This project, commissioned by Norad in conjunction with the Norwegian Embassy in Dar es Salaam under a framework agreement, is a mid-term review of the ...

The Norwegian government has appointed a committee that will evaluate Norway’s engagement in Afghanistan. The main objective is to review and draw lessons from the operation. Senior researchers Astri Suhrke and Torunn Wimpelmann at CMI will be part of the Commission.

NRC is very efficient, professional and creative when it comes to implementation of projects and emergency response. But the management routines and coordination need to be improved.

2000 delegates met at the 4th high level meeting on aid effectiveness in Busan, Korea from 29 November to 1 December 2011 to review global progress ...

Astri Suhrke receives award for her book When more is less. The international project in Afghanistan.

ARUSS WorkshopReviewing Dynamics of Change in rural Sudan14 – 16 October 2014Ahfad University for Women   Workshop Programme Tuesday 14/10 ...

May 6, 2010 An independent review by six leading human rights and Sudan advocacy groups reveals that the Sudanese peace processes for Darfur and Southern Sudan show no significant progress. They are at best stagnating and at worst backsliding toward complete failure and a return to full-scale, national war.

Join us in exploring the prize-winning Angolan author José Eduardo Agualusa's Africa, where the mundane and the fantastic, the tragic and the comic, fact and fiction merge in an artful mix of poetry, politics and personal confessions.

CMI has won a framework agreement with the Norwegian embassy in Tanzania to conduct 7-10 in-depth studies on aid, public finance, natural resources, land and agriculture, macroeconomics the next 4 years.

Alicia Ely Yamin, JD MPH, has joined the Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Center as inaugural Director of the Program on the Health Rights of Women and Children.

Who owns the planet's natural wealth found under water, below ground, and in the air? How do we reconcile our use of these assets with that of future generations?

Corruption poses a serious threat to sustainable development and security. Donors spend large sums in support of interventions to reduce corruption and ensure that their funds are used for the intended purposes. Yet, despite these investments, the causes of corruption are better understood than how to most effectively reduce corruption.

"CMI is a "flagship" in the diverse fleet of Norwegian research institutions," concludes the recent evaluation commissioned by the Research Council of Norway.

Review of the book: Democratization in Africa, progress and retreat by  Larry Diamond and Marc F. Plattner, in African Studies Review vol. 54, no. ...

What are the links between various transitional justice mechanisms and the degree of violence and reconciliation in the post-war or post-authoritarian period?

Senior Researcher Gunnar M. Sørbø (CMI) and Professor of law Terje Einarsen (UiB) in conversation with Åse Gilje Østensen.

Review article of Terje Tvedt "Utviklingshjelp, utenrikspolitikk og makt: Den norske modellen", Oslo: Gyldendal Akademisk, 2003.

Review of Morten Bøås and Desmond McNeill, "Multilateral Institutions: A Critical Introduction", London: Pluto Press, 2003.

Despite the flourishing of judicialisation of rights across the world, scepticism is not in short supply. Critiques range from concerns over the democratic ...

Thematic Review of Special Interventions in Support of Human Rights and Democratisation: Desk Revie