Summary points: Investment in land is not conflict-neutral, and given the history of violent conflict and mutual destabilization in the Horn of Africa ...

What are the objectives of Brazil's foreign policies, and how are they pursued?

The major objective of the Programme WTO/GATS and Economic Development: Key to "the new economy" is to produce new theoretical and empirical insights ...

Thw workshop examined factors shaping the implementation of peace agreements and the effects of strategies for social, economic and political (re-)construction after civil war. Participants came from universities and research organisations in Egypt, Norway, South Africa, Sweden, the UK and the US.

Analysing political corruption as a distinct but separate entity from bureaucratic corruption, this timely book separates these two very different social ...

What happens when donors withdraw their aid to developing countries? The study, undertaken for Norway, Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands by CMI and ...

This study is commissioned by the Norwegian Fredskorpset. and is a review of the co-operation between the Norwegian Band Federation and the Field Band ...

This volume examines the political role of courts in new democracies in Latin America and Africa. Are the courts able to hold political power-holders ...

Eroding Local Capacity is a critical examination of the interplay between international and local actors operating in the humanitarian arena in Africa. ...

Dr. Luka Biong Deng gives a talk on the challenges facing the new state of South Sudan, in a presentation of his current work on the so-called "oil-curse" ...

The founder and executive director of ACCORD, Mr Vasu Gounden, and the programme manager of ACCORD's peace and security unit, Mr Kwezi Mngqibiza, is visiting CMI on March 21 and 22. Their seminar presentation will focus on Africa: Destination for Conflict Resolution or Investment? and the African Union and Conflict Management: Lessons Learnt

To begivenheter kommer til å prege Afrika i år: fotball-VM i Sør-Afrika, og markeringen av 50 års uavhengighet i flere tidligere ...

Every year, millions of children die before reaching the age of five. 85 percent of child-mother fatalities happen in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. The new Centre for Intervention Science in Maternal and Child Health (CISMAC) focus their efforts here.

Partnership is the overarching framework for development cooperation, but it has been criticized for furthering priorities of the North, rather than those ...

This book project investigates the extent to which courts in Latin America and Africa have been able to say 'no' when the executive branch has overstepped ...

This is a mapping study commissioned by Norad's Knowledge Bank as an input to the preparation of their new approach to South-South cooperation. The study ...

This special issue examines the political role of courts in new democracies in Latin America and Africa. Are the courts able to hold political power-holders ...

Despite the rapid rate of urbanisation in Africa, most migrants retain links to their rural origins. Many households pursue a circular migration strategy ...

Some 52 per cent of Africa's population are expected to live in towns and cities by 2025. There is generally an unequivocal correlation between urbanisation ...

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.