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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.
Chasing untraceable money
News | 18 Jan 2012
Current efforts to combat money laundering in the informal financial sector have had very limited effects. Informal money transfer systems cannot be treated and controlled like formal banks, says CMI advisor Jesper Johnsøn in a newly published article.
Women and legal pluralism: Lessons from indigenous governance systems in the Andes
Journal Article | Jan 2017
The shift towards legally plural multicutural and pluri-national citizenship regimes in the Andes formally recognised indigenous peoples' community-based ...
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.
Strengthening tax systems in developing countries
News | 19 Dec 2013
How can donors strengthen tax systems in developing countries? By complementing their technical approach with measures to build a taxpayer culture, and challenging development countries to take the lead, says CMI researcher Odd-Helge Fjeldstad.
The best way to tax natural resources
News | 24 Nov 2015
-A 'good' natural resource tax regime is one that does not undermine - or strangle - the development of the ordinary tax system, says CMI researcher Odd-Helge Fjeldstad. Different segments of the tax system 'interfere' with each other. If the most resourceful companies and individuals do not contribute with tax revenue due to tax avoidance and exemptions, this will affect the taxpaying behaviour of others.
Sørbø Gunnar M.
Emeritus
Anthropologist focusing on development; conflict and peacebuilding; social impact assessment (incl. resettlement); agricultural and pastoral systems; and regional analysis and economic adaptations.
Conflict and peacebuilding, economic adaptations, arid and semi-arid areas of Africa, agricultural and pastoral systems, rural development, development planning, regional systems, resettlement and ecosystems analysis, Norway's aid policy, Norway's co-operation with developing countries, Africa: Sudan., Asia: Sri Lanka
Evaluation of the Norwegian Aid Administration's Systems & Practices
Project | Apr - Dec 2013
The purpose of this evaluation is to assess the degree to which the current regulations and practices within the Norwegian Aid Administration ...
Cooperation on improvement of IT system at CEIC
Project | Mar - Jun 2007
The present IT system at Centro de Estudos e Investigacao Cientifica (CEIC) does not perform well. The unreliable system means that ...
ICT, Angola, CEIC, Open Access, Angola
Budget system and Public expenditure
Project | Apr 2008 - Dec 2010
The overall objective of this project is to contribute to an improvement in the budgetary system of Angola through making available information ...
Angola Budget system, budgeting Public sector budget, Angola
Tax builds countries: A window of opportunity for Angola
News | 14 Jun 2012
There is political will to strengthen the tax system in Angola. If properly designed and implemented, the new tax system can improve the efficiency and responsiveness of the public sector. One of the main challenges, however, will be to convince the citizens of Angola about the value of paying taxes. This will require not only reforms, but a major cultural shift.
Angola
Towards a Feasible Social Security System in Kenya
Project | Jul 2004 - Dec 2005
Developing countries are devoting increasing attention to social security as part of their poverty reduction policies. This project investigates ...
Social security, Kenya, Poverty reduction
Towards feasible social security systems in sub-Saharan Africa
CMI Working Paper | Jan 2004
The international community is devoting increasing attention to social security issues in developing countries as part of its preoccupation ...
Social security, Africa South of Sahara
Problemet er systemet
Newspaper Op-Ed | Jan 2009
The Problem is the System (English version)
Valgkrisen i Afghanistan var bisarre til det siste. President Hamaid Karzai – utskjelt ...
Afghanistan
Why can we not demonstrate the difference that Norwegian aid makes? An evaluation of the results measurement system and practice
Journal Article | Mar 2016
We assess why the Norwegian aid administration is not able to document its results. We find that the system is not designed to provide the necessary ...
Evaluation, foreign aid, methods, review, monitoring, M&E systems
Operasjonell kode som analytisk verktøy: Profilering av politiske eliter
Journal Article | Nov 2015
Analyse av operasjonell kode en relativt ukjent metode i Norge, beskrives og demonstreres i denne artikkelen til mulig inspirasjon for fagmiljøet. ...
politisk psykologi, analyse av operasjonell kode, utenrikspolitisk beslutningstagning, beliefs-system, Hamas, political psychology, operational code analysis, foreign policy, decisionmaking
From dominant to competitive party system: The Zambian experiences 1991-2001
Journal Article | Jan 2004
In this article we analyse the changes in the party system in Zambia in the period 1991 to 2001. Based on changes observed in terms of the number ...
Political parties, Politics, Africa: Zambia
Changing conditions for fighting economic crime
Event | 30 Oct 2013
What constitutes an efficient criminal justice system? This international workshop with leading experts explores criteria for crime-preventive impacts through the criminal justice system.
Linking procurement and political economy
Project | Feb - Nov 2010
National procurement systems handle a substantial share of total government expenditures in most countries. If the public procurement systems ...
procurement, political economy analysis
Global Health and Development
News | 5 Jul 2005
CMI launches a new research programme on Global Health and Development.
Millions of people suffer and die from easily preventable diseases in developing countries. Malfunctioning health systems are at the heart of the problem. The goal of the programme is to increase the knowledge of how health systems in developing countries can be brought to deliver better health services.