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Collective identities and social movements
CMI Report | Jan 1996
This report gives an overview of theories and approaches to the study of social identities, drawing on recent literature in the field. It argues ...
Social theory, Political theory, Modernization, Collective action, Global
Social Relations of Poverty: A Case-Study from Owambo, Namibia
CMI Report | Jan 1999
Evidence from a number of quantitative studies on poverty in Namibia suggests that poverty is widespread, albeit unevenly distributed. The relatively ...
Poverty, Urban areas, Rural areas, Social aspects, Namibia, Africa: Namibia
Democratic Revolutions? Insights on Social Stability and Social Change From Psychology and Politics
Book Chapter | Jan 2018
There is growing psychological evidence that various processes differently contribute to our propensity to support or challenge the status quo; ...
Democracy
Strengthening Nordic development cooperation in and with Afghanistan
Report in External Series | Mar 2009
The meeting of the Nordic Foreign Ministers in Stockholm on 18 April 2008 adopted a Plan of Action for Nordic Cooperation in Afghanistan to ...
Afghanistan
Self-interest and global responsibility: Aid policies of South Korea and India in the making
CMI Report | Jun 2009
How can we understand the emerging donors? The role of ‘emerging’ donors is currently at the heart of the international aid ...
Development assistance, Aid policy, Emerging donors, India, South Korea, India, South Korea
Navigating complexity. A review of training for peace in Africa
Commissioned Report | Jun 2010
Training for Peace in Africa (TfP) has, since its start in 1995, been provided with NOK 170 million to strengthen African capacities for participation ...
Disability compensation and responsibility
Journal Article | Jan 2010
It is a central political goal to secure disabled individuals the same opportunities as others to pursue their conception of a good life. This ...
Risques de corruption dans le système de justice pénale et outils d’évaluation
U4 Issue | Jun 2015
Ce document d’analyse U4 est destiné aux responsables politiques des pays en développement et à leurs citoyens, ainsi ...
Justice pénale, Enquêtes, Police, Judiciare, Procès, Détention, Peines, Corruption, Évaluatuon
Clustering as an organizational response to capital market inefficiency: evidence from microenterprises in Ethiopia
Journal Article | Mar 2014
Absence of a well-developed capital market has been listed as a key obstacle to industrialization in developing countries in the development ...
Microenterprises, Finance, Entry barrier, Clustering, Africa, Ethiopia
Clustering as an Organizational Response to Capital Market Inefficiency:Evidence from Handloom Enterprises in Ethiopia
Report in External Series | Jan 2010
Using data from microenterprises of the handloom sector in four regions of Ethiopia, the paper shows that clustering, through specialization ...
clustering, industrialization, finance, microenterprises, Ethiopia, Ethiopia
The resource bites back: Entry-points for addressing corruption in wildlife crime
U4 Issue | Nov 2016
Corruption has recently risen up the global wildlife conservation agenda with a series of international agreements highlighting the role of ...
natural resource management
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 ...
Courts and Social Transformation in New Democracies. An Institutional Voice for the Poor?
Edited Book | Jan 2006
Using case studies drawn from Latin America, Africa, India and Eastern Europe, this volue examines the role of courts as a channel for social ...
courts, social transformation, access to justice, poverty
Statistical evidence on social and economic exclusion in Nepal
CMI Report | Jan 2009
The discourse on social exclusion in Nepal is very ideological, with some authors considering basically all Nepalis as socially excluded except ...
Social and economic indicators, Statistical analysis, Caste and ethnic identity, Nepal
Legal enforcement of social rights: Enabling conditions and impact assessment
Journal Article | Jan 2010
This article commends the concise and useful analysis of courts and the legal enforcement of economic, social and cultural rights given in Christian ...
Female Empowerment and the Education of Children in Nepal
Journal Article | Jun 2016
There is sufficient evidence to say that female empowerment affects economic and social outcomes, in particular for girls. There is, however, ...
Intrahousehold, female autonomy, South-Asia, Nepal
The Other Side of Taxation: Extraction and Social Institutions in the Developing World
Journal Article | Jan 2018
The fiscal sociology literature views the state at the heart of development, but in most developing countries, formal taxation is limited. Instead, ...
taxation, social institutions, social extraction, informal taxation, service provision
Reducing corrupt practices in environmental decision-making
Project | Sep 2015 - Apr 2016
Corruption risks in the field of environmental impact assessments have yet to be assessed critically in Albania despite numerous allegations ...
Corruption, anti-corruption, environmental impact assessments, environmental decisions, environmental governance, Albania
Aid effectiveness to infrastructure: a comparative study of East Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa
Project | Sep 2006 - Jul 2008
Aid effectiveness to infrastructure: a comparative study of East Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa Japan
Conference on the conflict in Sri Lanka and the international response
Project | Jan 1996
The conference on the Sri Lankan situation and the role of the international community was arranged by CMI, in cooperation with the All Parties ...