Norges nye vi: Diasporaer som faktor i norsk utenrikspolitikk. Rapport til Utenriksdepartementet
Preparing and Mobilizing Civilian Capacity for the Future. Recommendations for Implementing the Guéhenno Report
Training in Vain? Bottlenecks in Deploying Civilians for UN Peacekeeping
UN peacekeeping missions suffer from cumbersome recruitment processes, high vacancy rates and a shortage of civilian staff. This article explores the bottlenecks hampering the recruitment and deployment of trained personnel, especially civilians. Paradoxically, an increased number of trained personnel has not translated into higher deployment rates. Individual factors and structural bottlenecks together accounted for half of the nondeployments. Of the latter, the informal nature of the UN’s recruitment system and the central role played by personal contacts stands out. The article makes the case for an improved link between the recruitment architecture of the UN and its training programmes, and a significant overhaul of the UN recruitment architecture per se. Unless the UN and international training programmes address this paradox, the risk of training in vain will remain.
Poverty, prices and international inequality
The project studies the methods used for measuring poverty and comparing real income in various countries, particularly methods that are used to adjust for differing price levels....
Russian and Caspian Energy Developments (RUSSCASP)
RUSSCASP aims to examine driving forces shaping Russian and Caspian energy exports, energy developments in the High North and the potential role of foreign energy companies in these regions. ...