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Lack of consultation. Stakeholders perspectives on local content requirements in the petroleum sector in Tanzania

CMI Brief | Oct 2016

Tanzania has recently discovered huge offshore natural gas fields. This has led the Government to develop Local Content Policies (LCPs) to increase ...

oil, gas, resources, local content, petroleum, Tanzania

Include Southern voices in the new development agenda

News | 15 Jul 2013

As the Millennium Development Goals are coming to an end, international actors have started working on a new set of development goals for the global community. Last time around, the majority of the inputs came from institutions in the North. Will the voice of Southern actors be heard this time?

Corruption, natural resources and development: From resource curse to political ecology

Edited Book | Jan 2017

Corruption, Natural Resources and Development provides a fresh and extensive discussion of corruption issues in natural resources sectors. Reflecting ...

Corruption, political ecology, resource curse, wildlife trafficking, urban land, lobbying, transparency, community development, marine fisheries, biofuel, land management, political transitions, deforestation, extractive industries, Nigeria, Ghana, Tanzania, Madagascar, Norway, Philippines, Kenya

Corruption in community-driven development. A Kenyan case study with insights from Indonesia

U4 Issue | Jul 2017

Abstract Community-driven development is a widely employed development strategy for empowering people to choose their own development priorities, ...

evaluation measurement, Community-driven development, Corruption, Monitoring and evaluation, Project design, Kenya, Indonesia

Ethnographies of Aid and Development

Event | 31 May 2007

The success of any international development agency depends on an understanding of the ways in which a community and individuals relate to ideas and resources, argues Dr. David Lewis from the London School of Economics.

Debate: Development research in Norway

Journal Article | Jan 2001

This article discusses the current framework for development research in Norway, which today is entirely dependent on the development assistance ...

Development research, research policy, globalisation

China in Africa. What does it mean for political development?

Event | 27 Oct 2011

Deborah Brautigam: China and Governance in Africa: What Do We Know? Shubo Li: Political Identity in China-Africa relations.

Shaping the political arena

Event | 22 Sep 2014

Michael Alvarez in conversation with David and Ruth Collier

Supporting child rights. Synthesis of lessons learned in four countries

Report in External Series | May 2011

This evaluation was commissioned jointly by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) and the Swedish International Development ...

Child rights, Guatemala, Kenya, Mozambique, Sudan

Supporting child rights: Synthesis of lessons learned in four countries

Report in External Series | Feb 2011

This evaluation was commissioned jointly by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) and the Swedish International Development ...

child rights, civil society, mainstreaming, targeting, Guatemala, Kenya, Mozambique, Sudan

Strengthening Nordic development cooperation in and with Afghanistan

Report in External Series | Mar 2009

The meeting of the Nordic Foreign Ministers in Stockholm on 18 April 2008 adopted a Plan of Action for Nordic Cooperation in Afghanistan to ...

Afghanistan

Life skills in non-formal contexts for adolescent girls in developing countries

CMI Report | Apr 2018

Executive summary How can young women in developing countries best be prepared for success in their lives and livelihoods? Life preparation ...

education, life skills, girls, Ethiopia, Lebanon, Tanzania

Development by other means: A critical review of development assistance and political conditionalities in Southern Africa

Book Chapter | Jan 1997

Development by other means: A critical review of development assistance and political conditionalit

Creating a political and social climate for climate change

Project | Jan 2018 - Dec 2020

Climate change will in coming decades lead to increased frequency and severity of floods, drought and extreme weather events. As the more exposed ...

Bangladesh, Ethiopia

Telecommunications Development and Economic Growth in Developing Countries- an Empirical Approach

Master's Thesis | Jan 2003

The world economy has experienced an enormous growth the past 50 years, yet the gap between the poor and the rich countries has increased. There ...

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

Science and Technology for Development: The Institutional Landscape in Africa and Europe

Report in External Series | Jan 2009

This report provides an overview of the European and African institutional terrain and policy frameworks of S&T and development cooperation, ...

Science and technology, Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa

Telecommunications - a means to economic growth in developing countries?

CMI Report | Jan 2003

The world economy has experienced an enormous growth the past 50 years. Yet the gap between the richest and the poorest countries has increased. ...

Telecommunications, Economic growth, Developing countries, Network externalities, Econometrics

Good Governance, Aid Modalities and Poverty Reduction. From Better Theory to Better Practice

Commissioned Report | Feb 2008

Leaders of the world community have committed themselves to providing development assistance on a scale and in a form that enables developing ...

Evaluation. Support to development research

Report in External Series | Oct 2009

This evaluation of Finnish development research was commissioned by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland (MFA), which supports (a) research ...

Finnish development aid, Development research, Evaluation, Commissioned research, Finland