Child marriage is any formal marriage or informal union where one or both parties are under 18 years of age. Child marriage affects both boys ...

Voice of China: Conference in Maputo

This paper explores the impact of vertical specialization on world trade within the framework of the O-ring theory of production. Within such ...

Due to its economic weight and an increasingly active outreach towards developing countries under the framework of "South-South Cooperation", ...

What are the dominant motives behind China’s increasing financial presence in Africa in recent years? In this article, the authors present ...

In President Xi Jinping’s first public speech on African soil after taking office in Tanzania 25 March 2013, his reference to a popular ...

South Africa’s planned development aid agency, South African Development Partnership Agency, is expected to be established in 2013. This ...

The paper is a contribution to the recent debate in social science of border situations and the way borders affect borderland populations. The ...

The discovery of oil in the North Sea in 1969 made Norway one of the richest countries in the world. Today, Norway secures this wealth for the future through extensive foreign operation and investment. Is Norway an arrogant neocolonial actor?

The Conference is organised by the Chr. Michelsen Institute (Norway) in cooperation with the Institute of Journalism and Communication Studies (IJC), Chinese Academy of the Social Sciences* *IJC will organize this through its Center of Global Media & Communication Studies in association with the Kede College at China Normal University

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.

Are we witnessing a power shift from the West to the East?

Optimal landing strategies for cod-capelin in the Barnets Sea Ussif Rashid Sumaila Commons in a col

Strategic dynamic interaction: the case of Barents Sea fisheries Ussif Rashid Sumaila Marine Resour

This case study analyses the market for oil-related producer services for the Gullfaks oil field in the Norwegian part of the North Sea. We ...

An overview of Scandinavian views on the Ibadism of Oman between 1700 and 2000.

What can explain the varied effectiveness of internationally led attempts at statebuilding? This article seeks to answer this question by comparing ...

A new understanding that educating girls' does not constrain their marriage potential is emerging in eastern Sudan. Girls who continue their ...

Child marriage is legal, and accepted, throughout Sudan and the country has one of the highest rates of child marriage in the world. This brief ...

Direction of trade following China's accession to the WTO Hildegunn Kyvik Nordås Working paper As