E-governance is gaining popularity as a tool for improved public service delivery in developing countries. It is often argued e-governance reduces ...

Informal justice systems are the principal mechanism for dispute resolution in many societies, but they suffer from two drawbacks. First, ...

The mapping of the chaning historical relationships between people, lands and identities in the central tribal belt of India and in north-eastern ...

(In cooperation with Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies and Chr. Michelsen Institute)

In her book on The Adivasis of Bangladesh, Senior researcher Tone Bleie brings together a discussion of minority and indigenous rights with a social science analysis of how ethnic discrimination impacts on poverty processes and outcomes. She argues that colonial and post-colonial states compulsively produce majorities and minorities, marginalizing minorities with scant citizenship rights.

Climate change will in coming decades lead to increased frequency and severity of floods, drought and extreme weather events. As the more exposed ...

This project will build a network of researchers and research clusters that can constitute a long-term and sustainable basis for competence. ...

There is little doubt that private sector development is important for development, and that enabling the poor to become and succeed as entrepreneurs ...

The project, which started in September 1996 and ran over three years, was funded by the Strømme Memorial Foundation, a Norwegian NGO. The project ...

Since democratization in the early 1990s, the people of Bangladesh has had the choice between two dynasties: one led by Sheikh Mujib family, ...

Bangladesh: The Test Case for Development Just Faaland and Jack R. Parkinson Bangladesh just faal

(Working paper 2001:20)

(Commissioned by NORAD. Limited circulation)

Research on corruption in Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Tanzania and Uganda. What, who and where? O

(In cooperation with Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies and Chr. Michelsen Institute)

Dowry and bridewealth presentations in rural Bangladesh: Commodities, gifts or hybrid forms? Tone B

This study investigates marriage presentations of Bengali Muslims, Rajbansis and aboriginal Oraons on the basis of a comprehensive review of ...

The country boats of Bangladesh, social and economic development and decision-making in inland wate

Processes of polarisation and the breaking up of patron-client relationships in rural Bangladesh Ei

Bangladesh. Country Study and Norwegian Aid Review Ole David Koht Norbye DERAP Publication Asia: B