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Political economy of the petroleum sector in Nigeria: A. Gboyega / World Bank, 2011; The relatively slow pace of Nigeria's development has often been attributed to the phenomenon of the resource curse whereby the nature of the state as a "rentier" dilutes accountability for developmen...
Malawian farmers' willingness to allocate funds for input purchase at harvest time: S.T. Holden (ed);R. Lunduka (ed) / Centre for the Study of African Economies, Oxford, 2011; Malawi has implemented a large-scale agricultural input subsidy program since 2005 after a period with severe food shortages and the program has contributed to increased food availability, higher real...
Trade as a means to promote human dignity and economic justice: A. Sommerfeldt;J. Onjala;H.M. Haugen / Norwegian Church Aid , 2006; Trade is not an end in itself, but a means by which to promote human dignity, sustainable societies and economic justice. This publication aims to help identify some key problems of multilateral tr...
The potential impacts of Commodity-Based Trade on animal-production importing markets: who benefits?: K.M. Rich;B.D. Perry / Norwegian Institute for International Affairs , 2010; This paper examines the potential impacts of Commodity-Based Trade (CBT) on animal-production importing markets and identifies which suppliers could benefit from greater access to these markets. Th...
Solving the long-lasting dispute through an international regime on access and benefit sharing under the Convention on Biological Diversity: R. Andersen;M.W. Tvedt;O.K. Fauchald / Fridtjof Nansen Institute , 2010; Negotiating access and benefit sharing (ABS) under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) with a view to mutual supportiveness with other international agreements is a challenging task. This ...
What are China's policy options in terms of trade?: C. Taifeng / Norwegian Institute for International Affairs , 2009; Since joining the WTO, China has pursued a three-pronged economic and trade development strategy of pushing forward regional and bilateral trade cooperation while enhancing multilateral trade and coop...
International finance institutions as key players in ensuring good forest governance: F. Achard;J. Bennett;D. Beyer / Arendal Maps & Graphics Library, UNEP/GRID, 2008; This atlas focuses on a number of selected issues that are topical and important in terms of forests. The atlas examines changes in forest cover in various parts of the world over the last century. It...
Importing roses from Tanzania to Norway: R. Haug;I. Ohna;A. Jens / Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2008; How can increased African agricultural imports achieve environmental sustainability? This study examines how it is possible to increase import of agricultural products from low income sub-Saharan A...
Zambia's refusal of American GM food aid highlights the complexity of food issues: C. Bergstrom / Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2007; A failure to recongnise the complexity of food issues has led to the development of diverse and conflicting regulatory systems to address food trade and food safety. This paper uses the exampl...
How the WTO negotiations threaten Philippine agriculture, fisheries and industries: J. Purugganan / Focus on the Global South, 2007; With all the attention on reducing tariffs for developing countries, what has happened to the development goals of the Doha Round? This article outlines the measures that the US and other developed co...