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31 August 2010 | PhD Defense: The Power of Resistance
India’s National Oil Company and International Activism in Sudan
30 August 2010 | 2015
What lessons can we learn from the Millennium Development Goals?
29 August 2010 | Diskussionen om Afghanistan
Læs briefet bag 'rapporten'
DIIS Comment af Lars Engberg-Pedersen
Hiring, firing, transfer, demotion and promotion practices in the public sector
26 June 2010 | Good Governance: desirable governance goal
- but unachievable agenda for poor countries
Member state interests stand in the way
15 June 2010 | Book anthology: Security Sector Reform in Sierra Leone
Perspectives from those who did it
International conference discussed legal pluralism in Mozambique
27 May 2010 | Grænser for udviklingsbistand
Bistanden kan ikke opnå resultater alle steder
Call for papers
- og arbejde aktivt for saudiarabisk involvering
The EU’s attempt at promoting democracy as part of its development policy is ineffective
7 May 2010 | 'Nice children don't eat a lot of food'
Aid, famine and adaption to food insecurity in North Wollo, Ethiopia
7 May 2010 | Nyt nordisk forum for bistandsdebat
Nordisk Afrika Institut lancerer online forum om udvikling og bistand
3 May 2010 | Development aid and its unintended effects
- outcomes of development aid are difficult to plan
20 April 2010 | Oil and Politics in Sudan
Luke Patey in the-african.org
6 April 2010 | Security and Justice Reform in Sierra Leone
A decade of learning revisited
17 March 2010 | Det går ufattelig godt i Afrika
Sådan lød oplægget i P1 Morgen
17 March 2010 | Udviklingsbistand og erhvervsstøtte i Afrika
Diskussion af den nye danske udviklingspolitik i P1 Horisont
Competition over resources generated from the markets shapes national political struggles
25 February 2010 | Ny udviklingsminister
Søren Pind vil være et aktiv for bistandsdebatten
25 February 2010 | 50 års bistandserfaringer på spil
Regeringens udspil til en ny udviklingspolitik
10 February 2010 | Reframing the aid debate
Blog on aid at DIIS
4 February 2010 | Poverty is concrete and local
Poverty reduction must be comprehensive, relational and global
1 February 2010 | Støtte til erhvervssektorudvikling i fattige lande
Tre seminaroplæg er tilgængelige her
Call for papers
11 January 2010 | Sikkerhed og udvikling
Kan udviklingsbistanden skabe sikkerhed – og for hvem?
18 December 2009 | The Poverty Reduction Strategy in Mozambique
What is the moorings, usage and future of the PRSP in Mozambique?
17 December 2009 | Reframing the aid debate
Why aid isn't working and how it should be changed
17 December 2009 | Regulating the distances to authorities
House projects and governance relations in Maputo, Mozambique
17 December 2009 | Når danske politikker undergraver udviklingsbistanden
Politik skal koordineres for at skabe udvikling, men ringe koordinering er værre end ingen
17 December 2009 | DIIS researchers in special issue of 'Policing and Society' on post-conflict policing
The role of non-state actors in post-conflict policing and security sector reform?
8 December 2009 | Avoiding renewed civil war in Sudan
New chapter from Luke Patey on Post-2011 scenarios in Sudan
3 December 2009 | Network governance: Culture, Agency and Power
New DIIS Working Paper examines three principles of non-state informal organisation
