East Africa is often described as the world’s „new oil and gas frontier” or hydrocarbon El Dorado – the most perspective region in terms of oil and gas exploration. Taking into consideration the hydrocarbon potential…
Spillover effects of Chinese foreign direct investments in…
This project is aimed at identifying and analyzing spillover effects of Chinese foreign direct investments (FDI) in selected African countries. The secondary objective is to investigate an effect which has been hinted in the literature…
Norwegian inspirations in the Ugandan oil revenue management
The main purpose of the research is to answer the question whether Uganda as a second generation petro-state can avoid oil resource curse phenomenon. Research hypothesis states that African countries where oil has been discovered in…
Namibia: Ready or not for oil?
The main purpose of the research is to answer the question if Namibia as a second generation petro-state can avoid oil resource curse phenomenon. Research hypothesis states that African countries where oil has been discovered…
Resource curse or resource disease? The case study…
The main objective of the project was to investigate the impact of discovery and exploration of oil on the economic development of countries classified as the second generation of the African petro-states. The most recent…
Aborne
ABORNE is an interdisciplinary network of researchers interested in all aspects of international borders and trans-boundary phenomena in Africa. The emphasis is largely on borderlands as physical spaces and social spheres, but the network is…
Fatal Transactions
Fatal Transactions is dedicated to transform Fatal Transactions into Fair Transactions: Transactions that truly contribute to sustainable peace and reconstruction in Africa. Fatal Transactions is an international network of NGO's who believe that the natural…