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Afrikas økonomiske krise - finnes det grunnlag for reformer? En elementær innføring
Ofstad, Arve (Arbeidsnotat, Working paper, 1992)Dette arbeidsnotatet gir en kort oversikt og innføring i den økonomiske situasjonen for landene i Afrika sør for Sahara. På omtrent alle utviklingsindikatorer ligger de afrikanske landene nederst, både individuelt og som ... -
Bergen Seminar on Development 1999. Making South-North organisational cooperation an effective instrument for institution building
Ofstad, Arve (Research report, Research report, 1999)The Bergen Seminar on Development 1999 focused on aid funded institutional partnerships and twinning, and the extent that these are effective mechanisms for promoting organisational change and institution building. ... -
Countries in violent conflict and aid strategies: The case of Sri Lanka
Ofstad, Arve (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2000)In countries with an ongoing violent conflict aid donors are confronted by four sets of issues: How the volume and orientation of the program may influence a peace process; whether development efforts may be undertaken in ... -
Development Theory: Recent Trends. Proceedings of the NFU Annual Conference 1992
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Economic growth, employment, and decentralised development in Sri Lanka
Ofstad, Arve (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2000)This Working Paper describes the economic growth rate and patterns in Sri Lanka during the 1990s, showing the interrelationship between uneven sectorial growth and the unbalanced regional growth patterns. This is reflected ... -
Filling "the Gap": Lessons Well Learnt by the Multilateral Aid Agencies
Suhrke, Astri; Ofstad, Arve (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2005)An assumed gap between relief and development assistance was widely discussed in the 1990s. Urged to “mind the gap”, the multilateral aid agencies adjusted. In terms of the initial learning phase - i.e. readiness to recognize ... -
Peacebuilding: Lessons for Afghanistan
Suhrke, Astri; Harpviken, Kristian Berg; Knudsen, Are; Ofstad, Arve; Strand, Arne (Research report, Research report, 2002)This report examines lessons from previous peacebuilding efforts in Afghanistan, and from other countries, in order to highlight issues of central relevance for the present phase of peacebuilding and economic recovery. It ... -
Poverty and development in Tanzania: A discussion note
Jerve, Alf Morten; Ofstad, Arve (Research report, Research report, 2000)This brief discussion note is focusing on major policy issues confronting Tanzania when aiming at a substantial reduction in poverty level over the next decades. The government has high ambitions for creating high quality ... -
Zambia’s looming debt crisis – is China to blame?
Ofstad, Arve; Tjønneland, Elling (CMI Insight 2019:01, Report, 2019-06-01)Is China pressuring poor countries with debt? Debt trap diplomacy is a recent term that is used to describe Chinese loans for infrastructure and development in developing countries. Zambia is one of the countries where ...