A thwarted industrial policy, poor economic governance and external tensions have brought Iran's industrial class to the brink of extinction. They are trapped in between the revolutionary rhetoric of the Islamic republic and unfulfilled attempts of economic pragmatism.

The extractive industries sector is considered to be one of the most prone to illicit financial flows. To date, numerous instruments at the ...

The last decade has witnessed a proliferation of initiatives to improve the governance of the extractives sector. Starting with the Kimberly ...

Investment is crucial for economic development. A number of empirical studies document a relationship between social development and aggregate ...

The recent discovery of huge oil and gas reserves in Tanzania has created a new opportunity for economic growth and development of the country. ...

This report sets out the background, analyses, conclusions and recommendations from a review of a project on Micro and Small-scale Industry ...

High environmental risks and questionable development outcomes characterise the mining industry. A myriad of small companies operate in competitive, high-risk, high-reward settings with weak institutions that fail to enforce regulations. Such conditions are highly conducive to corruption, violence, and environmental destruction.

Private sector industrial entrepreneurs are usually perceived as “victims” of the Iranian revolution. This reading has been shaped ...

What role can industrial policy play to diversify a politically concentrated oil economy? What form would industrial policy have to take to ...

Over the past decade, the study of so-called religious violence has evolved into a veritable cottage industry. Taking a critical view of the 'religious violence industry', this CMI seminar brings together two scholars, Faisal Devji and Kathinka Frøystad, whose historical and ethnographically informed research engages directly with the issues of 'religion' and 'violence.'

Does corruption attract or deter foreign investment in the extractive sectors? This article presents an econometric analysis of extractive industry ...

Policies aimed at boosting the interaction and cooperation of economic actors in industrial clusters might represent a crucial strategy for ...

Policies for diversification should focus on international regulation that affects elite incentives, rather than on domestic industrial policy in countries where the economy is in the hands of a few, concludes researchers.

Oscillatory labour migration is shown to predominate in the labour market in Kenya. Workers move periodically between the towns and the rural ...

(Price NOK 50 + postage) Angola represents a new and promising offshore oil market where technology and contracts differ from those of Norway's ...

Recent significant natural gas discoveries have pushed Tanzania into the international spotlight as a new petroleum producer. How can the country ...

Tanzania has recently discovered huge offshore natural gas fields. This has led the Government to develop Local Content Policies (LCPs) to increase ...

We study barriers to investment in industries with low knowledge- and investment barriers. The focus is on people who have the necessary ...

This report sets out the background, analyses, conclusions and recommendations from a review of a project on Micro and Small-scale Industry ...

Foreign direct investment (FDI) in the service industries has increased substantially in recent decades. For developing countries, service industry ...