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01.09.10
  • 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.
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    11.08.10
  • 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.
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    08.07.10
  • 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.
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    06.07.10
  • 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
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    02.07.10
  • Muggah, Robert (2010). Innovations in disarmament, demobilization and reintegration policy and research: Reflections on the last decade. NUPI Working Paper: 774. 23 pages. This literature review provides a synthesis of policy and theoretical innovations in disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) over the past decade.
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    25.03.10
  • Friis , Karsten (2010). The Politics of the Comprehensive Approach: The Military, Humanitarian and State-building Discourses in Afghanistan. NUPI Working Paper: 773. 30 pages. This article seeks to analyse the difficulties the international actors in Afghanistan face when attempting to increase their collaboration or achieve a so-called comprehensive approach.
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    23.02.10
  • Andvig, Jens Chr, Gbewopo Attila (2010). Crime, Police Corruption and Development: Evidence from Victimization Data. NUPI Working Paper: 772. 53 pages. The purpose of this paper is to explore whether some specific sets of criminal actions that have impact on the security of property and persons and the behaviourally related police corruption may have significant impact on the long run economic development.
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    15.02.10
  • Maurseth, Per Botolf (2010). Trade and growth – again. NUPI Working Paper: 771. 23 pages. The paper discusses effects of trade policy on economic growth. The results indicate that high tariff rates on manufactured goods reduce economic growth, while there are no such effects from protection of argicultural goods.
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    02.02.10
  • Eckroth, Karoline R. (2010). The Protection of Aid Workers : Principled Protection and Humanitarian Security in Darfur. NUPI Working Paper: 770. 42 pages. This report considers to what extent the issues raised in the recently updated Aide Memoire by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reflect the security needs of aid workers on the ground, by examining the case of Darfur.
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    18.01.10
  • Solhjell, Randi (2010). Gendering the Security Sector: Protecting Civilians Against Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo. NUPI Working Paper: 769. 28 pages. This report seeks to identify three core elements of ‘gendering’ the security sector reform approaches in the Democratic republic of Congo.
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