Browsing Chr. Michelsens Institutt by Subject "China"
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Angola's Lobito Corridor: From reconstruction to development
(Angola Brief vol. 4 no. 5, Report, 2014-04-01)This brief reviews the state of the transport corridor which runs from the port of Lobito and the city of Benguela through the hinterland of Angola before it connects with the mineral rich regions in the Democratic Republic ... -
China and Angola - Strategic partnership or marriage of convenience?
(Angola Brief vol. 1 no. 1, Report, 2011-02-04)In 2004 Angola’s Ministry of Finance and China’s Ministry of Trade signed the first of several financing packages for public investment projects in Angola. These packages provided for oil-backed concessional loans from ... -
China in Africa. Implications for Norwegian Foreign and Development Policies
(Research report, Research report, 2006)China’s development will affect the history of the twenty-first century, and perhaps nowhere more importantly than in Africa. The emergence of China introduces new opportunities for Africa, new challenges and new imponderables ... -
China in Africa: Soft power, media perceptions and a pan-developing identity
(CMI Report R 2013:2, Research report, 2013-11-06)China is currently implementing a full-fledged ‘Going ¸Global’ strategy, particularly in Africa. Chinese engagement on the continent is all pervasive and spearheaded by summit conferences and flanked by a surge of Chinese ... -
Chinese aid – a blessing for Africa and a challenge to western donors
(CMI Insight 2021:2, Report, 2021-05-01)To Africa, the emergence of China as a major development funder presents a clear advantage. It gives access both to new substantial resources and to areas to which western donors are less willing to contribute. It gives ... -
Comparing Borderland Dynamics. Processes of territorialization in the Nuba Mountains in Sudan, southern Yunnan in China, and the Pamir Mountains in Tajikistan.
(Sudan Working Paper SWP 2015:3, Working paper, 2015-03-19)The paper is a contribution to the recent debate in social science of border situations and the way borders affect borderland populations. The paper is directly comparative in form, by comparing three borderland situations, ... -
Diversification and Development,or “White Elephants”? Transport in Angola’s Lobito Corridor
(CMI Report R 2015:07, Research report, 2015-04-01)The Angolan government has put much emphasis on rehabilitating and expanding the country’s transport infrastructure. Assisted by oil revenues, foreign construction companies, credits lines and loans Angola has embarked ... -
Draken i rommet
(Others, 2012-09-05)An article about the lack of domestic political debate surrounding Norway's frosty relationship to China. -
Enterprise in the Undergrowth: Exploring the Ways Chinese Companies Operate in the Dja Forest in Cameroon
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Gendercide and marginalisation – An initial review of the knowledge base
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Hvordan gjøre gode ting bedre? Norske bedrifters CSR aktiviteter i utviklingsland
(Research report, Research report, 2008)Norske bedrifter opererer i en rekke utviklingsland, hvor problemer med fattigdom, dårlig styresett og brudd på menneskerettigheter ofte er store. Når man går inn i denne typen land, stilles man overfor store utfordringer ... -
Høgt spel i Austkinahavet
(Others, 2012-10-10)The article tries to explain the background for the powerful heightening of tensions between Japan and China in the wake of the diplomatic crisis over the contested Senkaku/Diaoyu islands. -
Navigating Seas, Markets, and Sovereignties: Fishers and Occupational Slippage in the South China Sea
(Anthropological Quarterly vol. 94 no. 4, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-12-01)Oceans have always been arenas of crime, drugs and human trafficking, and poaching. When such violations occur on fishing boats, they fall under the rubric of “fisheries crime.” Political scientists and economists ... -
O Corredor do Lobito em Angola: Da reconstrução ao desenvolvimento
(Angola Brief vol. 4 no. 7, Report, 2014-05-01)Este sumário descritivo examina o estado do corredor de transporte que inicia no porto do Lobito e na cidade de Benguela para o interior de Angola até às regiões ricas em minérios na República Democrática do Congo (RDC) e ... -
Protected tax havens: Cornering the market through international reform?
(CMI Working Paper WP 2017:7, Working paper, 2017-10-01)Since the year 2000, an international reform process has been underway to reduce the negative impacts of tax havens. This paper analyzes whether the reform period has favoured protected tax havens, i.e. havens with strong ... -
Provincial variations and entrepreneurialism in the development of China’s Distant Water Fisheries (2011–2020)
(Marine Policy vol. 147, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023-01-01)This study rescales the current state-centric understanding of the development of China’s distant water fishing (DWF) and explores the instrumental role of Chinese provinces in actualizing and shaping this development. ... -
Rising Powers and the African Security Landscape
(CMI Report R 2014:4, Research report, 2014-11-01)The last decade has witnessed a major economic expansion of China, India, Brazil and South Africa in Africa. This has mainly been driven by commercial and corporate interests, but the political profile of these rising ... -
Special Issue: Reimagining the Littoral through Development Regimes and Local Contingencies’
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‘Spectacular Fishing: Embodying Sovereignty in the post-Brexit Channel Islands and the South China Sea.’
(Variations on Sovereignty: Snapshots of Political Contestation and Transformation from Brexit to the South China Sea., Chapter, 2023-05-01)The South China Sea disputes over the Paracels and Spratlys – two archipelagos claimed in whole by China and Vietnam and in part by a number of ASEAN countries and Taiwan – and the post-Brexit dispute between ... -
Taxation and State Building in Developing Countries
(Book, 2008-01-01)Developing countries face new and pressing challenges as they strive to build more effective and accountable public institutions. These difficulties differ from those experienced historically by OECD countries, yet patterns ...