DIIS Comment by Morten Broberg
1 December 2009 | Bandits, Borderlands and Opium Wars in Afganistan
New DIIS Working Paper examines Afghan State-building Viewed from the Margins
27 November 2009 | Armed rebellion, smuggling, cross border trade - and state-making in eastern Congo
Transborder economy and state-making in borderlands
20 November 2009 | The Impact of Economic Activism on Asian national Oil Companies in Sudan
New article from Luke Patey in Journal of Modern African Studies
20 November 2009 | The Political and Economic Role of Asia in Sudan
DIIS coorganizes international conference in New Delhi
13 November 2009 | Discussions of development cooperation
Ownership - Direct support to the poor - European development policies
9 November 2009 | How do donors think?
DIIS seminar discussed how ideas, research, bureaucracy, context influence donor thinking
27 October 2009 | Kriser, klima og udviklingssamarbejdet
Europæiske udviklingsdage i Stockholm
23 October 2009 | State Elites and the New Poverty Agenda in Bangladesh
New working paper examining Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper process in Bangladesh
9 October 2009 | Private sector led growth and development cooperation
New working paper looks at the many roads taken and why few pass by Paris
6 October 2009 | Analyzing Ghanas Recent National Elections
Ghana’s December 2008 elections were very competitive, free and fair
1 October 2009 | Nu skal afrikanske landmænd selv kunne efterspørge rådgivning
Lancering af Afrikansk netværk for brugerstyret landbrugskonsulenttjeneste
24 September 2009 | Elites, Production and Poverty: a comparative study
Launches a new website and its first working papers
10 September 2009 | Sisyfos på overarbejde
Internationalt udviklingssamarbejde i 2020
7 September 2009 | Fuelling Mistrust
Luke Patey comments on oil in Sudan on BBC World Service
6 August 2009 | Danish Foreign Policy Yearbook 2009
The Arctic, piracy, development aid, and much more...
5 August 2009 | Danish Foreign Policy Yearbook 2009: Arktis, pirateri, bistandspolitik og meget mere…
Ny forskning om dansk udenrigspolitik offentliggjort den 6. august
21 July 2009 | Rethinking Third World Politics - twenty years later
How to make sense of transfers of political concepts, models, ideas and institutions
21 July 2009 | The State and Development Governance. The Least Developed Countries Report 2009. UNCTAD
Ole Therkildsen has written a background paper for this report.
Lindsay Whitfield is co-editor of the book and author of three chapters
Lars Buur, Neil Webster and Lindsay Whitfield organized a panel at the conference.
24 June 2009 | Efter 2015
Konference diskuterer afløser til FN’s udviklingsmål.
24 June 2009 | Everyday security in a Sierra Leonean diamond town
Fieldwork between October 2008 and June 2009.
22 June 2009 | Generel budgetstøtte eller konkrete bistandsprojekter?
To forskellige tilgange til udviklingsbistanden diskuteret på P1 Morgen.
2 June 2009 | Finanskrisen smitter af på FN’s 2015-mål
Tre rapporter diskuterer finanskrisens indvirkning på udsigten til at opnå 2015-målene.
Freetown book launch of 'Security System Transformation in Sierra Leone, 1997l-2007'
26 May 2009 | Chronic Poverty or Inequality: What should be the Objective of Development Cooperation?
PowerPoint presentations from the seminar are now available.
Neil Webster on the organizing committee of the FAU conference.
France Bourgouin joins the research unit for Politics and Governance.
28 April 2009 | Skal Afrika have udviklingsbistand?
Seminar satte spørgsmålstegn ved bistanden.
21 April 2009 | New report: Participation, Decentralization and Human Rights
A Review of Approaches for Strengthening Voice and Accountability in Local Governance.
25 March 2009 | The Horror of the Mob
The Violence of Imagination in South Africa
24 March 2009 | Academic conference on the role of identity in Sudan
'Local, Regional and National Dimensions of Identity in Sudan’
18 March 2009 | Den fælles fremtid
Engelsk konference om udvikling i finans-, klima- og fødevarekrisernes skær.
18 March 2009 | Towards 2015: Effective Management for Development
DIIS researchers gave four seminars for the Danida Fellowship Centre course.
17 March 2009 | New electronic publishing unit on matters of Power Conflict and Democracy (PCD) in S&SE
Neil Webster joins International Advisory Board.
17 March 2009 | Second international workshop: Elites and the New Poverty Agenda
Ole Therkildsen, Lars Buur, Neil Webster and Lindsay Whitfield attended from DIIS.
