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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04.02.10
McAskie, Carolyn (2010). 2020 Vision: Visioning the Future of the United Nations Peacebuilding Architecture. NUPI Working Paper: . 29 pages. Despite the overwhelming impact of major global crises, the actual number of conflicts has been reduced significantly since the end of the cold war. At the same time too many post-conflict countries either fall back into violence or fail to get on the path to sustainable peace. More is now understood about the link between global security and the lack of economic and social investment. This combination of analyses has provided the impetus behind the development of peacebuilding as a field in its own right and the creation of new international architecture.
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05.02.10
Jenkins, Rob (2010). Re-engineering the UN Peacebuilding Architecture. NUPI Working Paper: . 37 pages. This paper argues that if the Peacebuilding Commission and the Peacebuilding Support Office are to avoid longterm institutional decline, they will, over the next five to ten years, need to position themselves to play new roles – in terms of mandate, resources, procedures, and partnerships.
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