Lack of local ownership is seen as a central explanation for why peacebuilding efforts often fail to yield sustainable peace dividends. But how is local ...

This Practice Insight summarises lessons learned from four case studies conducted to examine what bearing the notion of ownership has on anti-corruption ...

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

Local ownership of international statebuilding processes tends to be understood as a quality which is ‘supported’, ‘fostered’, ...

Introduction: Conceptualising Ownership in Aid Relations Alf Morten Jerve and Annette Skovsted Han

Sri Lanka: Exploring 'Ownership' of Aid-Funded Projects: a Comparative Study of Japanese, Norwegia

This book offers fresh perspectives on the current aid effectiveness and aid relationship debates by focusing on the issue of ownership.  The book ...

Ownership and partnership: Does the new rhetoric solve the incentive problems in aid? Alf Morten Je

Ambigious land ownership in al-Salha, Omdurman: Land grabbing or business as usual? Munzoul Assal An

One Man Ownership: Political Parties and their Struggle for Democratic Standards Augustin Magolowon

An international team of researchers headed by CMI has evaluated the "Comprehensive Development Framework" (CDF) in Vietnam. The project commissioned ...

In the international offshore industry we find that the oil companies and their main suppliers usually operate with separate ownership. But the main contractors ...

What is the relationship between the change in the structure of land ownership and the dynamics of armed conflict in the Columbian Pacific, and how is it related to the planting and exploitation of palm oil?

Is it possible to carry out governance assessments and develop diagnostic tools for enhancing governance while adhering to the principles of the Paris ...

Public financial transparency is increasingly advocated as a solution to concerns over legal tax planning by multinational corporations, and illegal tax ...

In India, the Schedule Tribes have remained on the fringes of growth, but less so in the majority tribal areas of the North East. This has increased the ...

How do different models of ownership over natural resources affect poverty levels and social conflicts in Latin America? Who stand to gain and who stand to lose from nationalizing natural resources? And what do "natural resources" really mean for different groups in society?

"We will follow the political economy of the transition from war to peace and the role of third party engagement and issues related to the management and coordination of aid", says Gunnar M. Sørbø who will head the new four-year programme.

Malawi and Zambia are poor and heavily indebted countries whose dependence on foreign aid is pronounced. They both qualify for debt relief in terms of ...

Effective engagement by communities is a crucial strategy for anti-corruption initiatives. However, encouraging involvement and civic-mindedness at a ...