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Sudan country case study: Child rights

Report in External Series | Aug 2011

Sudan country case study: Child rights Samia al-Nagar and Liv Tønnessen UTV Working Paper Children

Children's rights, Sudan, Sudan

Politics, adminstration and agricultural development. The case of Botswana's Accelcerated Rainfed Arable Programme

CMI Report | Jan 1992

This is a case study of a large programme for arable faring in Botswana from 1985 to 1990. The focus is upon the organization of the programme. The study ...

Agricultural policy, Public administration, Modernization, Organization theory, Botswana

Entrepreneurial abilities and barriers to microenterprise growth: A case study in Nepal

Journal Article | Mar 2015

Studies of microbusiness in poor countries find high marginal returns to capital but also lack of investments. This paper analyses how segmentation in ...

Entrepreneurship, segmentation, economic development, exclusion, Nepal

Overheating in the Kimberley: Theory and a case study

Event | 7 May 2013

Open lecture with Professor Thomas Hylland Eriksen (UiO) on the effects of an interconnected "overheated" world.

Does Parliament matter in new democracies? The case of South Africa 1994-2000

CMI Working Paper | Jan 2001

The role of parliaments is a neglected topic in the study of the democratisation in sub-Saharan Africa. This working paper provides a case study of the ...

Africa: South Africa

Evaluation of the comprehensive development framework (CDF) : Vietnam case study

Commissioned Report | Jan 2003

(Commissioned, restricted, limited circulation)

Asia: Vietnam

Non-tariff barriers to trade and development- the case of garments industry in Bangladesh

Book Chapter | Jan 1990

(In cooperation with Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies and Chr. Michelsen Institute)

Can commissioned research be "researcher friendly"? The case of the Bangladesh country boat study

DERAP Working Paper | Jan 1984

Can commissioned research be "researcher friendly"? The case of the Bangladesh country boat study

Asia: Bangladesh

Aid and conditionality - the role of the bilateral donor. A case study of the Norwegian-Tanzanian aid relationship

Commissioned Report | Jan 1999

Aid and conditionality - the role of the bilateral donor. A case study of the Norwegian-Tanzanian a

Intergenerational determinants of occupational choice: The case of international labor migration from Nepal

CMI Working Paper | Jan 2013

We study the deep determinants of occupational choice, with a focus on what appears to be a particularly profitable pathway out of poverty, overseas labor ...

Livelihood strategies, poverty trap, Nepal

Globally designed accountability and local social inequality. A case study of two maternal deaths in Tanzania.

Book Chapter | Sep 2018

Globally designed accountability and local social inequality. A case study of two maternal deaths in

Maternal health, accountability, Tanzania

Acceptability of an economic support component to reduce early pregnancy and school dropout in Zambia: a qualitative case study

Journal Article | Nov 2019

Background: Cash Transfer (CT) schemes have become popular poverty reducing measures in many low and middle-income countries. Research indicates that ...

Acceptability, Cash transfer, adolescent health, Zambia, Zambia

Shifting cultivation expansion and intensity of production: The open economy case

CMI Working Paper | Jan 1994

This paper studies decision making in shifting cultivation, in particular labour inputs, length of rotation or fallow period (intensity of production), ...

Indigenous peoples' land rights and REDD: a case study

Journal Article | Jul 2011

With the development of REDD (‘Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation’) policies, determining who can claim rights over ...

Multinational corporations and host country institutions: A case study of CSR activities in Angola

Journal Article | Mar 2010

While institutions are important for economic development, particularly in resource rich countries, the interaction between multinational corporations ...

Angola

Taking the inside or outside track – or both? NGO advocacy in state reporting under the Child Rights Convention: a case study from Kenya

CMI Report | Apr 2015

This report forms part of a larger study titled Advancing the Rights of Children: Assessing the Effectiveness of Transnational Advocacy Networks ...

Kenya

Why people pay taxes. The case of development levy in Tanzania

CMI Working Paper | Jan 1998

This study sheds light on some of the factors underlying tax compliance in local authorities in Tanzania with the help of original survey data. We use ...

Africa: Tanzania

Commitment, control and interest: A case study in operationalising ownership

U4 Practice Insight | Sep 2009

How can donors promote national ownership in the projects and programmes they fund? How do national counterparts regard ownership? How to translate principles ...

private sector, practice insight, serbia

The overlooked role of elites in African grassroots conflicts: A case study of the Dinka-Mundari-Bari conflict in Southern Sudan

Sudan Working Paper | Dec 2014

Many analysts of grassroots conflicts in African emphasized one of the following factors to be the most important: ethnic divisions, competition over ...

Local conflict, elites, ethnic divisions, Sudan

Perceptions of Chinese presence in Africa as reflected in the African media: case study of Uganda

Journal Article | Oct 2015

The Chinese entry into the African continent and the subsequent effect on soft power in global relations are of increasing interest to many scholars. ...

Beijing Consensus, , globalization, , imperialism, , neo-colonialism, , partnership of equals, , Washington Consensus, Uganda