17 March 2009 | Youth, Schooling and Citizenship in Nepal
Birgitte Lind Petersen has returned from PhD fieldwork in far Western Nepal.
10 March 2009 | New book: State Violence and Human Rights
Chapter on traditional authority and state law by DIIS researcher Helene Maria Kyed.
6 February 2009 | Development goals after 2015?
Richard Manning discusses the usefulness of the MDGs in new DIIS Report
6 February 2009 | Security System Transformation in Sierra Leone, 1997-2007
Book Launch in London on 26 February
3 February 2009 | Opbygning af lokaldemokrati i Mozambique
Revidering af MS ActionAid-program med Helene Maria Kyed som revisionsteamets leder.
29 January 2009 | Pris til DIIS-forsker ved uddelingen af EliteForsk-prisen 2009
Ung Eliteforskerpris til Helene Maria Kyed
27 January 2009 | UNDP-DCAF Handbook for Civil Society Oversight of the Security Sector
Chapter contributed by DIIS researcher
A unique insight into the thinking of SSR practitioners
13 January 2009 | In the Vicinity of the State: House Construction, Personhood and the State in Maputo
Ph.d.-forsvar af Morten Nielsen d. 6. februar kl. 14 på Institut for Antropologi.
23 December 2008 | Virker udviklingsbistanden?
En stigende andel af danskerne tror det ikke.
22 December 2008 | How much and how states tax make a huge differences to how well their populations live
For poor countries the capacity to tax can be the difference between chaos and development.
22 December 2008 | The Politics of Aid: African Strategies for Dealing with Donors.
New book edited by Lindsay Whitfield.
22 December 2008 | Evolving NGO-state relations across Europe
DIIS researchers participate in a study of private aid organisations.
22 December 2008 | Decentralisation of Security Provisions and Citizenship
Post.doc. grant to Helene Maria Kyed from Forskningsrådet for Samfund og Erhverv (FSE).
1 December 2008 | Economic divergence and welfare convergence
DIIS Working Paper takes a look at welfare indicators and their links to aid
27 November 2008 | Democracy and its Discontents in South Africa's townships
New article by DIIS researcher on Sovereignty and Human Rights
25 November 2008 | Is there a market for peace? Global halal networks as strategic metaphors
New DIIS Working Paper discusses the political history of informal economy
25 November 2008 | Bureaucracy and informality - a double-edged sword
New DIIS Working Paper discusses the political history of informal economy
24 November 2008 | New book: Beside the State. Emergent Powers in Contemporary Africa
Chapter by Helene M. Kyed: 'Traditional' Leaders Formalization in Post-war Mozambique.
18 November 2008 | Climate change
DIIS activities related to climate change
5 November 2008 | Afrika. Økonomisk vækst men hvordan?
Artikel af Ole Therkildsen bragt i Politiken d. 30. oktober 2008.
3 November 2008 | De fattige lande indhenter de rige
DIIS Policy Brief analyserer velfærdsindikatorers udvikling i ulandene
30 October 2008 | Den private andel af pengestrømmene til fattige lande er stigende
DIIS Policy Brief beskriver de forskellige ressourcestrømme til ulandene
24 October 2008 | Increasing importance of non-ODA financial flows to poor countries
New DIIS Working Paper provides an overview of current resource flows
24 October 2008 | Pragmatism and comprehensiveness are essential
Six new DIIS Policy Briefs discuss governance support in fragile situations
23 October 2008 | Are good intentions development’s worst enemy?
Seminar in the Hague discussed challenges facing donors in development cooperation.
22 October 2008 | Inclusive Citizenship and Social Accountability
Esbern Friis-Hansen has received funds to finance the startup phase of a research program.
10 October 2008 | Harmonisation dangers and incentive problems
Workshop during the Copenhagen Nordic Africa Days discussed reforms of development aid.
