Social security, poverty dynamics and economic growth in Angola's smallholder agriculture

E. Jul-Larsen;B. Enge Bertelsen / Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2011

A new Land Act introduced in Angola in 2004 demonstrates a genuine interest in the protection of the customary land rights of rural communities and underlines rural communities’ rights to their ...

Social security, poverty dynamics and economic growth in Angola's smallholder agriculture. A case study of two communities in Huambo province

E. Jul-Larsen;B.E. Bertelsen / Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2011

A new Land Act introduced in Angola in 2004 demonstrates a genuine interest in the protection of the customary land rights of rural communities and underlines rural communities’ rights to their ...

‘Xiculungo’ revisited: assessing the implications of PARPA II in Maputo 2007-2010

M. Paulo;C. Rosário;I. Tvedten / Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2011

According to the World Bank (2010), 70 per cent of the urban population of Mozambique still live in settlements. This report contributes in monitoring and evaluating Mozambique’s Poverty Redu...

Tackling corruption for governing REDD in the Philippines

G. Mayo-Anda / Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2011

National efforts to reverse forest degradation in the Philippines have taken on a new dimension in the context of recent international focus on mitigating the effects of climate change. This paper ...

Maximising the potential of UNCAC implementation: making use of the self-assessment checklist

S. Repucci (ed) / Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2009

The UN Convention against Corruption offers countries a unique framework to strengthen their ability to prevent and combat corruption. The self-assessment checklist is one of the few available methods...

Practitioners reflections: making a difference in high corruption and weak governance country environments

V. Bhargava / Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2011

Good governance involves capable, accountable, transparent, and responsive states. Unfortunately, in many developing countries, weaknesses in these attributes are a grim reality, which, in turn, gi...

Forest governance in Congo: corruption rules?

T. Trefon / Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2010

Innovative management of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) forests is an international priority. This paper argues, however, that recent forestry codes and initiatives have not achieve...

Afghan hydrocarbons: addressing corruption to fuel development?

A. Strand;A. Williams / Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2010

Use of Afghanistan’s oil and gas resources, if properly handled, could have considerable spin-off effects for development in the country. This paper suggests, however, that governing the coun...

Oil, peace and development: the Sudanese impasse

H.A. Gadkarim / Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2010

This working paper seeks to describe how oil has impacted on the Sudanese national economy as well as the peace agreement that the central government signed with the Sudan Peoples' Liberation Movem...

Afghan hydrocarbons: a source for development or for conflict: a risk assessment of Norwegian involvement in development of the Afghan oil and gas industry

A. Strand;M. Hakim;S. Newrozi / Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2010

This report reviews the process that is underway for exploring and utilising Afghan and regional oil and gas resources, taking into consideration the security situation in north Afghanistan. The re...