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Themes:
Democracy and Governance,
Natural Resources,
Development Aid

Geographic focus:
Cambodia, DR Congo, Indonesia, Pakistan, South Africa.

Aled Williams

Senior Advisor (U4)

E-mail: aled.williams@cmi.no

Phone: +47 47938073

Mob:+47 90778807

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Political scientist with a background in international relations and political philosophy. Focused on aid, corruption, governance and natural resource management.

Williams' current work concentrates on the effectiveness of development aid policy in relation to corruption in particular natural resource contexts, sectors and programmes. Williams has experience in research, policy analysis, project management and training. He has undertaken research-focused and capacity building assignments in Cambodia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Indonesia, Macedonia, Mozambique, Pakistan, South Africa, and Vietnam.

He holds an M.A. in International Relations from the University of Kent at Canterbury in the United Kingdom. He has previously served as a policy researcher for Transparency International, based in Berlin, where he developed the organization's first working- and policy-paper series.

Publications
Projects

Journal Articles

Corruption and reduced oil production: An additional resource curse factor?
Farouk Al-Kasim, Tina Søreide, Aled Williams (2013)
in Energy Policy

Mission improbable: Does petroleum-related aid address the resource curse?
Ivar Kolstad, Arne Wiig and Aled Williams (2009)
in Energy Policy vol. 37 no. 3 pp. 954-965

Reports

Dialogue dynamics, programming challenges: Donor approaches to anti-corruption and integrity reform in Cambodia, 2004 to 2009
Sokbunthoeun So, Sedara Kim, Aled Williams (2010)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (U4 Background Paper 2010:1) 42 p.

CMI Reports

Afghan hydrocarbons: A source for development or for conflict? A risk assessment of Norwegian involvement in development of the Afghan oil and gas industry
Arne Strand, Mohammad Hakim, Sediqa Newrozi, Akbar Sarwari and Aled Williams (2010)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2010: 5) 37 p.

U4 Publications

Certified integrity? Forest certification and anti-corruption
Tina Søreide, Aled Williams (2013)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (U4 Issue 2013:1) 20 p.

REDD Integrity: Addressing governance and corruption challenges in schemes for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD)
Peter Bofin, Mari-Lise du Preez, André Standing, Aled Williams (2011)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (U4 Report 2011:1) 79 p.

Afghan hydrocarbons: Addressing corruption to fuel development?
Arne Strand, Aled Williams (2010)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (U4 Brief 2010 No 7) 4 p.

Shrinking oil: Does weak governance and corruption reduce volumes of oil produced?
Farouk Al-Kasim, Tina Søreide, Aled Williams (2010)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (U4 Issue 2010-3) 34 p.

Combattre la corruption dans les pays riches en pétrole: Le rôle de la transparence
Ivar Kolstad, Arne Wiig, Aled Williams (2009)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (U4 Brief 2009:21) 4 p.

La corruption dans la gestion des ressources naturelles - Une introduction
Ivar Kolstad, Tina Søreide, Aled Williams (2009)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (U4 Brief 2009:20) 4 p.

Mission Improbable. Does Petroleum-related Aid Address Corruption in Resource-rich Countries?
Ivar Kolstad, Arne Wiig, Aled Williams (2008)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (U4 Issue 2008:3) 32 p.

Grand Corruption in the Regulation of Oil
Farouk Al-Kasim, Tina Søreide, Aled Williams (2008)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (U4 Issue 2008:2) 37 p.

Tackling Corruption in Oil Rich Countries: The Role of Transparency
Ivar Kolstad, Arne Wiig, David Aled Williams (2008)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (U4 Brief 2008:3) 4 p.

Corruption in Natural Resource Management - An Introduction
Ivar Kolstad, Tina Søreide, Aled Williams (2008)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (U4 Brief 2008:2) 4 p.

Other External Publications

Corruption in natural resources
Ivar Kolstad, Tina Søreide and Aled Williams (2009)
Freedom from Fear Magazine, Issue 4, UNICRI, Max-Planck Institute, Basel Institute on Governance.