This report assesses the role of labour in the recent transition to multi-party rule in Zambia. The main question considered is to what extent labour, ...

Honduras invests large sums in education,but powerful teachers' unions and political appointments hinder reforms in a sector vulnerable to corruption ...

The African Union: Towards a New Architecture for Peace, Democracy and Development? Gunnar M. Sørb

This paper provides an analysis of foreign direct investments to the countries of the former Soviet Union and 10 of the former socialist economies in ...

The issue of corruption featured high on the agenda of the two latest enlargements of the European Union, in particular with respect to the accession ...

This U4 Practice Insight seeks to communicate the experiences and lessons learned by a governance specialist during three years of advocacy work to promote ...

While Ukraine under President Kuchma steered a political course which oscillated between the pursuit of rapprochement to the European Union and unswerving ...

On 6 September 2018, the Indian Supreme Court delivered a 493-pages-long verdict on LGBT rights and love. “Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of India” ...

Illegal wildlife trade is one of the most profitable criminal activities. Illegal wildlife usually comes from African and Asian countries, with destination ...

The United Nations is involved in the promotion of human rights in a number of areas, particularly through the Office of the High Commissioner on Human ...

This project assesses the feasibility of the time schedule proposed by the so-called fast-track committee towards the establishment of an East African ...

De intense forhandlingene ledet av den afrikanske union (AU) om Darfur, har nå kuliminert i en fredsavtale undertegnet av den største opprørsbevegelsen ...

The founder and executive director of ACCORD, Mr Vasu Gounden, and the programme manager of ACCORD's peace and security unit, Mr Kwezi Mngqibiza, is visiting CMI on March 21 and 22. Their seminar presentation will focus on Africa: Destination for Conflict Resolution or Investment? and the African Union and Conflict Management: Lessons Learnt

This report assesses the feasibility of the time schedule proposed by the so-called fast-track committee towards the establishment of an East African ...

Through the development of a series of comparative case studies in present-day Latin America, Africa, Europe and the former Soviet Union we will explore ...

PhD fellow focusing on China's role as a development actor

Child marriage is any formal marriage or informal union where one or both parties are under 18 years of age. Child marriage affects both boys and girls, ...

Afghanistan is faced with a number of contextual challenges which are likely to influence implementation of the Afghan National Peace and Development ...

Radha D'Souza, previously a lawyer and counsel at the High Court of Mumbai and currently teaching at the School of Law, University of Waikato, New Zealand gives a seminar at CMI focusing on public interest litigation, class action suits, constitutional and administrative law.

The European Union needs to develop a coherent strategy and invest in tackling corruption outside its own neighbourhood.