The analysis shows that trade liberalisation can be expected to lead to higher growth. Namibia conforms to the typical SSA picture of low growth and ...

This study was commissioned by Norad. The Report provides an assessment of the institutional restructuring of SADC and an input to the planning of future ...

Grand Corruption in Utilities Charles Kenny and Tina Søreide Policy Research Working Paper Corrupt

This Policy Brief analyzes Qatar’s role in Humanitarian Diplomacy. It begins by defining the term Humanitarian Diplomacy and situating Qatar’s ...

More than half of the world's population live in urban areas. The policies and practices of municipal governments are therefore an integral determinant ...

This is the second in a series of policy briefs relating to the research project, “The Ethnography of a Divided City: Socio-politics, Poverty ...

This is the first of a series of policy briefs relating to a research project, “The Ethnography of a Divided City: Socio-politics, Poverty and ...

The study examines measures that aim to encourage taxpayer compliance through taxpayer education and constructive engagement between the government and ...

Cluster development programs have become increasingly widespread tools in fostering innovation and growth of a competitive private sector in developing ...

Six years of impressive economic growth and classical poverty reduction policies in Mozambique have demonstrated the limited extent to which this ...

This article addresses the question of whether the Caribbean is particularly attractive or unattractive to foreign investors, and if it has specific characteristics ...

Trade sanctions and child labour in Bangladesh Arne Wiig Child labour and international trade polic

Professor He Wenping, Director of the African Studies Chinese Academy of Social Sciences is currently visting Norway and presents an overview of the evolving Chinese Africa policy.

How has scholarship on state fragility influenced the policies of influential international actors? Roland Paris, one of the most influential scholars on post-war reconstruction and peacebuilding, challenges the relationship between research and policy.

How can researchers influence policy? By engaging key stakeholders. CPD and CMI regularly host dialogue meetings in Dacca where ministers and key stakeholders meet researchers to discuss research findings.

Halvor Mehlum and Gry Østenstad on the political economy of migration policies.

Anti-corruption initiatives increasingly use multi-stakeholder groups, comprised of representatives from government, private sector, and civil society ...

On July 31, 2008, the Constitutional Court of Colombia (the Court) handed down a decision (T-760/2008) that ordered a dramatic restructuring of the ...

We present the development of poverty rates for different castes and ethnic groups of Nepal, and find a strong relation between social exclusion, ...

What role is South Africa playing in Africa? How is foreign policy pursued under Zuma? How is the Africa focus and the principles of South-South co-operation operationalised?