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Africa

NUPI conducts wide-ranging research on Africa.

In particular we focus on issues related to social and economic development: fundamental questions concerning the conditions for state formation and democracy, as well as specific studies of individual countries and areas. Other important thematic areas include how post-conflict counties can avoid relapse, and the role of international peace operations in such circumstances – not least, the activities of the UN and the African Union.
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Towards an African Model of Peace Operations

  • Africa
  • Peace operations
  • Africa
  • Peace operations
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  • Africa
  • Peace operations
Publications
  • Africa
  • Peace operations
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Publications
Book

The Future of African Peace Operations: From the Janjaweed to Boko Haram

Facing threats ranging from Islamist insurgencies to the Ebola pandemic, African regional actors are playing an increasingly vital role in safeguarding peace and stability across the continent. But while the African Union has demonstrated its ability to deploy forces on short notice and in difficult circumstances, the challenges posed by increasingly complex conflict zones have revealed a widening divide between the theory and practice of peacekeeping. With the AU's African Standby Force becoming fully operational in 2016, this timely and much-needed work argues that responding to these challenges will require a new and distinctively African model of peacekeeping, as well as a radical revision of the current African security framework. The first book to provide a comprehensive overview and analysis of African peace operations, The Future of African Peace Operations gives a long overdue assessment of the ways which peacekeeping on the continent has evolved over the past decade. It will be a vital resource for policy makers, researchers and all those seeking solutions and insights into the immense security challenges which Africa is facing today.

  • Africa
  • Peace operations
  • Conflict
  • Insurgencies
  • International organizations
  • United Nations
  • AU
  • Africa
  • Peace operations
  • Conflict
  • Insurgencies
  • International organizations
  • United Nations
  • AU
News
News

The future of peace in Africa

Africa does not need saviors, but partners, according to Cedric de Coning and John Karlsrud, co-editors of the recent book ‘The Future of African Peace Operations: From Janjaweed to Boko Haram’.

 

  • Africa
  • Peace operations
  • Conflict
  • Insurgencies
  • International organizations
  • United Nations
  • AU
Bildet viser en ugandisk soldat i AMISOM-oppdraget i Somalia.
Four women in dresses working the fields in Sri Lanka
Research Project
2016 - 2021 (Completed)

Legal Regimes and Women's Economic Agency (WomEcon)

The project's objective is to improve our understanding of how legal regimes and legal changes affect the economic agency of different subgroupes of women across the world...

  • Development policy
  • Europe
  • Africa
  • Asia
  • North America
  • South and Central America
  • The Nordic countries
  • Development policy
  • Europe
  • Africa
  • Asia
  • North America
  • South and Central America
  • The Nordic countries
Event
11:00 - 18:00
Bergen
Engelsk
Event
11:00 - 18:00
Bergen
Engelsk
20. Nov 2016
Event
11:00 - 18:00
Bergen
Engelsk

The SkattJakt conference 2016

What consequences do illicit capital flows have for developing countries? How to prevent multinational corporations from tax evasion? What do tax havens mean for illicit capital flows?

Event
16:00 - 18:00
NUPI
Engelsk
Event
16:00 - 18:00
NUPI
Engelsk
20. Jan 2016
Event
16:00 - 18:00
NUPI
Engelsk

Does democratisation foster effective taxation? Evidence from Benin

The question of whether democratisation leads to higher tax revenues is explored. The presentation is based on data from Benin.

Program

The TaxCapDev network

  • International economics
  • Foreign policy
  • Africa
  • The EU
  • International economics
  • Foreign policy
  • Africa
  • The EU
Program

The TaxCapDev network

  • International economics
  • Foreign policy
  • Africa
  • The EU
  • International economics
  • Foreign policy
  • Africa
  • The EU
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