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17-04-2013 | Coordination and Complementarity Issues in EU Development Cooperation after the Lisbon Treaty
The Lisbon Treaty has paved the way for legal and institutional changes to reinforce cohesion among EU institutions and member states.
04-03-2013 | How Open Data is Changing International Aid
This seminar will focus on World Bank Institute’s (WBI) role in helping the World Bank explore new ways to do development.
The global arena for development cooperation is in a state of flux, as the conventional drivers of economic and social progress have seen rapid transformations in the last years.
In recent months, West Africa has attracted attention as an increasingly troubled and instable part of the world.
26-09-2012 | Religion and Peacebuilding
It is often argued that there is an intrinsic relationship between religion and violence. After the terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington DC on 11 September 2001, Islam in particular has been analysed and presented as such
25-09-2012 | African Perspectives on African Security
A number of countries in Africa continue to face numerous challenges to their stability, from Somalia where functioning state structures are absent to Mali where a military coup took place in 2012.
The fifth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) was held this July in Beijing.
The Constituent Assembly of Nepal extends its terms once again for three months; according to the agreed schedule, the Constituent Assembly needs to approve a new constitution by 28 May 2012.
20-04-2012 | Democratic Developments in Tanzania
Democracy in Tanzania may be at a historical juncture. The 2010 elections were described as the most competitive and legitimate in the history of Tanzania
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There is a growing consensus that politics shape the incentives that drive or hinder sustainable growth and poverty alleviation in developing countries.
There is a growing consensus that politics shape the incentives that drive or hinder sustainable growth and poverty alleviation in developing countries.
At the fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan in November/December 2011, one of the major outcomes was the adoption of a New Deal for Engagement in Fragile States.
20-03-2012 | Past, Present and Future of International Aid - Reflections on Aid Agencies and the Development System
While ‘development’ is often discussed in technical terms, based on an underlying understanding of the concept as neutral and universally applicable, it can be argued that it is in many ways highly normative, shaped by a particular historical context and based on specific moral and ideological assumptions.
Meet the Minister for Development Cooperation Christian Friis Bach for a dynamic debate with leading practitioners and researchers in the field.
03-02-2012 | Dansk bistand og sikkerhed
Internationale debatter har de seneste år peget på, hvordan både udviklingsbistand og nødhjælp i stigende grad er blevet betragtet som et sikkerhedspolitisk instrument.
The international system of development aid is rapidly changing, shaped by an increasingly multipolar world order.
The Research and Communication Programme (ReCom) on Foreign Aid was launched by Danida and Sida in early 2011
05-12-2011 | Competitive Clientelism and Pockets of Efficiency in Mozambique, Ghana, Tanzania and Uganda
How and why do ruling elites support productive sector initiatives – and what are the outcomes?
Ruling elites support productive sectors when it helps them to remain in power. In countries with competitive clientelism, however, there are often easier ways to remain in power than to support production.
The political settlement is a description of a social order constituted as a viable and interdependent set of institutions and organizations.
Den globale udfordring: FN mellem relevans, legitimitet og handlekraft (DJØF Forlag, 2011) fokuserer på FN’s centrale opgaver og redegør for, hvad FN’s arbejde med fred og sikkerhed, menneskerettigheder og udvikling i bund og grund handler om.
Like many other countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Tanzania has grown rapidly during the last decade.
Ghana is an exemplary case to discuss the relationship between democracy and development.
Those contemplating the reconstruction of order in conflict states frequently cite the social contract.
Successful state interventions in productive sectors depend on four factors: (1) sustained political support by the government leadership.
20-10-2011 | What Drives States to Support Productive Sectors? Ruling Elites’ Strategies for Political Survival
There is a growing consensus that developing country governments can, and even must, facilitate economic development by targeting particular industries to help them expand and become more competitive in domestic and global markets.
12-10-2011 | Vejen fra Paris til Busan
Paris-erklæringen om bistandseffektivitet i 2005 var den foreløbige kulmination på årtiers indsats for at forbedre udviklingsbistanden.
A small but highly successful island in the Indian Ocean, multi-ethnic Mauritius has been called a “miracle” for its combination of a robust democracy and strong economic growth.
