All content about Fragile states

• The Political Economy of Civil War and UN Peace Operations

  Event

  Thu 20 Apr 2023

  Time: 13:30 Europe/Oslo | Location: NUPI

  How should the UN handle the political economy of civil war?

  

• Free, but manipulated? Journalism and politics in Tunisia’s fall from democracy

  Event

  Thu 16 Mar 2023

  Time: 13:30 Europe/Oslo | Location: NUPI

  Tunisia was the only country that started developing as a democracy after the Arab Spring. Several important institutions were established to safeguard a democratic development, not least freedom of speech and free media. Today, however, the country is sliding towards authoritarianism. What happened, and what is the role of the media and journalism in Tunisia's withering democracy?

  

• Book talk: Roadblock politics – The origin of Violence in Central Africa

  Event

  Wed 8 Jun 2022

  Time: 16:00 Europe/Oslo | Location: NUPI

  Join us for a journey into the heart of Africa as Peer Schouten paints a captivating picture of the importance of roadblocks in his new book.

  

• Fragile states and taxation: Evidence from Afghanistan, Liberia, and the Sahel

  Event

  Tue 30 Aug 2022

  Time: 13:30 Europe/Oslo | Location: NUPI

  Join us on the 30th of August for an illuminating look into the role taxation and state fragility play in modern state-building.

  

• The weakest link? Digital technology and cyber security capacity building in Developing Countries

  Event

  Wed 7 Apr 2021

  Time: 14:00 Europe/Oslo | Location: Microsoft Teams

  The world gets more interconnected, and the dependency of cyberspace and its infrastructure is now evident in most sectors. Join this seminar to learn more about the need for security standards across countries.

  

• Informal elites as local bureaucrats: Why working as a tax collector increases the local accountability of city chiefs in Congo

  Event

  Mon 12 Apr 2021

  Time: 15:00 Europe/Oslo | Location: Zoom

  We are excited to announce that this semester’s third seminar in our Tax for Development Webinar Series will take place on Tuesday April 13th at 03:00 PM (CET). The speaker is Jonathan Weigel (London School of Economics). He will present the paper “Informal elites as local bureaucrats: Why working as a tax collector increases the local accountability of city chiefs in Congo”.

  

• Informal taxation and community-driven development: Evidence from south-central Somalia

  Event

  Mon 10 May 2021

  Time: 15:00 Europe/Oslo | Location: Zoom

  We are excited to announce that this semester’s fourth seminar in our Tax for Development Webinar Series with Vanessa van den Boogaard and Fabrizio Santoro (both at the International Centre for Tax and Development) presenting the study "informal Taxation and community-driven development: Evidence from south-central Somalia".

  

• Afghanistan, Taliban and migration

  Event

  Thu 7 Oct 2021

  Time: 16:00 Europe/Oslo | Location: Zoom

  What will be the consequences of Taliban's takeover in Afghanistan with regards to migration?

  

• Multilateralism Reimagined: Towards a UN and multilateral system that is more democratic, rules-based and inclusive

  Event

  Tue 22 Sep 2020

  Time: 14:00 Europe/Oslo | Location: Webinar

  NUPI and UN75 invites you to this webinar where a multi-stakeholder discussion will take a closer look on how a better common effort can help us reach the 17 SDGs.

  

• Building Tax Systems in Fragile States

  Event

  Wed 25 Nov 2020

  Time: 13:00 Europe/Oslo | Location: Webinar

  How can international donors contribute where institutions are weak?