The 2007 general elections in Kenya were fiercely disputed and triggered widespread violence throughout the country. After former UN Secretary-General, ...

Land policies are of fundamental importance to the wellbeing of and the economic opportunities open to rural people, good governance, and peaceful coexistence. ...

The issue of presidential term limits is emerging as an important political norm on the African continent, but the effects of the third term debates on ...

The Afghan conflict is driven by the impact and behaviour of international troops as well as the illegitimacy of the Afghan government.

Angola suffers from gross inequality, widespread poverty and a reputation for authoritarianism and corruption. However, this does not scare off foreign investors. The former Portuguese colony is enormously rich in natural resources, and is a main destination for Norwegian investments in Africa.

Tobias Hagman gives a talk on the peace negotiations between the Somali rebel group Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) and the Ethiopian government.

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

This article lays out a critical perspective on statebuilding in Afghanistan after 2001, arguing that the massive international intervention had ...

Nepal is in the process of making a democratic federal republic. We hope to contribute to the discussions of ethnic and fiscal federalism based on experiences ...

As the Tunisian dialogue quartet was awarded the Nobel peace prize, the Norwegian Nobel Committee hailed the Tunisian quartet's essential role in advancing peaceful democratic developments. To make further advances, the Tunisian people must regain their sense of participation and significance in the process. If this happens, the Nobel peace prize can make an actual contribution to safeguard democracy in Tunisia.

This is the third in a series of six qualitative studies monitoring and evaluating Mozambique’s Poverty Reduction Strategy, PARPA. Many communities ...

The Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis (BIDPA) and CMI are planning a research programme with its regional research partners intended ...

Development organizations seek to improve support for gender reforms, especially among populations who might undermine implementation. Yet, little is ...

What impact did Tanzania’s decentralization reform have on local governance, finances and service delivery? To what extent are the central-local ...

This paper proposes a model how individuals form beliefs on inequality based on their own and their family’s experience. A person’s income ...

In 2008, the government of now-deceased President Hugo Chávez in Venezuela passed a law creating what is known as the Bolivarian militia (Milicia ...

The historical narratives about Japan in the Chinese school textbooks, especially those of today, contributed to the construction of a common understanding ...

This article critically addresses recent anthropological and feminist efforts to theorize and analyse Muslim women's participation in and support for ...

Many communities in Mozambique find themselves in the rural-urban interface, either by being small towns or rural areas in the vicinity of cities. There ...

Across Africa land rights conflicts are escalating between indigenous and migrant ethnic groups. This paper analyses the communal violence that took place ...