End poverty in all its forms everywhere is goal number one in the new Sustainable Develelopment Goals. Magnus Hatlebakk explains what extreme poverty is.

(A dissertation submitted for the degree of dr. econ. Norwegian School of Economics and Buisness Administration, Bergen)

Civil society plays a crucial role in the fight against corruption. The inclusion of civil society in the United Nations Convention against Corruption ...

Key Qualifications Wiig is an economist whose professional profile and research interests include: i) globalization  including  migration, ...

Political Scientist and Historian focus on the political economy of resource extraction and violent politics in South Asia

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

Our dear colleague Ole David Koht Norbye passed away Sunday 7 December. He was 95 years old.

Channing Arndt is a Professor of Economics at the University of Copenhagen and the leader of the climate change pillar at the World Institute for Development Economics Research. He will present recent approaches developed for analyzing the implications of climate change and appropriate policy responses.

Social anthropologist researching gender and migration patterns in South Asia

This study analyses the problem and extent of cross-financing in the Grameen Bank system. The main finding is that cross-financing is rarely a problem. ...

El papel crucial que la sociedad civil desempeña en la lucha contra la corrupción es ampliamente reconocido. La Convención de las ...

Spanish version As part of Norway's efforts to strengthen its cooperation with indigenous peoples a set of Guidelines were published by the Norwegian ...

In 1996, the World Bank and a network of non-governmental organizations (SAPRIN) started cooperating on an evaluation of 15 years of structural adjustment ...

The UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) is arguably the most advanced and most global anti-corruption treaty. Its topical and geographic scope raises questions of adaptability. U4 coordinator Hannes Hechler presents a political economy analysis of UNCAC and its implementation processes.

Does corruption attract or deter foreign investment in the extractive sectors? This article presents an econometric analysis of extractive industry foreign ...

As the Millennium Development Goals are coming to an end, international actors have started working on a new set of development goals for the global community. Last time around, the majority of the inputs came from institutions in the North. Will the voice of Southern actors be heard this time?

Political scientist focusing on governance, corruption, resource management

Countries in Latin America, Asia, and Africa exposed to the environmental consequences of climate change are predicted to see voluntary and forced internal ...

A group of eight likeminded donors agreed in 2002 to form the Multilateral Organisations Performance Network (MOPAN) to cooperate in the monitoring of ...

While democracy is commonly believed to reduce corruption, there are obvious endogeneity problems in measuring the impact of democracy on corruption. ...