Presentation from the seminar on October 7, 2008, is now available.
25 September 2008 | Issues and dilemmas in fragile situations
DIIS publishes report synthesizing a study involving 17 researchers
25 September 2008 | Background papers on fragile situations
DIIS report offers discussions of four central issues
24 September 2008 | Where is International Development Cooperation Heading after the Accra High Level Forum?
Presentations from the seminar on September 23, 2008, are now available.
12 September 2008 | Korruptionsbekæmpelsens tilsigtede og utilsigtede konsekvenser
Oplæggene fra dagens seminar om udviklingsbistand og korruption findes her.
20 August 2008 | 3 pointer om fup og svindel med udviklingsbistanden
’Pas på pengene’ er ikke den bedste udviklingsstrategi.
18 August 2008 | State Recognition and Democratization in Sub-Saharan Africa af Lars Buur og Helene Kyed
Høvdingene Kommer! Boganmeldelse i Weekend Avisen, 21.08.08.
14 July 2008 | Globale udfordringer og mere indflydelse til fattige lande
Højdepunkter fra en konference om Verdensbankens fremtid.
Local level implementation of security sector reform in Sierra Leone's Kono District
30 June 2008 | Firkantede meninger har det ikke let
Der er mange grunde til, at Tanzania og Vietnam klarer sig så forskelligt
30 June 2008 | Building democracy in the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan
Neil Webster has helped in designing a part of new training programme
24 June 2008 | Moving Beyond Health Research to Research for Health: Capacity, Collaboration & Challenges
European preparatory meeting for Bamako 2008
12 June 2008 | Sociale entreprenører: de nye fattigdomsbekæmpere?
Diskussion af virkningerne i den tredje verden.
On May 26, 2008, DIIS hosted a seminar on the challenges of development and aid in 2008.
26 May 2008 | Bono's Product (RED) initiative: Wedding hard commerce and corporate social responsibility
New Working Paper by Stefano Ponte, Lisa Ann Richey and Mike Baab
On Monday 19 May, 2008, DIIS hosted a seminar on the future challenges of development NGOs.
Peter Kragelund (DIIS) deltog i konferencen Development, Justice, Governance.
20 May 2008 | Celebrities, consumption and international aid
New article in Third World Quarterly by Lisa Ann Richey and Stefano Ponte
PowerPoint presentation from the seminar on May 5, 2008 is now available.
New book on Mozambique edited by Lars Buur, Helene Maria Kyed, and Terezinha da Silva
15 April 2008 | Afrika-kommissionen og international udviklingsbistand
Lars Engberg-Pedersen i P1 Morgen den 15. april 2008
7 April 2008 | Trænger udviklingsbistanden til en grundlæggende reform?
Højdepunkter fra en konference om NGOer, civilsamfund og udviklingsbistand.
International interdisciplinary research conference in Trondheim, Norway, 13-14 May 2008.
Ole Therkildsen is member of the programme's Consortium Advisory Group
13 March 2008 | EU paper on climate change and international security
The case of the Arctic
Paper presented by Lars Engberg-Pedersen at a conference in London, March 12th-14th 2008.
27 February 2008 | Erhvervspraktikant på DIIS
I uge 9 har DIIS for første gang besøg af en erhvervspraktikant fra folkeskolen.
8 February 2008 | Diskussion om effekten af dansk ulandshjælp
Forskere, Ngo'er og andre interessede har deltaget i den seneste tids diskussion
25 January 2008 | U-landsbistand skal tage chancer
Kommentar i dagbladet Information d. 25. januar 2008 af Lars Engberg-Pedersen.
21 January 2008 | State Recognition of Traditional Authority in Mozambique
Phd Dissertation by Helene Maria Kyed
18 January 2008 | Bistand virker
Indlæg i JP d. 17. januar 2008 af Julie Koch og Neil Webster.
3 January 2008 | State Recognition of Traditional Authority. (Mozambique)
PhD Defense 11 January, Roskilde University, Helene Maria Kyed.
