What are the irrational choices we make that perpetuate poverty, corruption, discrimination? Read more
Bangladesh aims for middle-income status by 2021 and it is a measure of success that it is on track to achieve several of the Millennium Development Goals. Its increasingly active role on the global stage, present a range of opportunities for strengthened partnership between Norway and Bangladesh. Read more
30 Jan 2012
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23 Jan 2012
Are we witnessing a power shift from the West to the East? Read more
12 Jan 2012
How do the emerging South powers promote economic co-operation, trade and investment? And how is development finance and aid provided? Read more
15 Dec 2011
Literary salon: Ingvild Flaskerud and Håkan Rydving discuss representations of prophets and saints in Islam. Read more
9 Dec 2011
Get an update of trends in impact evaluation. Read more
6 Dec 2011
Professor Sonia Bhalotra discusse sex-selective abortions in India. Professor Kalle Moene discusses international index rankings. Read more
5 Dec 2011
Astri Suhrke and Jonathan Steele, two senior analysts, have both published books exploring Afghanistan and the international involvement.
Livestreaming of the evet. Read more
28 Nov 2011
The long civil war in Sri Lanka ended in 2009. The way the war was fought, and particularly the way it ended, raises serious questions about the kind of peace which now prevails. It also raises questions about the failure of international efforts to mediate the conflict at earlier points. Read more
24 Nov 2011
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22 Nov 2011
Two long-time analysts of the Afghan wars, Astri Suhrke and Jonathan Steele discuss their newly published books in conversation with Michael Alvarez. The event will be webcasted. Read more
16 Nov 2011
Hadramawt, in southeastern Yemen, has been a point of departure of emigrants for centuries. How do the emigrants maintain relationships with one another? What are their strategies? Read more
31 Oct 2011
The last fifteen years have seen a tremendous growth in the number of health rights cases focusing on issues such as access to health services ...
27 Oct 2011
Deborah Brautigam: China and Governance in Africa: What Do We Know?
China is not a democracy. China's engagement ...
20 Oct 2011
Brazil has changed its position and signaled that the country was willing to accept voluntary emission cuts. With this Brazil has emerged ...
22 Sep 2011
This seminar will examine Malaysia’s, India’s and especially China’s engagements in relation to the politics of development ...
3 Aug 2011
Prof. Rehman Sobhan challenges the traditional definition of poverty as a form of income deprivation. He redefines poverty a process that ...
21 Jun 2011
What effects can be expected of "national/local content" policies in the oil and gas industry? With a particular focus on Angola this seminar ...
15 Jun 2011
While the struggle for social and political freedom seems to succeed in northern Africa, many regimes south of Sahara tightens their grip ...
19 May 2011
9 July 2011 South Sudan will get its independence. Despite a clear result in the referendum, there are still many unresolved issues. Dr Luka ...
19 May 2011
9 July 2011 South Sudan will get its independence. Despite a clear result in the referendum, there are still many unresolved issues. ;Dr ...
19 May 2011
9 July 2011 South Sudan will get its independence. Despite a clear result in the referendum, there are still many unresolved issues. Dr Luka ...
10 May 2011
Elin Skaar, in conversation with Bernt Hagtvet, presents her new book Judicial Independence and Human Rights in Latin America: Violations, ...
24 Feb 2011
CMI senior research Nefissa Naguib tells the story of the revolution at Tahrir Square in Egypt. She was present during the uprising that ...