Closing the Technology Gap?
New Working Paper by Fulvio Castellacci, carries out an empirical analysis that investigates the dynamics of technology in a large sample of developed and developing economies in the last two-decade period.
MorePakistan’s Police between Centralization and Devolution
President Obama’s long-awaited review of the Afghanistan conflict proposed a ‘civilian surge’ for Afghanistan, and the Enhanced Partnership with Pakistan Act explicitly ties security aid to progress in emancipating Pakistan’s civilian government from military influence. A major aspect of this strategic reorientation has been a renewed focus on the role of the civilian police.
MoreNew Paper: Whither Commodity-Based Trade?
Market access for livestock products from Africa has traditionally been limited by the presence of certain infectious diseases that pose risks to animal and human health. However, an increasingly discussed option for increasing market access for African meat exports is the concept of commodity-based trade (CBT) that focuses on the health and safety attributes of the product rather than the disease status of the country of origin.
More- Stankovic, Tatjana , Stina Torjesen (2010). Fresh Insights on Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration. Oslo, NUPI/CPS/IDDRS. 24 pages. This publication presents key academic findings on disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR).
- Torjesen, Stina , Indra Overland, Morten Anker, Pavel K. Baev, Bjørn Brunstad (2010). The Caspian Sea Region towards 2025. , Eburon. 156 pages. In three scenarios for the Caspian Sea region in 2025 this book tries to suggest possible futures for the countries around the Caspian Sea.
- Petzschmann, Paul (2010). Pakistan’s Police between Centralization and Devolution. Oslo, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs. 25 pages. NUPI Report. This report examines the challenges faced by a proposed police-based counter-insurgency strategy for Pakistan by placing them in the context of the limitations faced by the police.
- de Coning, Cedric H., Walter Lotze, Stina Torjesen, Johanna Jansson (2010). Conference Proceedings: Critical Perspectives on Contemporary Peacebuilding:Towards Change in Concepts and Approachess. Oslo, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs. 36 pages. Nupi Report. The report focuses on identifying key issues of concern and highlighting potentially promising foci of innovation and reform in peacebuilding approaches.
- Eriksen, Stein Sundstøl (2010). The Theory of Failure and the Failure of Theory: 'State Failure', the Idea of the State and the Practice of State Building,
in Harpviken, Kristian Berg [ed.], Troubled Regions and Failing States: The Clustering and Contagion of Armed Conflict, Comparative Social Research, Volume 27
. Bingley,Emerald .p. 27-50. This article provides a critique of the discourse of 'failed states' and outlines an alternative approach to studying state formation. - Andvig, Jens Chr (2010). Corruption and Conflict: Contrasting Logics of Collective Action,
in Harpviken, Kristian Berg [ed.], Troubled Regions and Failing States: The Clustering and Contagion of Armed Conflict, Comparative Social Research, Volume 27
. Bingley, Emerald.p. 77-102. Extensive corruption and civil wars are two different symptoms of state failure, but have most of the time been studied separately. This article systematically compares the organizational characteristics of the two phenomena as well as the various research efforts into them, with a focus on economic explanations. - Ulriksen, Ståle (2010). Webs of War: Managing Regional Conflict Formations in West Africa and Central Africa,
in Harpviken, Kristian Berg [ed.], Troubled Regions and Failing States: The Clustering and Contagion of Armed Conflict, Comparative Social Research, Volume 27
. Bingley, Emerald.p. 355-380. This article argues that many armed, non-state groups in West Africa and Central Africa should be seen as regional actors, and thus that conventional two-level analysis does not catch the complexity of conflict in those regions. - Friis , Karsten (2010). Peacekeeping and Counter-insurgency – Two of a Kind?,
International Peacekeeping, vol.17, no.1.
. London,Taylor & Francis.p. 49-66.
- Schia, Niels Nagelhus, Benjamin de Carvalho (2010). Peacebuilding in Liberia and the Case for a Perspective from Below. NUPI Working Paper: 778. 22 pages. Based on fieldwork in Liberia in 2009 this report discusses Rule of law reforms in the country.
- Castellacci, Fulvio (2010). Closing the Technology Gap?. NUPI Working Paper: 777. 33 pages. This paper carries out an empirical analysis that investigates the dynamics of technology in a large sample of developed and developing economies in the last two-decade period. The results indicate that the cross-country distributions of technological infrastructures and human capital have experienced a process of convergence, whereas the innovative intensity is characterized by increasing polarization between rich and poor economies.
- Rich, Karl , Brian D. Perry (2010). Whither Commodity-Based Trade?. NUPI Working Paper: 776. 44 pages. This paper examines the potential economic impact of changing international trade regulations for livestock products on market access from developing countries.
- Castellacci, Fulvio , Bart Los, Gaaitzen J. de Vries (2010). Sectoral Productivity Trends: Convergence Islands in Oceans of Divergence. NUPI Working Paper: 775. 40 pages. This paper investigates whether the labour productivity in the main sectors of the economy (e.g. manufacturing, services, agriculture) have experienced cross-country convergence or divergence, focusing on a sample of 49 countries over the period 1970-2004
- Lodgaard, Sverre (2010). Krigens begrunnelser. Dagsavisen, 18. August
- Egeland, Jan (2010). Store penger fra små avgifter. Aftenposten, 14. August
- Egeland, Jan (2010). Hva er sannheten om klimaet?. Aftenposten, 2. August
- Lurås, Helge (2010). Villedende hemmeligheter. VG, 2. August