Until the East Asian financial crisis, Malaysia was taken to be a successful development country balancing rapid economic growth and industrialization with poverty alleviation and ethno-economic redistribution.
Given the adoption of neoliberal principles by African countries over the last twenty years, studies have burgeoned on the causes and consequences of market formation and private sector development on the continent.
Angolan state resources were partly privatized after the Cold War, resulting in elite oligopolies in every major economic sector.
06-05-2011 | Tanzania and Vietnam: Comparative Political Economy of Growth, Primitive Accumulation and the State
Tanzania and Vietnam were at the forefront of the struggle to construct socialism in the 20th century.
Interest in ‘rigorous’ evaluation of Danish development assistance is increasing mainly as a result of the strong political interest in solid documentation of results and what works and what doesn’t.
Until the 1980s, political scientists and sociologists studying economic development attempted to explain why growth did not occur, occurred slowly or occurred in a distorted, dependent form.
07-04-2011 | The Politics of Large-Scale Mining in Tanzania: Between Domestic Policy and Global Economic Processes
The rapid increase in direct foreign investment for large-scale commercial mining since the 1980s is spurring industry and public policy circles to consider the potential for resource-based sustainable development.
05-04-2011 | Inequality, Development and Development Aid
The Human Development Report (HDR) 2010 notes that despite much progress, inequality both within and across countries is growing.
01-04-2011 | From Collusion to Collaboration? State-Business Relations and Economic Performance in India
There is a long-standing proposition that collaborative relations between the state and the business sector can be growth-enhancing.
Technological latecomer countries face a dilemma. They are confronted with more severe market failure than mature market economies.
We know that industrial policy is imperative for economic development.
03-12-2010 | Local Development and the Millennium Development Goals: What Role for Local Governments?
There is growing consensus that democratic governance creates the conditions for sustainable development and poverty reduction.
Inden for både samfundsfaglig udviklingsforskning og evalueringer af udviklingssamarbejdet er der en tendens til at gennemføre analyser, der omfatter flere lande.
Sudan is at an important, historic moment. A referendum vote planned in January 2011 may very likely result in the South becoming an independent state.
19-11-2010 | A New Global Governance? Climate Change Negotiations and International Development Cooperation
Climate change negotiations are a volatile policy field. They address a potentially devastating issue, they are based on contradicting interests and principles, and their organisation is not as ingrained as other older policy fields.
Dette års udgave af Human Development Report fejrer den årlige rapports 20 års jubilæum.
Why Africa is Poor: And what Africans can do about it. This seminar is focused around the recently published book by South African academic Greg Mills.
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The guiding development philosophy of Bhutan is ‘Gross National Happiness’. Pronounced by His Majesty the 4th King in 1972, Bhutan is the only country in the world to measure its wellbeing by Gross National Happiness (GNH) instead of Gross National Product (GDP).
The guiding development philosophy of Bhutan is ‘Gross National Happiness’. Pronounced by His Majesty the 4th King in 1972, Bhutan is the only country in the world to measure its wellbeing by Gross National Happiness (GNH) instead of Gross National Product (GDP).
06-10-2010 | Rethinking Foreign Aid: Where Do We Go from Here?
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Foreign aid is increasingly being delivered in accordance with general guidelines based on international agreements like the Millennium Development Goals and the Paris Declaration on aid effectiveness.
Foreign aid is increasingly being delivered in accordance with general guidelines based on international agreements like the Millennium Development Goals and the Paris Declaration on aid effectiveness.
24-06-2010 | The Illusory Lure of ‘Good Governance’ and the Hard Realities of Growth in Poor Countries
The ‘Good Governance’ agenda identifies a host of desirable governance goals for developing countries but its implementation and results have been very poor.
04-05-2010 | Less Pretension, More Ambition: Dutch Discussions of Development Aid that Makes a Difference
In January 2010, the Dutch Scientific Council for Government Policy (SCGP) published a report called Less Pretension, More Ambition: Development Aid that makes a Difference. Using a scientific approach, the aim of the SCGP is to advise the Dutch government about future developments of great public interest.