18 December 2007 | New book: State Recognition and Democratization in Sub-Saharan Africa
Edited by Lars Buur and Helene Maria Kyed.
Weblog debatterer forholdet mellem EU og Afrika.
26 October 2007 | Opsamling på diskussion af bistandsformer
På seminaret "Bistandsformer, ejerskab og fattigdomsbekæmpelse" og på den dertil hørende weblog blev blev en rækker temaer diskuteret, som nu kan ses på hjemmesiden.
Præsentationenerne fra seminaret "Bistandsformer, ejerskab og fattigdomsbekæmpelse" tirsdag d. 9. oktober 2007 kan nu downloades.
8 October 2007 | Danmarks Afrika-politik er alt for perspektivløs
Debatindlæg af Ole Therkildsen i Ingeniøren 10/8-2007
3 October 2007 | Weblog om bistandsformer
I forbindelse med seminaret d. 9. oktober om bistandsformer, ejerskab og fattigdomsbekæmpelse åbner der en weblog.
27 September 2007 | book launch seminar: "False Security? Rethinking State Sovereignty and Development", at Wits University, South Africa
Lars Buur and Helene Maria Kyed has contributers to the book The Security-Development Nexus: Expressions of Sovereignty and Securitization in Southern Africa
29 August 2007 | Seminar series on Evidence, knowledge and power in international development policy and practice
Organized under the auspices of IDS-Helsinki, Finland; RUC and DIIS, Denmark; and the IDS-Sussex, United Kingdom. Funding has been obtained from Norface. Ole Therkildsen is the contact person at DIIS.
29 August 2007 | Evaluation of Swiss Humanitarian Aid to Angola: 1995-2006
August 19 to September 24, Lars Buur and Helene Maria Kyed are participating the DIIS led evaluation.
29 August 2007 | State Recognition of Traditional Authority. Authority, Citizenship and State Formation in Rural Post-War Mozambique
17th August, the Research Unit’s PhD researcher Helene Maria Kyed, submitted her PhD thesis at Roskilde University Centre
30 July 2007 | Lars Engberg-Pedersen i P1 om effekten af danske organisationers indsamlinger til meget specifikke formål
Lars Engberg-Pedersen deltog i diskussion på P1 om effekten af danske organisationers indsamlinger til meget specifikke formål (husbyggeri, donation af geder, m.v.).
1 July 2007 | Birgitte Lind Petersen has been on fieldwork in Nepal
April - June 2007
31 May 2007 | Policy study on staff management and organisational performance in Tanzania and Uganda
A team of researchers and consultants, with Ole Therkildsen, DIIS, as the team leader, has just completed a Danida funded policy study on staff management and organisational performance.
In April- May, Ole Therkildsen participated in the first annual review of the Democracy, Justice and Peace programme in Uganda.
Undertaken by Neil Webster and Helene Maria Kyed for Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke
17 March 2007 | Support of Danida and UNDP’s development assistance
Neil Webster team leader on joint mission
1 March 2007 | Nepals demokrati behøver dansk hjælp
Kronik af Birgitte Lind Pedersen og Neil Webster i Kristeligt Dagblad den 16. februar 2007
16 November 2006 | Neil Webster - consultancy support to NGO in West Bengal
Neil Webster provided consultancy support to Loka Kalyan Parishad (LKP), an NGO in West Bengal working with local government and women’s Self-Help Groups representing poor families
16 November 2006 | Neil Webster - consultancy in Bangladesh
Neil Webster team leader in appraial of proposed Danish development assistance for the Learning and Innovation Component (LIC) of the Local Government Support Project (LGSP).
13 September 2006 | Sites of Citizenship: Recognition of Traditional Authority and Group-based Citizenship in Mozambique
Article by Helene Kyed and Lars Buur published in Journal of Southern African Studies, Vol. 32, Nr. 3, September 2006
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