CMI Working Papers

CMI Working Paper | 1999

Impact of mangement scenarios and fisheries gear selectivity on the potential economic gains from Namibian hake

This paper develops a model for Namibian hake, which incorporates the biology, gear selectivity and the economics of the hake fisheries in a framework that allows the analysis of fishing...
Ussif Rashid Sumaila (1999)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Working Paper WP 1999:3) 25 p.
CMI Working Paper | 1999

Local entrepreneurs, networks and linkages to the global economy in Southeast Asia and Africa

Deborah Bräutigam (1999)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Working Paper WP 1999:2) 23 p.
CMI Working Paper | 1999

The institutional impact of aid dependence on recipients in Africa

Heavy aid dependence can have significant effects on institutions and governance. In Botswana, Mauritius, Korea and Taiwan, high levels of aid reinforced local capacity, enabling them to 'graduate' from most...
Deborah Bräutigam and Kwesi Botchwey (1999)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Working Paper WP 1999:1) 39 p.
CMI Working Paper | 1998

Land dispute and death enmity in a Kohistani mountain village

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Are Knudsen (1998)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Working Paper WP 1998:9)
CMI Working Paper | 1998

Korrupsjon

Corruption is an ancient phenomenon, which has attracted increasing attention in recent years. This does not least reflect the growing awareness of the magnitude of the phenomenon. The primary concern...
Odd-Helge Fjeldstad (1998)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Working Paper WP 1998:8)
CMI Working Paper | 1998

Beyond cultural relativism? Tim Ingold's "ontology of dwelling"

Tim Ingold has emerged as perhaps the most interesting theoretician of Man-Environment relations. This essay traces the intellectual history of the study of environmental perceptions and Ingold's rejection of the...
Are Knudsen (1998)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Working Paper WP 1998:7)
CMI Working Paper | 1998

Does aid to institution development work? Reflections on personal experiences

The author has spent close to ten years as advisor to planning organisations in four developing countries: Pakistan, Kenya, the Sudan and Bangladesh. He raises the question whether the work...
Ole David Koht Norbye (1998)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Working Paper WP 1998:6) 27 p.
CMI Working Paper | 1998

Why people pay taxes. The case of development levy in Tanzania

This study sheds light on some of the factors underlying tax compliance in local authorities in Tanzania with the help of original survey data. We use the experience of the...
Odd-Helge Fjeldstad (1998)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Working Paper WP 1998:5)
CMI Working Paper | 1998

Cannibalism and the optimal sharing of the North-East Atlantic cod stock: A computation model

This paper shows how intra-stock relations, such as cannibalism and growth enhancement, define the optimal sharing of a fish resource between heterogeneous harvesting agents. The sharing of resources between different...
Ussif Rashid Sumaila and C.W. Armstrong (1998)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Working Paper WP 1998:4) 27 p.
CMI Working Paper | 1998

Protected marine reserves as fisheries management tools: A bioeconomic analysis.

This paper develops a dynamic computational bioeconomic model with the objective of assessing protected marine reserves as fisheries management tools. Data on the North East Atlantic cod stock are used...
Ussif Rashid Sumaila (1998)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Working Paper WP 1998:3) 26 p.
CMI Working Paper | 1998

Profitt eller moral? Ein diskusjon om næringslivsinteresser og menneskerettar

Koplinga mellom menneskerettar og næringslivsinteresser har for alvor vorten satt på dagsorden dei siste par åra. I stadig sterkare grad vert det stilt krav til bedriftane om at dei ikkje...
Elin Skaar (1998)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Working Paper WP 1998:2) 21 p.
CMI Working Paper | 1998

Skatteundragelse. Et studie av kommunebeskatning i Tanzania

I dette notatet gis en oversikt over økonomisk teori om skatteunndragelse. Relevansen av ulike teoretiske tilnærminger i en u-landskontekst, drøftes. Deretter analyseres hvilke variabler som kan bidra til å forklare...
Cecilie Hansen Fosse (1998)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Working Paper WP 1998:1) 80 p.
CMI Working Paper | 1997

Some reasons why capital does not flow from rich to poor countries

This paper introduces endogenous adoption costs for productive assets in a Ramsey type growth model with international capital flows. There are two c1asses of productive assets: owner-specific and location-specific. Adoption...
Hildegunn Kyvik Nordås (1997)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Working Paper WP 1997:18)
CMI Working Paper | 1997

Mountain protected areas in Northern Pakistan: The case of Khunjerab National Park

This paper discusses recent conversation efforts in Northern Pakistan and the relevance of national parks as legal instruments in nature and wildlife conservation. Employing an extensive case study approach the...
Are Knudsen (1997)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Working Paper WP 1997:17)
CMI Working Paper | 1997

Turning but not toppling Malthus: Boserupian theory on population and the environment relationships

Subsequently to the Brundtland Report, the 1992 Earth Summit, and the resu1ting Agenda 21, the issue of population and development has increasingly evolved into discussion on the "population, environment and...
Catherine M. Marquette (1997)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Working Paper WP 1997:16) 14 p.
CMI Working Paper | 1997

Population and environment relationships in developing countries: A selected review of approaches and methods

A diversity of opinion, theory, and conceptual approaches characterizes discussion of population and environment relationships among social scientists. This review captures some of this diversity by considering several of the...
Catherine M. Marquette (1997)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Working Paper WP 1997:15) 15 p.
CMI Working Paper | 1997

Strategisk handelsteori og økonomisk utvikling

This paper gives an overview of theories of strategic trade policies and discusses whether these theories are applicable as development strategies for developing countries. The general answer is no. The...
Arne Wiig (1997)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Working Paper WP 1997:14)
CMI Working Paper | 1997

Economic development and industrial structure- an overview

This essay offers a selective review of central issues related to economic growth. The interrelationship between technological processes, capital accumulation, specialisation and industrial structure is emphasised. It is concluded that,...
Hildegunn Kyvik Nordås (1997)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Working Paper WP 1997:13)
CMI Working Paper | 1997

Microcredit programmes: Methodes for solving dilemmas of credit expansion

Providing credits seems to be an effective tool for improving the welfare of the poor. It is expected that microcredit funding to poor people will expand rapidly over the coming...
Arne Wiig (1997)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Working Paper WP 1997:12)
CMI Working Paper | 1997

Fish as a vehicle for economic development in post-indepence Namibia

A key fishery policy issue decided by the new government of Namibia soon after independence in 1990 relates to the division of the total allowable catch for hake between wetfish...
Ussif Rashid Sumaila (1997)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Working Paper WP 1997:11) 31 p.