Article appraising the growth and development of three countries in the Southeast Asian region: Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia

Seeking to expand the domain of the political beyond normative understandings of the state, the articles in this special edition examine the performative ...

This book offers fresh perspectives on the current aid effectiveness and aid relationship debates by focusing on the issue of ownership.  The book ...

The chapter discusses how the five main countries of Southeast Asia have handled the pressures of rapid economic growth and ethnic relations. Has growth ...

The military has seized power under the banner of 'unity and harmony' to defend the constitutional monarchy. In the short term, they have won. In the longer run, the outcome is much less certain.

Responding to a renewed call for aid to economic infrastructure, the JBIC Institute launched a study on effectiveness of aid to infrastructure projects. ...

ADB, in collaboration with the World Bank, Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), and U.K. Department for International Development (DfID), ...

The evaluation has assessed Fredskorpset's (FK Norway) approach and strategy when it comes to strengthening civil society in developing countries. This ...

How politics interfere with nutritional programs

Hugo Stokke is a political scientist focusing on human rights research.

Prof. Rehman Sobhan challenges the traditional definition of poverty as a form of income deprivation. He redefines poverty a process that excludes significant segments of society from more equitable participation in development opportunities and in decision making. Sobhan identifies a variety of operational ideas to build a more inclusive society in South Asia.

Caroline Osella (SOAS) and Knut Axel Jacobsen (UiB) in conversation with Åse Gilje Østensen (Royal Norwegian Naval Academy).

Frustration with the capacity of the ordinary machinery of justice to deal adequately with corruption has prompted many countries to develop specialised ...

This report first describes the currency, financial and economic crises in Asia and analyses how the crises evolved. The second part analyses how the ...

The paper was prepared for a conference on the impact of international migration on the security and stability of states, which was organised by the Massachusetts ...

Corruption in Asia ranges from the venal rent-seeking of local officials to the million-dollar bribes received by corrupt politicians; from excessive ...

The report studies three human rights commissions in Southeast Asia in light of the so-called Paris Principles. These principles are the authoritative ...

Hugo Stokke: Human rights strategy for Asia. Draft report to the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affiars

(Bokessay om Daniel A. Bell: East meets West. Human rights and democracy in East Asia. Princeton Univ. Press, 2000)

South Asia has gone through a period of strong economic growth the past two decades. GDP per capita has more than doubled over twenty years. Surprisingly, better economic conditions have not led to improved nutrition in South Asia. The number of undernourished children is almost at the same level today as it was twenty years ago.