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May 2012
14 May
Bergen Seminar in Development Economics
How does the strategic interaction between modern law and customs work? How poor are the poor? These are among the questions that will be discussed in the Bergen Seminar in Development Economics. Read more
11 May
Economic Uncertainty and Corruption
Rajeev Goel will present a large cross-country dataset on the nexus between economic uncertainty and corruption. prevalence of corruption Read more
10 May
Keeping a Sharp Eye
Peter Vale explores a century of South African international relation from the point of view of cartoons. Cartoonists offer a "sharp eye" on foreign policy. Read more
8 May CMI/UoB seminar
Constitutional protection of social rights: Comparative perspectives
Roberto Gargarella, Octavio Ferraz, Sudhir Krishnaswamy, Jayna Kothari, Anneken Sperr and Henriette Sinding Larsen compare and discuss research from Latin-America, India, Norway and Germany. Read more
7 May
De brune konvoluttene. Misbruk av bistandsmidler?
Lansering av rapporten "Hunting for Per Diem: The Uses and Abuses of Travel Compensation in Three Developing Countries". Read more
3 May Seminar
Migration into resource-rich Gulf economies
Halvor Mehlum and Gry Østenstad on the political economy of migration policies. Read more
2 May Frokostforum
Borte bra, men hjemme best? Assistert retur av asylsøkere
Ekspedisjonssjef for innvandringsavdelingen i Justis- og Beredskapsdepartementet Thor Arne Aass, assisterende direktør på CMI, Arne Strand og Halvar Andreassen Kjærre i samtale med Frøy Gudbrandsen. Read more
April 2012
26 April
Morten Bøås: Leaving West Africa - the trans-Saharan escape and other routes
"Transnational crime" in West Africa - a game of hubs, nodes and organisation without organisations. Read more
20 April
Revisiting Bhaimara - Past and present in a village in Bangladesh
19 April
Bangladesh conference: New Context and New Challenges
Reducing poverty and improving governance require evidence-based approaches that also pay attention to the political scope for reform. Read more
18 April Breakfast Forum
Election in Burma - now what?
Frøy Gudbrandsen in conversation with Burmese democracy activist Kaythi Aye and Harald Bøckman (Norwegian Burma Committee) Read more
16-18 April 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
March 2012
29 March Book salon:
Flammable societies. The socio-economics of oil and gas
Politics, inequality and poverty in resource-rich countries. Michael Alvarez invites the authors John McNeish and Logan Owen to probe into the impact of oil and gas industry. Read more
28 March Frokostforum
Syria i stampe
Våren som ikke kom. Frøy Gudbrandsen i samtale med Kjetil Selvik og Anders Bjørkelo. Read more
22 March
Politics of the Urban Poor: Class, Protest and Survival in African Cities
Presentations and debate with Deborah Potts (King's College London), Deborah Bryceson (University of Glasgow), Guy Standing (University of Bath). Read more
15 Mar - 31 Jan The Christian Michelsen lecture 2012
The Christian Michelsen lecture 2012: Sendhil Mullainathan: Poor thinking
What are the irrational choices we make that perpetuate poverty, corruption, discrimination? Read more
14 March Breakfast Forum
Breakfast Forum: The Malawi Slippage - From democracy to autocracy
Frøy Gudbrandsen (UiB) in conversation with Malawi activist Rafiq Hajat and Arne Tostensen (CMI) Read more
8 March Dr. Luka Biong Deng
Building the new state of South Sudan: The challenge of the resource curse and the pro-poor agricultural growth
6 March
Corruption in aid and humanitarian operations: The role of middlemen and local partners
February 2012
22 February
Colombia's human rights, humanitarian and labour rights challenges
20 February Literary salon
Religious minorities in the Middle East
Literary Salon with Anne Sofie Roald and Turid Smith Polfus. Read more
14 February
Rafiq Hajat: Whither Malawi? Will its natural resources be a curse...or blessing?
January 2012
30 January Dialogues at CMI: Emerging South Powers and Africa
Jon Lomøy: After Busan: Is a new global partnership for development possible?
23 January Dialogues at CMI: Emerging South Powers and Africa
Odd Arne Westad: Restless Empire: China and the World since 1750
Are we witnessing a power shift from the West to the East? Read more
12 January Dialogues at CMI: Emerging South Powers and Africa
Stein Sundstøl Eriksen, Tore Nedrebø and Elling N. Tjønneland: Comparing Emerging Powers in Africa
How do the emerging South powers promote economic co-operation, trade and investment? And how is development finance and aid provided? Read more
December 2011
15 December Seminar
Visualizing Belief and Piety in Iranian Shiism
Literary salon: Ingvild Flaskerud and Håkan Rydving discuss representations of prophets and saints in Islam. Read more
9 December
Do policies have the intended impact? How can we measure institutional change?
Get an update of trends in impact evaluation. Read more
6 December
The Bergen Seminar in Development Economics
Professor Sonia Bhalotra discusse sex-selective abortions in India. Professor Kalle Moene discusses international index rankings. Read more
5 December Literary salon:
Afghanistan: Where did we go wrong?
