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Democratization in Africa, progress and retreat

Book Review | Dec 2011

Review of the book: Democratization in Africa, progress and retreat by Larry Diamond and Marc F. Plattner, in African Studies Review vol. ...

Regional Dimensions of Norwegian Country Programme in East Africa

CMI Report | Jan 2006

This study is an assessment of existing Norwegian aid country programmes in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda and how they relate to East African regional ...

Development aid, Country programmes, East Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Norway, Africa: Kenya, Uganda.

Peoples' views of taxation in Africa: A review of research on determinants of tax compliance

CMI Working Paper | Oct 2012

What are the key determinants of taxpayer compliance? And which features of citizen-state relations govern attitudes and behaviour regarding ...

Taxation, Tax behaviour, Compliance, Evasion, Fiscal exchange, Surveys, Africa

Best practice in capacity building in public finance management in Africa. Experiences of Norad and Sida

CMI Report | Jan 2002

This study was contracted by Sida and NORAD for the purpose of summarising experiences in capacity building for Public Finance Management (PFM) ...

Africa

Peoples' views of taxation in Africa: a review of research on determinants of tax compliance

Report in External Series | Jan 2012

What are the key determinants of taxpayer compliance? And which features of citizen-state relations govern attitudes and behaviour regarding ...

Taxation, tax behaviour, compliance, evasion, fiscal exchange, surveys, Africa

A qualitative reframing of private sector corruption: Considerations from the natural resource sectors in South Africa

U4 Issue | Aug 2013

The currently used concept of private sector corruption does not cover new types of corruption that have emerged in response to the increasing ...

natural resource management, corporate corruption, private sector, South Africa

Making sense of the Southern African Development Community

Journal Article | Sep 2013

SADC has a poor record in advancing peace and security in Southern Africa. Many identify poor policy frameworks and weak technical capacities ...

SADC. cooperation, security, democracy, Southern Africa

Socio-economic effects of HIV/AIDS in African countries

CMI Report | Jan 2002

This desk study was commissioned by NORAD to review recent literature on socio-economic consequences of the HIV/AIDS pandemic in sub-Saharan ...

HIV/AIDS, Social aspects, Economic aspects, Development aid, Africa: Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia

Vers plus d'éthique dans les douanes en Afrique subsaharienne; The pursuit of integrity in customs: experiences from sub-Saharan Africa

Journal Article | Aug 2009

This paper examines recent experiences from sub-Saharan Africa in combating corruption in customs. It argues that integrity reforms have been ...

Customs, taxation, corruption

The limits of clientelism: Multi-party politics in Sub-Saharan Africa

Journal Article | Jan 2001

The limits of clientelism: Multi-party politics in Sub-Saharan Africa Inge Amundsen Forum for Devel

Clientelism, multi-party, , Africa: Sub-Saharan Africa

Rettsstat og demokrati

Book Chapter | Jan 2004

Struggles for social rights - are the courts a suitable battleground? International social and economic rights are recognised as law in many ...

Social rights, South Africa, India, constitutional litigation, Africa, South Africa

Combating illicit financial flows and related corruption in Africa: Towards a more integrated and effective approach

U4 Issue | Oct 2011

The relationship between anti-money laundering and anti-corruption strategies is a key issue for developing countries. Corruption and money ...

international drivers of corruption, Illicit financial flows, money laundering, financial intelligence units, financial industry, cash based economy, Botswana, Tanzania, Zambia, Africa

Ending child marriages – new laws bring progress but hurdles remain

CMI Insight | May 2016

Reform of family law is considered among the most difficult to achieve since it contests ‘the notion of women and children as property’. ...

child marriage, marriage, family law, Malawi, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Zambia

Substantive Representation in Africa: From Timing to Framing of Family Law Reforms in Morocco, South Africa, and Uganda

Book Chapter | Jan 2016

Substantive Representation in Africa: From Timing to Framing of Family Law Reforms in Morocco, Sou

Taxation and development in Africa. How aid can strengthen tax systems

Journal Article | Jun 2013

Recent years have seen a growing interest on taxation in developing countries among donors. This reflects a concern for raising domestic revenues ...

Taxation, tax reform, aid, technical assistance

Angola’s foreign policy & African agenda – Africa’s emerging powerhouse ?

Commissioned Report | Jan 2016

This report results from a commission by the Direction Générale des Relations Internationales et de la Stratégie, Paris, to ...

Angola, Foreign Policy

Human Smuggling and Trafficking in Eastern Sudan

Sudan Report | Sep 2017

Sudan has long been a hub for individuals from the Horn of Africa on their way to north Africa, Europe, and beyond, and this has only increased ...

ARUSS, Human smuggling, trafficking, Sudan, Eastern Sudan

How much ‘Soft Power’ does China have in Africa?

Book Chapter | Jan 2016

I have over the past years been intrigued by why Chinese scholars and policy makers have found the term ‘soft power’1 so useful. ...

Congenitally Conjoined and Inseparable: Politics and Corruption in Nigeria

Book Chapter | Nov 2019

This chapter analyses political corruption in Nigeria through the trajectory of a number of scandals and their background. It underscores the ...

political corruption, power preservation, resource curse, clientelism, 'war chest', Nigeria

Jul-Larsen Eyolf

Emeritus

Social anthropologist focusing on development, with a particular emphasis on fishing communities and migration in West and Southern Africa.

African fishery systems, fish and nutrition, natural resource management, migration and political strategies, aid to sub-Saharan Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa, Angola, Benin, Malawi, Mali, Zambia, Mozambique