This paper demonstrates that recent protests in Bolivia must be linked to the failure of efforts to improve democratic participation in the country. It ...

The implementation of Tanzania’s local content policy for the petroleum and mineral sectors has been hampered by inconsistency, confusion, and un-coordinated ...

This article provides an overview of Norway's historical relations with Africa to date. It considers the full range of relations, from missionary activities ...

The report shall present and review recent policy documents on Africa that informs the current international discussion. This includes the Blair commission, ...

How can researchers influence policy? By engaging key stakeholders. CPD and CMI regularly host dialogue meetings in Dacca where ministers and key stakeholders meet researchers to discuss research findings.

Interventions to fix market failures in infrastructure have often resulted in some form of governance failure and this contributes importantly to explain ...

Most organizations use per diems as a way to reimburse out-of-pocket expenses for travel and to encourage staff to attend professional development activities. ...

(Nepru research report, No. 18)

CMI organised a seminar series jointly with the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) on the position of Norwegian policy towards the South ...

Dr. Eddy Maloka is the CEO of the Africa Institute of South Africa. Previously, he was adviser to the former premiers of Mpumalanga and Gauteng, and he has worked closely with president Mbeki. He has written extensively on political and developmental issues in Africa, including the history of the liberation struggle in South Africa. Recently he has also written about the Sudan Peace Process and Africa in the new Millennium.

Nepal consists of more than 100 different castes and ethnic groups. A recent social inclusion survey reveals deep social exclusion, discrimination and immense differences between the different groups. Will Nepal succeed in lifting the poorest castes and ethnic groups in the country out of poverty using inclusive policies?

Comprehending "evil": Challenges for law and policy Astri Suhrke and Douglas B. Klusmeyer Ethics an

Right to health litigation and HIV/AIDS policy Alicia Ely Yamin, Benjamin Mason Meier The Journal o

Some cross-cutting issues and their policy implications W. Vandenhole, C. Lennox, P. Gready, H. Sto

Based on a literature review on the impacts of trade policy on poverty, we will summarize the general lessons about mechanisms, measures of poverty and ...

In January CMI produced a brief report on aid and economic policy issues in Sri Lanka, commissioned by NORAD. The report is part of the agreement to improve ...

(Published in association with Chr. Michelsen Institute)

Growth and ethnic inequality. Malaysia's new economic policy Just Faaland, Jack Parkinson and Rais

This article examines how the use of tax havens affects tax moral and lobbying, and how tax havens form elites’ and other actors’ incentives ...

The African Development Bank, based in Abidjan, is in the process of reneweing their gender policy. The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has supported ...