Astri Suhrke and Jonathan Steele, two senior analysts, have both published books exploring Afghanistan and the international involvement. Livestreaming of the evet. Read more
November 2011
28 November
Sri Lanka after 2009: Victor's Peace?
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 November Dialogues at CMI: Emerging South Powers and Africa
CANCELLED: Stein Sundstøl Eriksen: India in Africa
The seminar has been cancelled and will be moved to January Read more
23 November
How voluntary is "voluntary return"?
And what does it mean for reintegration? Read more
22 November Literary salon:
Afghanistan: Where did we go wrong?
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 November Seminar
The imagined and the real: Hadrami mobilities in the western Indian Ocean
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
15 November Dialogues at CMI: Emerging South Powers and Africa
Alcides Costa Vaz: Brazil´s international cooperation: perspectives on emerging powers and Africa
What are the objectives of Brazil's foreign policies, and how are they pursued? Read more
10-9 November Book Launch
Actors, Power and Mobilisation under Ethnic Federalism by Lovise Aalen
What are the outcomes of ethnic self-rule, in combination with the power politics of an authoritarian regime? Read more
9 November Dialogues at CMI: Emerging South Powers and Africa
Garth le Pere: South Africa's post-apartheid foreign policy: ambiguities and challenges
What role is South Africa playing in Africa? How is foreign policy pursued under Zuma? How is the Africa focus and the principles of South-South co-operation operationalised? Read more
3 November Global Health Challenges
Global solutions to global challenges?
Health challenges are a common concern in the era of globalisation. How can we make sure children get high quality health services? Read more
2 November Global Health Challenges
The ethics of priority setting in global health
Maternal and child health is prioritized in most countries. This leads us to give less priority to the treatment of chronic diseases in adults, such as AIDS. What is the basis for such priorities? Read more
1 November Boklansering med Tove Bjørgaas
Forandring og frykt: Barack Obamas USA
Tove Bjørgaas var NRKs USA-korrespodent 2006-2010. I Forandring og frykt skildrer Bjørgaas et land som står overfor store utfordringer. Hva er det President Obama ønsker å endre og hvorfor har han møtt så sterk motstand? Read more
October 2011
31 October Book launch
Litigating Health Rights
Alicia Ely Yamin and Siri Gloppen, the authors of the new book Litigating Health Rights, opens the Global Health Challenges week with a book launch of their book on health right litigation in Costa Rica, South Africa, India, Brazil, Argentina and Colombia. Read more
28 October Seminar
Gendering the Nation
Women endure violence in the everyday, in civil wars and conflicts, and in situations of political and religious oppression. Past or present, they find ways to survive. This seminar addresses a wide range of women's resilience strategies, rising questions of memory, trauma, silence and political mobilization to secure women's legal protection. Read more
27 October Dialogues at Chr. Michelsen Institute
China in Africa. What does it mean for political development?
Deborah Brautigam: China and Governance in Africa: What Do We Know? Shubo Li: Political Identity in China-Africa relations. Read more
20 October Dialogues at CMI
Sjur Kasa: Negotiating a new Climate Order - The Case of Brazil
Brazil has emerged as the BASIC-group member willing to move furthest towards binding emission cuts. Will Brazil be able to maintain this position? Read more
17 October Seminar
Follow the money: Financial secrecy, international taxation and development
Illegal money flows from developing countries exceeds development assistance. Tax havens are used to facilitate these illegal flows through money laundering, tax avoidance and tax evasion. Many of the major tax havens are European. Read more
13 October Seminar
Does democracy travel well? The role of donors in exporting democratic governance to sub-Saharan Africa
The international donor community has been trying to promote democratic systems of governance in developing countries. Is progress being made? Read more
6 October Seminar
Pitfalls of South African Democracy
The political advances made in South Africa since the end of Apartheid have been formidable. However, there are challenges. There is a lack of a viable and strong civic tradition in the country. Read more
3 October Seminar and panel debate
The politics of Africa's urban youth: Populism, music and anger
Poor and frustrated youth in African cities usually figure in the spotlight as violent and frightening elements during riots or elections. The seminar and panel debate will discuss music as a form of political expression originating from the youth themselves, and populist attempts of political parties to mobilise the urban youth. Are they victims of manipulation by unscrupulous politicians or agents of political change? Read more
September 2011
22 September Dialogues at the Chr. Michelsen Institute:
The Emerging South Powers and Africa: Developing Peace in the Sudans?
China, India, Malaysia and South-South development cooperation in the new Sudans. Daniel Large introduces and discusses with Gunnar M. Sørbø and Gunnar A. Holm. Read more
9 September Seminar
World Food Crisis?
World food prices are fluctuating, and have on average increased during the last years. What shall we expect in the long run? Economist Stein T. Holden from UMB and geographer Peter Andersen from UiB discuss these issues with a focus on local knowledge and technological opportunities. Read more
