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The RV Dr Fridtjof Nansen in the Western Indian Ocean: voyages of marine research and capacity development
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2017The marine research vessel (RV) Dr Fridtjof Nansen is a familiar visitor to the coastal waters of developing countries around the world. Since its first expedition in 1975, to survey fish abundance in an upwelling region of the Western Indian Ocean, the Nansen has returned to this “least known” of the world’s oceans numerous times.DocumentPathways to global impact: Tracing the impacts of development research funded by the Research Council of Norway
Research Council of Norway / Norges forskningsråd, 2017Norwegian development research is widely used and applied in various settings, both in national contexts and not least internationally. However, many users seem unable to absorb and exploit the variety of research performed in the area.Better mechanisms for interaction between users and researchers are needed, both outside and within the funding arenas.DocumentUnbundling Land Administrative Reform: Demand for Second Stage Land Certification in Ethiopia
Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2013Ethiopia has implemented one of the largest, fastest and cheapest land registration and certification reforms in Africa.DocumentGood governance: key to local government in implementing REDD
2012Local Government Authorities (LGAs) are responsible for the provision of wide-ranging public services including environmental protection, forest conservation and development incentives, among others. But the key challenge for such incentives is governance.DocumentClimate Change Finance: If You Can't Measure It, You Can't Manage It
Fridtjof Nansen Institute, 2012Climate change finance is currently estimated at between approximately USD 70 and 120 billion per year. However, these estimates involve a fair amount of uncertainty.DocumentKnowledge and brokerage in REDD+ policy making: A Policy Networks Analysis of the case of Tanzania
John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2012As various countries are preparing their national REDD+ strategies, balancing different types of knowledge and interests for legitimate and effective policies has become a primary, pressing challenge.DocumentHow to Support Women’s Land Rights in Mozambique? Approaches and Lessons Learnt in the Work of Four Main Organisations
2012The Mozambican Land Law of 1997 has been referred to as one of the best in the world, for the way in which it protects and codifies local people’s land rights.DocumentFrom privatisation to corporatisation and the need for a counter-strategy
Association for International Water Studies, Norway, 2012This report explores the development from privatisation to corporatisation within neoliberal policy on urban water services in developing countries. The findings call for the water justice movement to update and adjust its strategy, in order to counter the neoliberal tactical shift towards corporatisation.DocumentDissonance in Development. Foreign aid and state formation in Malawi
Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2011This PhD thesis focuses on certain characteristics of the state and of state formation in Malawi, with particular emphasis on the effects of development aid.DocumentDecentralization in Nepal: Laws and Practices
Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research, 2011This report analyses the legal framework for local governance in Nepal and how its is practiced in six districts. It focuses specifically on transfer of resources and delivery of services, how various groups participate in local planning, decicion-making and implementation of projects and programmes, and relations between local governance institutions and the central government.Pages