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The Norwegian Programme for Capacity Building in Higher Education and Research for Development (NORHED) aims to strengthen the capacity of higher education institutions in developing countries to produce more and better research and graduates and to make higher education more inclusive.
This post-doctoral project at SUM investigates how business-peace interactions influence traditional Global North development mechanisms.
The shift of the global economy continues materialising. While production has been moving East and South for decades, a new shift is underway in the form of consumption. The number of middle-class consumers in Asia has now been estimated to be close to equal that of North America and Europe.
The purpose of this study is to go beyond typical project evaluations and single case studies and develop new research-based knowledge on the comparative impacts of aid on two crucial pillars of development – gender equality and food security.
The project seeks to account for electricity’s effect on women's empowerment, both as women use electricity’s services and become involved in its provision. The project highlights a comparison between centralized (grid) and decentralized systems and the effects on women’s empowerment.
The primary aim of this study is to investigate the transfer of global maternal health policies approached through the actions of international NGOs.
Research and dialogue on the dynamics of inequality reduction in different contexts.
This study will do a qualitative analysis of the receiving end of Chinese projects in Mozambique, focusing on how the projects stimulate local employment and industrialization.
This project looks at Vietnam’s development strategies and the ongoing socio-economic transformations in the country through a case study of the emerging transition from motorbikes to cars in Hanoi.
