Hva kan gjøres med Nord-Korea?
For at sanksjonene skal virke, må det skapes realistiske muligheter til å heve dem, skriver seniorforsker Sverre Lodgaard i DN-kronikk.
Food Security in India: the Interactions of Climate Change, Economics, Politics and Trade (FOODSEC)
Klimaendringer truer systemer for matproduksjon og levebrød for en betydelig andel av Indias befolkning. Dette prosjektet undesøker de potensielle effektene på matvaresikkerhet....
Trade Integration, Geopolitics and the Economy of Russia (TIGER)
Prosjektet analyserte hvordan handelsintegrasjon er koblet til geografi, geopolitikk og Russlands dreining mot Asia....
Prisvinnende artikkel om kvotering i indisk politikk
I går ble det klart at NUPIs seniorforsker Francesca R. Jensenius er vinneren av Chr. Michelsens pris for fremragende utviklingsforskning.
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...
Policy options for sustainability and resilience in potato value chains in Bihar: a system dynamics approach
Potatoes are an important crop for food security in Bihar, providing significant income generating activities for participating farmers and an additional source of diet diversification for consumers. Recent reforms to the Agriculture Production Market Committee (APMC) Act and improvements in state-wide governance have provided further incentives for investment in the potato sector, particularly in cold storage facilities that can mitigate seasonal price fluctuations and improve the availability of potatoes. At the same time, climate change could have severe ramifications on the potato sector in Bihar, with some forecasts redicting a decline in yields of over 20 percent in the coming decades. In this paper, we look at the quantitative impacts over time of different investment, trade, and policy scenarios in the potato value chain, particularly those that can mitigate climate change effects, using a system dynamics model of the potato value chain that builds on previous qualitative studies (e.g. Minten et al. 2011). Preliminary results highlight that reducing storage costs, either through subsidies or increased competition, could reduce the price variability inherent with climatic shocks. On the other hand, encouraging conventional types of cold storage could have additional feedback effects that exacerbate climatic shocks, suggesting a need to consider “climate-smart” investments.
Norden og Kina: «Smått er godt» Islands økonomiske diplomati med Kina.
Although Iceland has a shorter diplomatic history with China in comparison with the other Nordic states, the island nation has built a strong relationship with Beijing which has been dominated by economics, especially the bilateral free trade agreement struck in 2013. Although Iceland is not a major factor in Chinese trade, the Sino-Icelandic relationship has demonstrated China’s commitment to small state diplomacy and Arctic relations.