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CMI and Bangladesh: 40 years of collaboration and institutional capacity building

CMI Report | Jan 1997

The report reviews CMI's experience of technical assistance and institutional collaboration in Bangladesh, from its beginnings in the form of individual ...

Research collaboration, Institution building, Capacity building, Bangladesh, Asia: Bangladesh

The institutional impact of aid dependence on recipients in Africa

CMI Working Paper | Jan 1999

Heavy aid dependence can have significant effects on institutions and governance. In Botswana, Mauritius, Korea and Taiwan, high levels of aid reinforced ...

Africa: Sub-Saharan Africa

Understanding the lie of the land: an institutional analysis of petro-governance in Tanzania

Journal Article | Jan 2018

Tanzania has recently discovered large petroleum and natural gas reserves, boosting its natural resource stocks and potential future revenue flows. Whether ...

petroleum, governance, legal regimes, Tanzania

The institutional context of the 2004 general elections in Malawi

Project | Aug 2003 - Jul 2006

A central concern for democratic accountability is how political institutions are able to guard against executive dominance and electoral malpractice. ...

Democratisation, Parliamentary-executive relations, Political culture, Electoral administration, Political parties, Judiciary, Elections, Electoral systems, Africa: Malawi

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 budget. ...

Development research, research policy, globalisation

Forging Partnerships? A comparative study of institutional responses to Nordic and Japanese aid in Asia

Project | Jan - Dec 2004

This is a study of instituions in Sri Lanka having received development assistance from Japanese and Nordic donors. The main research questions are: To ...

Asia: Sri Lanka

Government's role in cluster development for MSEs: Lessons from Ethiopia

CMI Report | Sep 2012

Cluster development programs have become increasingly widespread tools in fostering innovation and growth of a competitive private sector in developing ...

Micro- and small-scale enterprises, Industrial clusters, Cluster development policies, Ethiopia

Social development and foreign direct investments in developing countries

CMI Report | Jan 2002

This study analyses the link between social development and foreign direct investment (FDI) in developing countries. Previous empirical studies conflict ...

Providing development aid to Africa: Comparing South Africa with China, India and Brazil

Report in External Series | Feb 2013

South Africa’s planned development aid agency, South African Development Partnership Agency, is expected to be established in 2013. This report ...

Development Aid, Emerging Powers, Africa, South Africa, Brazil, China, India

Review of The Good Holiday. Development, Tourism and the Politics of the Benevolence in Mozambique

Book Review | Jan 2018

Review of The Good Holiday. Development, Tourism and the Politics of the Benevolence in Mozambique A

Tourism, development tourism, eco-tourism, development aid, NGO, Mozambique

Macro-economic effects of development plan expenditures. A framework for analysis, with special reference to Uganda

CMI Working Paper | Jan 1993

Development plans are mainly concerned with the financial aspects of development projects, while the economic aspects are often neglected. This paper ...

Development plans, Economic models, Development projects, Uganda

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 have ...

Project appraisal and sustainability in less developed countries

CMI Report | Jan 1994

There is a widespread concern that adverse environmental effects of economic activities will seriously affect both the present and future welfare of people ...

Environment, Environmental assesment, Sustainable development, Project appraisal, Development projects, Cost-benefit analysis, NORAD, World Bank, Asian Development Bank, Malawi, Africa: Malawi

Human rights and development. The discourse in the humanities and social sciences

CMI Report | Jan 1993

The aim of this study is to review central debates on human rights within the social sciences and humanities with a view to enumerating the present state ...

Human rights, Economic development, Political development, Development aid, Reporting systems

Aid, development and politics in Southern Africa: a critical look at new conditionalities in official development assistance

Journal Article | Jan 1998

Aid, development and politics in Southern Africa: a critical look at new conditionalities in offici

Sudan: Human rights, development and democracy

Book Chapter | Jan 2017

Sudan: Human rights, development and democracy Liv Tønnessen Politics in the Developing World Peter

Development, democarcy, human rights, Sudan, Sudan

Debate: Fact or fiction? A response to Terje Tvedt

Journal Article | Jan 1999

This is a response to a previous article - "Some Notes on Development Research and Ethics" by Terje Tvedt, published in 'Forum for Development Studies', ...

Development research

Improving audits to increase the effectiveness of development funding

U4 Brief | Feb 2020

Donors and development actors rely quite heavily on audit reports, despite their high cost and the disruption they cause. Yet it is questionable whether ...

A Promising Experience: Building Peace through Community Development

CMI Brief | Jan 2007

Mainstream peacebuilding approaches tend to assume that a conflict settlement must be in place before the process of social and economic development can ...

peacebuilding, community development, reconciliation, UNDP, DR Congo

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