China's New Development Bank and Infrastructure-led Growth
In view of China’s recent launch of several new development banks (AIIB, OBOR, NDB) with a central focus on infrastructure, this NUPI Brief takes a look at how China’s infrastructure projects have fared both at home and abroad in the past. It asks the question: Does economic growth, boosted by infrastructure investment, necessarily benefit development? Admitting that infrastructure has played a crucial role in China’s development, as well as contributed to the changes in other developing countries, this brief cautions against several potential economic risks. To be more specific, three issues are highlighted: first, low usage and low profitability; second, debt and broken contracts; third, favouritism towards state-owned companies.
MINUSTAH’s Specialized Police Team to Combat Sexual Violence in Haiti
This paper examines the Norwegian specialized police team (SPT) that has been deployed to the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) since late 2010. The objective of the team is to build the capacity of the Haitian National Police (HNP) to conduct investigations into sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV).
Community-based policing and post-conflict police reform (ICT4COP)
Dette forskningsprosjektet vil bidra til mer kunnskap om de sosiale, kulturelle, juridiske og etiske dimensjonene i 'community-based' politiarbeid i tidlifere konfliktområder...
Maritim tryggleik i Aust-Asia - sommaren til utfordringane?
Grensekonfliktar i Aust-Kina-havet har auka spenningsnivået og sat spørsmål om maritim tryggleik på dagsorden i Aust-Asia.
Libanon på kanten av stupet
I kjølvatnet av Syria-krigen har Libanon mottatt 1,5 millionar flyktningar og blitt ein bufferstat mot IS. Kva forklarer landets robusthet mot valdsringverknader frå Syria?
More teeth for the NATO-Tiger How the Framework Nation Concept can reduce NATO’s growing formation – capability gap
How can the Framework Nation Concept reduce NATO’s growing formation – capability gap?