Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI)

Visiting address:, Fantoftvegen 38, Postal address:, P.O. Box 6033 Postterminalen, N-5892, Norway

Phone : + 47 55 57 40 00 / Fax : + 47 55 57 41 66

Web site : www.cmi.no

Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI) is an independent centre for research on international development and policy. CMI was founded in 1930, and is located in Bergen, Norway. CMI conducts both applied and theoretical research, and has a multidisciplinary profile anchored in four thematic research groups:

• Rights, Democracy and Development

• Peace, Conflict and the State

• Poverty Reduction

• Public Sector Reform.

The geographical focus is Sub-Saharan Africa, Southern and Central Asia, the Middle East and Latin America.