development Fund (DF), a Norwegian NGO, which has evolved from supporting relief work by ...
Ethiopia, Non-governmental organisations, Drylands, Partnership
Hvordan gjøre gode ting bedre? Norske bedrifters CSR aktiviteter i utviklingsland
CMI Report | May 2008
Norske bedrifter opererer i en rekke utviklingsland, hvor problemer med fattigdom, dårlig styresett og brudd på menneskerettigheter ...
CSR Angola China Nepal Brazil Norwegian companies, Angola, China, Nepal, Brazil
Human rights and assigned duties: Implications for corporations
Journal Article | Oct 2009
Human rights imply duties. The question is, duties for whom? Without a well-defined scheme for assigning duties correlative to human rights, ...
Human rights, business ethics, corporate social responsibility (CSR)
Multiculturalism and religious legislation in Sweden
Book Chapter | Dec 2010
In view of the growing influence of religion in public life on the national and international scenes, Muslim Diaspora in the West constitutes ...
Corruption in Fragile States
Report in External Series | Jan 2008
Policy recommendations:
Confronting corruption is part and parcel of building legitimacy and public confidence in fragile states. Corruption ...
Real-time evaluation of Norway's international climate and forest initiative. Contributions to a global REDD+ regime 2007-2010
Report in External Series | May 2011
This report is an output of the first iteration of a process of real-time evaluation of Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative ...
Brazil, DR Congo, Indonesia, Tanzania
Iron fist politics in Colombia: A panorama of destruction
CMI Brief | Jan 2012
During the last decade many Latin American countries have resorted to mano dura (iron fist) politics and militarisation to combat crime, drugs ...
security, human rights, military, peace and conflict, Latin America, Colombia
Human Rights and Assigned Duties: Implications for Corporations
CMI Working Paper | Dec 2007
Human rights imply duties. The question is, duties for whom? Without a well-defined scheme for assigning duties correlative to human rights, ...
Human rights, Duties, Business ethics, Corporate social responsibility (CSR)
Corporate Community Involvement and Local Institutions: Two Case Studies From the Mining Industry in Tanzania
Journal Article | Jan 2012
Corporate community involvement contributes capital or resources in various forms to a community. However, such involvement may also influence ...
Corporate social responsibility, institutions, extractive industries, mining, Tanzania, Tanzania
Courts and the Poor in Malawi: Economic Marginalization
Journal Article | Jun 2007
Malawi's democratic Constitution of 1994 shifted the law in a pro-poor direction. With the judiciary emerging as a surprisingly strong institution ...
Malawi
Gender equality and development in Mozambique
Report in External Series | Jan 2011
This article outlines some of the main policies and interventions for economic development and gender equality in Mozambique since Independence ...
Mozambique, Development, Gender
Palestinian Women: Is there a Unitary Conception of Rights?
CMI Working Paper | Jan 2006
What are "ordinary" Palestinian women's views on women's rights? How do they perceive their own rights situation? The term "ordinary" in this ...
Women, Gender, Rights, Women's rights, Palestine, Middle East
Flammable societies. Studies on the socio-economics of oil and gas
Edited Book | Jan 2012
The impact of the oil and gas industry – paradoxically seen both as a blessing and a curse on socio-economic development – is a ...
Benefit Streams from Mining in Tanzania: Case Studies from Geita and Mererani
CMI Report | Jan 2006
Tanzania is a 'new' mining country, and foreign investment in the mining sector has caused controversies. Government revenues from mining increased ...
Mining industry, Gold mines, Natural resources management, Corporate social responsibility, Tanzania
Compromise over land takeover
Newspaper Op-Ed | Dec 2013
The Land Acquisition Bill passed by both houses of Parliament awaits presidential nod before it becomes law and replaces the Land Acquisition ...
India
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 ...
Fiscal policy, Extractive industries, Resource curse, Sovereign wealth fund, Tanzania
Women in Local Government. A Potential Arena for Women’s Substantive Representation
CMI Brief | Aug 2016
Local government is an important avenue for getting practical experience in participating in politics before moving on to the national arena. ...
women, politics, local government, Malawi
Comment to CMI insight number 5: Illicit Flows and Trade Misinvoicing: Are we looking under the wrong lamppost?
CMI Insight | Nov 2016
This is a comment to the CMI Insight number 5, published November 2016. The Insight can be found here.
Comment byMatthew Salomon, 12 ...
illicit flows, trade misinvoicing, financial flows, tax, tax evation
Beneficial openness? Weighing the costs and benefits of financial transparency
CMI Working Paper | Mar 2017
Public financial transparency is increasingly advocated as a solution to concerns over legal tax planning by multinational corporations, and ...
tax, transparency, tax evasion, beneficial ownership, fraud, money laundering
Paper tiger law forbidding FGM in Sudan
CMI Brief | Sep 2017
Female genital mutilation (FGM) is still a common practice in Sudan. Nine out of ten women have been subjected to this practice.
In 2009, a ...
FGM, female genital mutilation, weak law, law, paper tiger, ARUSS, Sudan