Publications

Based on fieldwork in two communities in South India, this paper explores the strategies of the poor and the management of tank irrigation. It establishes the main concerns and priorities or the poor ...chevron_right

Using evolutionary theory, this paper finds that video-recorded decapitations have not caught on for locally specific reasons. In the West, the tactic is less accessible than one might expect; in Iraq...chevron_right

This report discusses possible implications of the international attempts to address climate change for the organization of development cooperation. It concentrates on questions related to institution...chevron_right

Since the Fourth Republic was inaugurated in 1993, politics in Ghana have been increasingly characterized by competitive 'clientelism'. Ruling coalitions are highly vulnerable due to strong political ...chevron_right

This paper discusses the support, or rather, lack thereof that the governments in Ghana lent to the non-tradition export industry. To do this, it looks at the actions and interactions of the ruling po...chevron_right

Ghana has exhibited rather strong economic growth since the 1980s but little transformation of the productive structure of its economy. This paper explains that the ruling elite in Ghana does not depe...chevron_right

The paper argues that the Ghanaian migration-development policy initiatives are attempts to symbolically include international migrants in the nation and to constitute them as a patriotic and governab...chevron_right

This paper discusses the difficulties of particularly the rural poor in meeting their water needs in view of the increased competition for water. Based on a questionnaire survey carried out during 200...chevron_right

This report presents some contributions given at the conference "The EU’s Eastern Neighbours – The Road to Viable Reforms and Efficient Assistance", held in March 2011. The aim of the conference was t...chevron_right

Since Danish-Swedish relations have recently become more contentious, the aim of the paper is to explore this rift in order to pursue broader questions about the relationship between two countries tha...chevron_right

Through a comparison of cases in Mozambique and Ghana, this working paper analyzes why and how African states engage in developing productive industries and with what success. It argues that successfu...chevron_right

A rising interest in acquisition of land in Sub-Saharan Africa for plantation farming (PF) and large-scale farming (LSF) has revived long-dormant policy debates about this type of farming. Most reacti...chevron_right

In this paper, the authors use a mixed-effects trade gravity model on a sample of 83 developing countries over the period 1990-2007 to assess the impact of trade finance and foreign aid on bilateral ...chevron_right

This working paper argues that the current G20 is unsustainable and should be replaced by a new body on a firmer constitutional foundation. It presents two designs, one of them a reformed version of t...chevron_right

In this paper the author focuses on migration from poorer to richer zones in West Africa. Most research on West African migration has tended to focus on specific 'crisis migration' issues, such as tra...chevron_right