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    • Development Aid as Human Rights Promoter - An empirical test of Norwegian aid allocation and human rights practises from 1990-2013 

      Hoff, Oda Pernille (Master thesis, 2018)
      Abstrakt på Norsk: Er norsk bistandsallokering sensitiv til mottakerlandenes menneskerettighetspraksiser? Norge blir sett på som en av verdens moralske supermakter innen bistandslitteraturen, og denne studien vil undersøke ...
    • Do bigger health budgets cushion pandemics? An empirical test of COVID-19 deaths across the world 

      de Soysa, Indra; Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya; Cooray, Arusha (UNU-WIDER working paper series;, Research report, 2020)
    • Do Citizens´ Preferences on Immigration Reflect Governments´ Preferences? A Test of the Theory of Liberal Intergovernmentalism 

      Norekval, Katrine Loven (Bachelor thesis, 2020)
      The theory liberal intergovernmentalism argues that domestic preferences shape governments policy preferences. Liberal Intergovernmentalism has become one of the main theories in European integration theory but has also ...
    • Do development aid agencies practice what they preach?: Analysing the effects of official development aid on sustainable development, 1989 – 2018 

      Romundset, Matias Saue (Master thesis, 2020)
      Siden Verdenskommisjonen for miljø og utviklings rapport Vår felles framtid ble publisert i oktober 1987 har bærekraftig utvikling gjennomsyret alle deler av samfunnet. Alt – fra den lokale butikken på hjørnet til ...
    • Do ethnic demographic changes trigger civil war? : an empirical analysis, 1960-2013 

      Danielsen, Synne Constanse Alstad (Master thesis, 2016)
      Innen litteraturen som omfavner etnisitet og etnisk konflikt, har viktigheten av etnisk ulikhet og risikoen for konflikt blitt fremhevet. I kontrast til etnisk ulikhet, har den relative distribusjonen av hvordan en etnisk ...
    • Do larger immigrant populations increase homicide rates? : a global study, 1995-2014 

      Solbak, Kristine Stubø (Master thesis, 2017)
      Relating high immigration to violent crime has been a sensitive topic in the media for quite some time, often concerning highly populistic politics. Still substantial research that validates or disproves this assumed ...
    • Do larger immigrant populations increase homicide rates? A global study, 1995-2014 

      Solbak, Kristine Stubø (Master thesis, 2017)
      Å relatere immigrasjon til voldelig kriminalitet er et svært sensitivt og debattert tema både i massemedia og blant populistiske politikere. Slik har det også vært over lengre tid. Det mangler likevel data som bekrefter ...
    • Do Remittances Increase Obesity-Related Behaviours and Attitudes? A Case Study of Nepal 

      Stonkute, Donata (Master thesis, 2020)
      Background: Developing countries have entered the stage of dietary and physical activity transition led by a phenomenal economic growth in recent years. It is reasonable to make an inference that the answer lies in ...
    • Do resource-wealthy rulers adopt transparency-promoting laws 

      Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya; de Soysa, Indra (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      Some argue that the right kinds of institutions mitigate, or even prevent, the development of “natural resource curses.” Rulers with access to resource wealth, however, are unlikely to adopt such institutions, because doing ...
    • Does Egalitarian Democracy Boost Environmental Sustainability? An Empirical Test, 1970-2017 

      de Soysa, Indra (Journal article, 2021)
      Many argue that the twin problems of poverty and environmental degradation are best addressed by adopting greater egalitarian processes of governance. Greater egalitarian societies apparently contain the required social ...
    • Does Empowering Women in Politics Boost Human Development? An Empirical Analysis, 1960–2018 

      Hornset, Norunn; de Soysa, Indra (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
    • Does Ethnic Diversity Increase Violent Crime? A Global Analysis of Homicide Rates, 1995-2013. 

      de Soysa, Indra; Noel, Carmen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Many scholars argue that diverse preferences and coordination failure stemming from high ethnic diversity results in high social frictions, leading to socio-political failure. Criminological theories suggest that crime is ...
    • Does Foreign Direct Investment Encourage State Militarization and Reduce Societal Security? An Empirical Test, 1980-2017 

      de Soysa, Indra (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Scholars debate the effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) on poor societies. Apparently, FDI could embolden governments to securitize rather than reform, an argument put forth recently by (Kishi, Roudabeh, Maggio, ...
    • Does free-market capitalism drive unequal access to health? An empirical analysis, 1970–2015 

      de Soysa, Indra; Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Many scholars, particularly in public health, argue that neoliberal capitalist economic forces adversely affect communities by increasing inequalities, ultimately affecting health. Apparently, corporate capitalism affects ...
    • Does Norwegian aid promote good governance in recipient countries? : an empirical analysis, 1985-2013 

      Aaser, Kristian (Master thesis, 2016)
      Denne masteroppgaven ser på effekten norsk bistand har på korrupsjonsbekjempelse i utviklingsland. Økonomer har tidligere vært mest opptatt av bistandseffektivitet, mens statsvitere på sin side har vært mest opptatt av ...
    • Does social globalisation through access to information communication technologies drive obesity among youth? An empirical analysis, 1990–2013 

      Knutson, Andreas Harry Solheim; de Soysa, Indra (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Scholars debate the effects of globalisation on obesity. Using the latest data on access to ICTs and the Global Burden of Disease data on excess weight gain and obesity, we find that both social globalisation and access ...
    • Economic Freedom vs. Egalitarianism: An Empirical Test of Weak & Strong Sustainability, 1970-2018 

      de Soysa, Indra (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Many argue that free markets drive climate change and harm environmental sustainability. They suggest that democratic controls over profligate capital and unregulated markets better secure economic wellbeing and environmental ...
    • Economic Freedom, Social Protections, and Electoral Support for Anti-Immigrant Populist Parties in 27 Industrial Democracies 

      Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya; de Soysa, Indra (Chapter, 2017)
    • Economic Governance and Homicide: Some Theory and Empirics, 1990 – 2017 

      de Soysa, Indra (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      This article posits that free-market institutions and practices reduce economic distortions that provide rents for underground organizations, which ultimately form criminogenic environments. Rents from market distortions ...
    • Egalitarian Democracy and Environmental Sustainability: An Empirical Analysis 

      Karlsen, Emil (Bachelor thesis, 2020)
      Fasiliterer egalitære demokratier bærekraft? Ved bruk indikatorer for både egalitært demokrati og bærekraft estimerer denne oppgaven sammenhengen mellom et egalitært demokrati og bærekraftig utvikling. Den ser også på ...

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