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The Resource Curse and the Politics of Development
Event | 11 Feb 2005
Does the possession of certain types of natural resource wealth undermine national economies and damage polities? Mick Moore has studied contemporary developing countries, focusing on the political consequences of resource rents. Mick Moore is Professor at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex.
Towards a common standard for development agencies’ integrity systems
News | 9 Nov 2015
An eventual OECD integrity guideline for development agencies should emphasise communication around ethics regimes and control systems, assessment and management of corruption risks, and moving towards joint responses in donors’ integrity systems.
"Insulting the Prophet"
Event | 7 Nov 2006
Faisal Devji will speak about the recent protests over the Pope's comments about the Prophet and the Danish cartoon rows. Why has these events made Muslims worldwide so angry?
Norwegian Firms and Business Climate Challenges in Brazil
News | 28 Jun 2007
What are the challenges on issues related to corruption and other illegal causes of unfair competition?
Brazil
Open Access
Event | 25 Sep 2007
CMI has officially joined the opened access family. BORA ensures secure, digital long-term archiving and free access to all of CMI's research production.
Sharia and Human Rights
Event | 26 Nov 2009
This seminar will elaborate on the relationship between sharia and human rights. Is Islam compatible with human rights? What are the implications of the struggles of contemporary Islamic feminists and Muslim human rights activists on both the concept of sharia and human rights? What are the challenges and consequences?
Egypt, Sudan
Real-Time Evaluation of Norway's International Climate and Forest Initiative
News | 10 Jun 2010
CMI and LTS International will progressively assess the results of the Initiative. The real-time evaluation shall provide timely information and rapid learning opportunities.
Bernt Hagtvet in conversation with Elin Skaar on human rights in Latin America
Event | 13 Apr 2011
Elin Skaar's new book analyses the connections between transitional justice and judicial politics. She explores the role of courts in shaping options and trajectories of post-transitional justice - and concretely the chances of criminal prosecutions for past crimes in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay.
Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay
Influencing policy through dialogue
News | 22 Mar 2013
How can researchers influence policy? By engaging key stakeholders. CPD and CMI regularly host dialogue meetings in Dacca where ministers and key stakeholders meet researchers to discuss research findings.
Bangladesh
Going beyond impact evaluation: Performance-Based Financing of Health Care Provision in Low-Income Countries
Event | 13 Jun 2013
The workshop made real progress in the dialogue between researchers, practitioners and policy makers. The priorities for research were made clearer. Read reports and summaries from the participants.
Protests on an empty stomach
News | 25 Feb 2014
During the Egyptian uprisings against president Mubarak in 2011, people demanded bread, freedom and social justice. Bread is the daily staple for millions of Egyptians, and came to symbolize the demand for a fairer economic system. But does food insecurity necessarily cause social unrest and conflict?
Impossible to measure the effect of Norwegian aid
News | 4 Apr 2014
Norwegian aid projects have not been designed or implemented in a way that makes it possible to evaluate them, concludes a recent study of the Norwegian Aid Administration.
Results Based Financing: The health system perspective
Event | 24 Nov 2015
Many experts see the introduction of results based financing (RBF) schemes as an opportunity to strengthen, or even reform, health systems; however, they are also a potential source of new risks and challenges that are not well understood.
Intergovernmental fiscal relations in the developing world: A review of issues
Book Chapter | Jan 2001
Fiscal decentralisation - the devolution of taxing and spending powers to lower levels of government - has become an important theme of governance ...
Book review: Bertil Dunér: The global human rights regime, Lund: Studentlitteratur
Book Review | Jan 2003
Book review: Bertil Dunér: The global human rights regime, Lund: Studentlitteratur Hugo Stokke Menn
human rights, international regimes, foreign policy, United nations, global
Jon Elster: Oppgjøret med fortiden. Internasjonalt perspektiv på overgangen til demokrati
Book Review | Jan 2004
This article reviews Jon Elsters book on transitional justice: "Oppgjøret med Fortiden Internasjonalt perspektiv på overgangen til demokrati" ...
Review of 'Ritual in its Own Right: Exploring the Dynamics of Transformation', ed. by Don Handelman and Galina Lindquist,.
Book Review | Jan 2006
Review of 'Ritual in its Own Right: Exploring the Dynamics of Transformation', ed. by Don Handelman
Review of Angela Hobart's 'Healing Performances of Bali: Between Darkness and Light', Berghahn Books, New York and London.
Book Review | Jan 2004
Review of Angela Hobart's 'Healing Performances of Bali: Between Darkness and Light', Berghahn Book
Review of Nancy Postero´s "Now We Are Citizens: Indigenous Politics in Post-multicultural Bolivia"
Book Review | Dec 2007
Review of Nancy Postero´s "Now We Are Citizens: Indigenous Politics in Post-multicultural Bolivia"
Book review: Promoting the Rule of Law Abroad: In Search of Knowledge, edited by Thomas Carothers
Book Review | Jan 2007
Book review: Promoting the Rule of Law Abroad: In Search of Knowledge, edited by Thomas Carothers