Frida Bjørneseth
Frida Bjørneseth var doktorgradsstipendiat i Forskningsgruppen for global orden og diplomati.
Mali og Sahel – kunsten å finne balansen mellom tryggleik og utvikling
Ambassadør og tidlegare utanriksminister i Mali, Abdoulaye Diop, besøkjer NUPI for å diskutere balansen mellom tryggleik og utvikling i Mali og i Sahelregionen.
NY BOK: Taxing Africa: Coercion, Reform and Development
En ny bok om skattleging i Afrika skrevet av Mick Moore (ICTD), Wilson Prichard (ICTD) and Odd-Helge Fjeldstad (CMI).
Cyber Security Capacity Building in Myanmar
Digitalization is exposing developing countries to a growing number of risks, as well as opportunities associated with connecting to the Internet. Myanmar stands out as a critical case of both the pitfalls and the benefits Internet connection can bring. Amidst a political transition from military rule to a functioning democracy Myanmar is adding ICT to key areas like banking and e-government. Having been one of the least connected countries in the world only five years ago the country is now connecting to the Internet at an unprecedented pace, with little or no institutions in place to ensure the transition goes smoothly. Using the framework of Cyber Security Capacity Building (CCB) we examine the risks and potential benefits of Myanmar’s embracement of digital technologies.
Teoriseminar: Byråkrati og diplomatisk representasjon i Kosovo
Tobias Wille besøkjer NUPI for å diskutere notatet sitt om korleis Kosovo prøvde å hevde statsdanninga si gjennom profesjonalisering av utanrikstenesta.
PODKAST: Kva skjer med Europa etter Brexit?
Høyr EU-ekspert Caroline de Gruyter i NUPI podcast.
Impact of non-tariff barriers on trade within the Eurasian Economic Union
How great is the impact of non-tariff barriers on trade in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and how much will internal trade grow if they are eliminated? The Treaty on the EAEU declares removal of non-tariff barriers as a common goal. This article estimates the impact of non-tariff barriers on trade in goods in the EAEU based on 2010–2015 trade data. The empirical approach draws on the Haveman and Thursby disaggregated model. The estimates show that various trade-growth effects can be observed in different trade groups if non-tariff barriers are reduced or fully eliminated. Agriculture and the food industry have the highest growth potential: around 40% growth with a 50% reduction of barriers. The highest growth potential is found for trade between Belarus and Kazakhstan. The most significant effects are observed for member-states that are small in terms of the size of the economy and for which the internal trade share is large.