27-01-2010 | Erhvervssektorbistand og dansk erhvervslivs rolle: Kan Danmark skabe økonomisk vækst i fattige lande?
Beskæftigelse og økonomisk vækst er nøgleord i Afrika-kommissionens rapport, der udkom 6. maj 2009, og midlet er ikke mindst erhvervssektorudvikling.
22-09-2009 | Det internationale udviklingssamarbejde anno 2020:Gode viljer og kortsigtede interesser
Verden har de senere år gennemgået betydelige forandringer, som giver nye udfordringer til det internationale udviklingssamarbejde.
The concept of security sector reform (SSR) has become increasingly popular since it was first coined in a speech in 1998 by Clare Short, then British Secretary of State for International Development.
26-05-2009 | Chronic Poverty or Inequality: What should be the Overall Objective of Development Cooperation?
The first of the eight Millennium Development Goals is to halve the number of poor people by 2015 and most donor agencies state poverty reduction as their general objective. However, one may criticise the objective for being insufficient and for drawing attention away from more serious problems.
30-04-2009 | Religion, Development and Good Governance
For many years, religion was effectively ignored by development practitioners and academics. Secularist development traditions, combined with essentialist conceptions of religion as inherently conservative and reactionary, left no room for religion.
In recent years, a coalition of priests, politicians and pop-stars have campaigned to ‘make poverty history’ through foreign aid.
04-03-2009 | Religion, Development and Education
For many years, religion was effectively ignored by development practitioners and academics. Secularist development traditions, combined with essentialist conceptions of religion as inherently conservative and reactionary, left no room for religion.
08-01-2009 | Religion, Development and Health
Professor Ezra Chitando will give a presentation on Religion, Development and Health, based on his many years of experience working with HIV and AIDS in Africa.
Poor nations are not operationally independent; they work inside a global development regime whose leading authorities are in rich western countries and institutions. With Professor David Ludden.
On the occasion of the launch of a book of the same title, this seminar will present findings on the specificities of how recipient responses to different donors affect the aid relationship.
23-09-2008 | Dead End or Breakthrough? Where is International Development Cooperation Heading after the Accra High Level Forum?
The seminar will discuss the results of the Accra High Level Forum and attempt to assess whether international development cooperation can overcome the significant contemporary challenges. With Richard Manning and Vagn Berthelsen
26-06-2008 | Udenrigspolitiske udfordringer i det 21. århundrede
Udenrigsminister Per Stig Møller debatterer det 21. århundredes udenrigs- og sikkerhedspolitiske udfordringer med et panel af fire yngre forskere, samt forskere og studerende blandt publikum
18-06-2008 | State Recognition and Democratization in Sub-Saharan Africa – A New Dawn for Traditional Authorities?
Why has the recent wave of democratization in Sub-Saharan Africa coincided with a salient resurgence of traditional authorities, both from ‘below’ and as part of formal legislation and development policies?
Caroline Bledsoe will examine the emerging dynamics surrounding family reunification policies in Spain, following the increasing efforts of the EU to tighen border security
Poverty is simultaneously both created and removed – even under conditions of rapid overall national progress. Anirudh Krishna will speak on such poverty dynamics at the household level, drawing on his experience from such varied places as India, Kenya, Uganda, Peru and North Carolina, USA
With Professor John Harriss of the Simon Fraser University in Canada
09-10-2007 | Bistandsformer, ejerskab og fattigdomsbekæmpelse
Marie Hertz og Poul Buch-Hansen vil på basis af deres bog "Dansk udviklingsbistand - er der en fremtid?" præsentere deres tanker om forskellige bistandsformer.
29-11-2006 | LPPD workshop 26 - 29 November 2006
The third and final international workshop in Nijmegen, Netherlands, 26th – 29th November
14-11-2006 | Sovereignty and Securization; Social Becoming; Collective Memory. Launch of three Africa books
A book launch organised by The Nordic Africa Institute (NAI) and Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)
30-08-2006 | The Future of UN – an Asian Perspective
A seminar with Dr. Shashi Tharoor, Under-Secretary-General of the UN and possible successor of Kofi Annan
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