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.
Skattjakt-konferansen 2016
Kva konsekvensar har ulovleg kapitalflukt for utviklingsland? Kva blir gjort for å hindre multinasjonale selskaps unndraging av skatt? Kor stor betydning har skatteparadis for ulovleg kapitalflukt?
European Integration Reset: Lessons from Brexit, Norway, and Eastern Europe
Given the severity and length of the Great Recession, whether or not Europe needs more or less integration is a much less consequential discussion than that Europe needs better and more effective integration. In this policy brief, we argue that taking stock of the integration experience may be the key to support the search for novel and more effective policy initiatives, resume growth and leave the current crisis behind. The brief presents three historical examples that illustrate the power deep integration has had in propelling the European project. The first demonstrates how deep integration contributed significantly to stop the relative economic decline of the United Kingdom (UK) vis-à-vis the EU founding members. We suggest EU membership played a greater role in this respect than Thatcher’s reforms. The second example displays how deep integration drove increases in labor productivity in Sweden, Austria and Finland (which gained unrestricted access to the Single Market by joining the European Economic Area, EEA, in 1994 and later the EU in 1995) compared to similar developments in Norway (which joined only the EEA in 1994). The third example draws from the experience of the Central European new member members to illustrate that a crucial (yet less appreciated than trade openness, foreign investment and migration) mechanism to these advancements has been the ability of deep integration to increase State capacity and hence to shore up positive institutional change.
Lansering av Verdsbankens utviklingsrapport 2016
Verdsbanken og Norsk utanrikspolitisk institutt (NUPI) har, saman med UD og NORAD, gleda av å invitere til presentasjon av Verdsbankens utviklingsrapport 2016.
Towards a new innovation policy in Cuba: Proposal for the introduction of a R&D fiscal incentive program
Fører demokratisering til betre skattlegging? Erfaringar frå Benin
På dette seminaret vil Dr Piccolino diskutere om demokratisering fører til høgare skatteinntekter. Ho bruker Benin som døme, eit låginntekstland med ei vellykka demokratisering frå tidleg 1990-tal.