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Mar
Christian Michelsen lecture 2012
Sendhil Mullainathan

What are the irrational choices we make that perpetuate poverty, corruption, discrimination? Read more

16
Apr
Bangladesh Frontier Forum
Why Bangladesh? Why Now? Prospects on the road towards middle income status Business opportunities for Norwegian companies

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

Dialogues at CMI: Emerging South Powers and Africa

Jon Lomøy: After Busan: Is a new global partnership for development possible?

30 Jan 2012
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Dialogues at CMI: Emerging South Powers and Africa

Odd Arne Westad: Restless Empire: China and the World since 1750

23 Jan 2012
Are we witnessing a power shift from the West to the East? Read more

Dialogues at CMI: Emerging South Powers and Africa

Stein Sundstøl Eriksen, Tore Nedrebø and Elling N. Tjønneland: Comparing Emerging Powers in Africa

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

Seminar

Visualizing Belief and Piety in Iranian Shiism

15 Dec 2011
Literary salon: Ingvild Flaskerud and Håkan Rydving discuss representations of prophets and saints in Islam. Read more

Do policies have the intended impact? How can we measure institutional change?

9 Dec 2011
Get an update of trends in impact evaluation. Read more

The Bergen Seminar in Development Economics

6 Dec 2011
Professor Sonia Bhalotra discusse sex-selective abortions in India. Professor Kalle Moene discusses international index rankings. Read more

Literary salon:

Afghanistan: Where did we go wrong?

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

Sri Lanka after 2009: Victor's Peace?

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

Dialogues at CMI: Emerging South Powers and Africa

CANCELLED: Stein Sundstøl Eriksen: India in Africa

24 Nov 2011
The seminar has been cancelled and will be moved to January Read more

How voluntary is "voluntary return"?

23 Nov 2011
And what does it mean for reintegration? Read more

Literary salon:

Afghanistan: Where did we go wrong?

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

Seminar

The imagined and the real: Hadrami mobilities in the western Indian Ocean

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

Book launch: Litigating Health Rights

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 ...

China in Africa. What does it mean for political development?

27 Oct 2011

Deborah Brautigam: China and Governance in Africa: What Do We Know?

China is not a democracy. China's engagement ...

Sjur Kasa: Negotiating a new Climate Order - The Case of Brazil

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 ...

Daniel Large: The Emerging South Powers and Africa: Developing Peace in the Sudans?

22 Sep 2011

This seminar will examine Malaysia’s, India’s and especially China’s engagements in relation to the politics of development ...

Challenging the injustice of poverty in South Asia

3 Aug 2011

Prof. Rehman Sobhan challenges the traditional definition of poverty as a form of income deprivation. He redefines poverty a process that ...

The Dual Nature of Local Content in Angola's Oil and Gas Industry

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 ...

China in challenged democracies in Africa

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 ...

Sudan: Ready for divorce? 3/3

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 ...

Sudan: Ready for divorce? 2/3

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 ...

Sudan: Ready for divorce? 1/3

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 ...

Judicial Independence and Human Rights in Latin America: Violations, Politics, and Prosecution

10 May 2011

Elin Skaar, in conversation with Bernt Hagtvet, presents her new book Judicial Independence and Human Rights in Latin America: Violations, ...

Impressions from Tahrir

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 ...

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