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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