How do the emerging South powers promote economic co-operation, trade and investment? And how is development finance and aid provided?

This paper explores possible strategic interactions between the state and local community in games of tropical forest land appropriation. Two key questions ...

The gendered state: A review of some recent studies on women and the state Kate Halvorsen CMI Repor

After the end of the Cold War armed conflict steadily declined; however, since 2007 that trend has reversed. New conflicts in countries with previous ...

Fisheries in the South Africa Development Community freshwaters are found to function as an economic buffer and as a safety valve for thousands of people ...

Oil has been central to regime survival for oil states across the Arabian Peninsula and has been at the heart of their attempts to defuse the wave of ...

This paper focuses on family law reform in Sudan-a country that has been in a state of perpetual conflict that stretches back long before its independence ...

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.

The main objective of the project is to provide new insights into citizen’s attitudes and behaviour with respect to taxation in Africa, using nationally ...

It has long been debated whether Africa's lack of growth is best explained by the continent's exploitation by the global system, or by internal failures ...

The Politics of the Headscarf in the United States investigates the social and political effects of the practice of Muslim-American women wearing the ...

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have been criticised for being too broad and vague. What are the chances of success?

In this thesis I trace the changes in the exercise of Brazilian state power in Rio’s poor communities, or favelas, through an ethnographic exploration ...

Taxpayer compliance in Sub-Saharan Africa is closely linked to peoples' views of the government's ability to deliver on important services, the fairness of the system, and consequences of tax evasion shows findings from the recent Afrobarometer survey.

This article analyses how state and non-state actors have tried to address the human rights violations and war crimes committed during the civil war in ...

This study takes an extended look at Botswana, a country which is found to depart from the common pattern of African states and therefore may be considered ...

This report takes on board recent international experience and research on fragile states and present operational advice to anyone wanting to tailor strategic ...

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 ...

2000 delegates met at the 4th high level meeting on aid effectiveness in Busan, Korea from 29 November to 1 December 2011 to review global progress ...

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the current state of Afghanistan, arguing that the Afghan state is fragile, and sustained through constant ...