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Chasing kleptocrats' loot: Narrowing the effectiveness gap

U4 Issue | Aug 2012

International measures to counter the laundering of looted wealth have not had a significant impact, despite their apparent strength. Evidence, ...

international drivers of corruption, Australia, Papua New Guinea

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

Corruption, grabbing and development: Real world challenges

Edited Book | Jan 2014

All societies develop their own norms about what is fair behaviour and what is not. Violations of these norms, including acts of corruption, ...

Grabbing, Corruption, Development Aid, Accountability, Utilities, Construction, Ports, Extractive Industries, Finance, Health, Pharmaceuticals, Education, Law Enforcement, Land, Elections

Donors and "zero tolerance for corruption": From principle to practice

U4 Brief | Feb 2014

Bilateral donors often use “zero tolerance for corruption policies” to signal a tough stance against corruption, but staff often ...

aid

Good governance for medicines initiatives: Exploring lessons learned

U4 Issue | May 2013

Corruption in the pharmaceutical system results in wasted resources, limited access to health services and reduced health gains. In this U4 ...

health, corruption, anti-corruption, medicines, pharmaceuticals, governance, Jordan, The Philippines, Zambia

The social uses of livestock among pastoralists in Sudan: Food systems, stores of value, wealth, power, and authority

Sudan Working Paper | Dec 2014

The impact of livestock on the economy of Sudan and its social uses within the pastoral sector are of great importance in the future development ...

Social uses of livestock among pastoralists, land grabbing, Sudan's domestic and export economy, pastoral transformation, Sudan

Assessing aid impacts revisited: results measurement in Norwegian aid

Journal Article | Jan 2014

We compare the procedures and structures for supporting results measurement and evaluation between the Norwegian aid administration, the World ...

counterfactual, interventions, institutions, foreign assistance

Political economy of the petroleum sector in Nigeria

Report in External Series | Sep 2011

The relatively slow pace of Nigeria’s development has often been attributed to the phenomenon of the resource curse whereby the nature ...

corruption, petroleum, natural resources, political economy, Nigeria

Results measurement and evaluability: a comparative analysis

Journal Article | Jan 2014

We compare the procedures and structures for supporting results measurement and evaluation between the Norwegian aid administration, the World ...

evaluation, foreign aid, methods, review, monitoring, M&E systems

Providing policy makers with timely advice: The timeliness-rigor trade-off

Journal Article | Jan 2017

Policy makers bemoan the lack of research findings to guide urgent decisions, whereas researchers' professional code puts rigor first. This ...

Islamism in the Diaspora: Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon

Journal Article | Jan 2005

In recent years there has been increasing academic interest in Islamism in the Middle East, not least in Palestinian Islamism championed by ...

Islamism, political Islam, refugees, Jihad, , Middle East: Lebanon

Anti-Corruption Strategies in Fragile States

Book | Jan 2016

Aid agencies increasingly consider anti-corruption activities important for economic development and poverty reduction in developing countries. ...

Taxing Africa: Coercion, Reform and Development

Book | Jul 2018

It has long been debated whether Africa's lack of growth is best explained by the continent's exploitation by the global system, or by internal ...

Tax, coercion, reform, Africa

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

Bureaucratic Complexity and Impacts of Corruption in Utilities

CMI Working Paper | Mar 2008

This paper explores how the relationship between bureaucratic complexity and corruption affects the performance in utilities. We observe considerable ...

Corruption, Bureaucracy, JEL D73

Petro-Governance in Tanzania: Opportunities and Challenges

CMI Brief | Oct 2016

Recent significant natural gas discoveries have pushed Tanzania into the international spotlight as a new petroleum producer. How can the country ...

oil, petroleum, gas, economy, Tanzania

Violence against women in the context of urban poverty in Angola

CMI Brief | Oct 2016

Violence against women is widespread in Angola. This brief presents the main findings in a recent study of how violence against women is playing ...

women, violence, poverty, Angola, Luanda

Bankranet i Mosambik

Newspaper Op-Ed | Nov 2018

Mosambiks president Filipe Nyusi er i disse dager på offisielt besøk til Norge. Det er grunn til å bruke dette besøket ...

Mozambique

Torvik Ragnar

Associated Senior Researcher

Economist whose main interests are political economy, petroleum economics, and macroeconomics.

Koos Carlo

Senior Researcher

Political scientist focusing on conflict, peace and development

politicial violence, international development, gender equality, DR Congo, Nigeria, South Sudan