Browsing NUPI Research Online by Author "Bøås, Morten"
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Best practices in EU crisis response and policy implementation
Batora, Jozef; Blockmans, Steven; Ferhatovic, Enver; Peters, Ingo; Rieker, Pernille; Stambøl, Eva Magdalena; Strand, Siri (EUNPACK Report; 30.09.2016, Research report, 2016) -
Building tax systems in fragile states. Challenges, achievements and policy recommendations
Fjeldstad, Odd-Helge; Bøås, Morten; Brun Bjørkheim, Julie; Kvamme, Frida (CMI report;2018:03, Research report, 2018)This report systematises and analyses existing knowledge on taxation in fragile states. Efforts to support domestic revenue mobilisation in conflict situations require a different approach and other means than in the more ... -
Can Aid Solve the Root Causes of Migration? A Framework for Future Research on the Development-Migration Nexus
Erstad, Henriette Ullavik; Bøås, Morten; Kugiel, Patryk; Szymańska, Jolanta (PISM Policy Paper;, Research report, 2020)An important dimension of the European Union’s response to the 2015 refugee and migration management crisis has been to address the root causes of irregular migration. A major tool the EU has to mitigate push factors of ... -
A Comprehensive Strategy EU Strategy for Africa Political Dialogue: Governance, Security and Migration. BRIEFING Requested by the AFET committee (This paper was requested by the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs)
Bøås, Morten (Research report, 2020)Much has changed since the creation of the Joint Africa-European Union (EU) Strategy in 2007. The developing world has been changing fast. Development policy and practices are also transforming, albeit at a slower pace. ... -
Den globale flyktningkrisen - de synlige og de usynlige
Bøås, Morten (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Den europeiske delen av den globale flyktningkirsen har skapt et nyy geografisk hierarki av synlige og unsynlige flyktninger. De synlige er de som kommer til Europa eller har en mulighet til det. De usynlige er de som ikke ... -
Displacement, belonging, and land rights in Grand Gedeh, Liberia: almost at home abroad?
Bjørkhaug, Ingunn; Bøås, Morten; Kebede, Tewodros Aragie (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Conflicts over local land rights between groups considered as “sons of the soil” and newcomers such as refugees can trigger autochthony-inspired violence. However, such conflicts are not always manifested, even when the ... -
EUNPACK Executive Summary of the Final Report & Selected Policy Recommendations. A conflict-sensitive unpacking of the eu comprehensive approach to conflict and crisis mechanisms
Rieker, Pernille; Bøås, Morten (EUNPACK Report, Research report, 2019) -
Explaining Violence in Tillabéri: Insurgent Appropriation of Local Grievances?
Bøås, Morten; Cisse, Abdoul Wahab; Mahamane, Laouali (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)The Tillabéri region in Niger has quickly lapsed into a state of violence and come under the control of ‘violent trepreneurs’ – that is, non-state armed actors possessing ome kind of political agenda, which is implemented ... -
The External Dimension of EU Migration Management: The Role of Aid
Szymańska, Jolanta; Kugiel, Patryk; Erstad, Henriette Ullavik; Bøås, Morten (PISM Policy Paper;NO. 6 (181), JULY 2020, Research report, 2020)Aid is seen as a key EU instrument in addressing the root causes of migration, but it has not been decisive for the drastic reduction of irregular arrivals in Europe in recent years. Nevertheless, development assistance ... -
Gender Based Violence and Access to Justice: the Case of Ganta, Liberia
Bøås, Morten; Divon, Shai André; Sayndee, T. Debey (NUPI Working Paper;864, Working paper, 2016) -
Governance, Fragility and Insurgency in the Sahel: A Hybrid Political Order in the Making
Bøås, Morten; Strazzari, Francesco (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Once a region that rarely featured in debates about global security, the Sahel has become increasingly topical as it confronts the international community with intertwined challenges related to climate variability, poverty, ... -
How the EU is facing crises in its neighbourhood: Evidence from Libya and Ukraine
Bøås, Morten; Petrov, Roman; Rieker, Pernille; Strazzari, Francesco; Ivaschenko-Stadnik, Kateryna; Raineri, Luca; Russo, Alessandra (EUNPACK Report; 31.03.2017, Research report, 2017) -
Implementation of the EU’s crisis response in Ukraine
Ivashchenko-Stadnik, Kateryna; Petrov, Roman; Rieker, Pernille; Russo, Alessandra (EUNPACK Working Paper; January 2018, Research report, 2018) -
Islamic Insurgents in the MENA Region. Global Threat or Regional Menace?
Bøås, Morten; Osland, Kari M.; Erstad, Henriette Ullavik (NUPI Working Paper; 884, Research report, 2019) -
Les Facteurs Locaux Contribuant á L’Extrémisme Violent Dans le Centre du Mali
Rupesinghe, Natasja; Bøås, Morten (Research report, 2019)Cette note d’orientation a pour objet d’étudier les processus de radicalisation et d’engagement dans l’extrémisme violent à Mopti, au centre du Mali. Plus particulièrement, elle examine les stratégies utilisées par la ... -
Lessons from the Ebola Crisis in West Africa: Community engagement, crisis communication and countering rumours
Bjørneseth, Frida; Bøås, Morten; Erstad, Henriette Ullavik; Osland, Kari M.; Iocchi, Alessio (NUPI Covid-19 Brief;3/2020, Research report, 2020)What lessons can we draw from the 2014-2016 Ebola crisis in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone? While both the outbreak itself and the context is different, there are enough similarities between the Ebola crisis and COVID-19 ... -
Local Drivers of Violent Extremism in Central Mali
Rupesinghe, Natasja; Bøås, Morten (Research report, 2019)This policy brief examines the processes of violent extremist mobilisation and radicalisation in Mopti, Central Mali. Specifically, it looks at the strategies employed by one of the most salient radical jihadist groups in ... -
Mali's Religious Leaders and the 2018 Presidential Elections
Bøås, Morten; Diallo, Abubacar; Cissé, Abdoul Wahab (HYRES Research Note;, Research report, 2019)Mali is by constitution a secular state, but here as elsewhere in the Sahel the role of religious leaders is increasing both in the social and the political sphere. This HYRES research brief explains how, why, and in what ... -
Mali: A Political Economy Analysis
Ba, Boubacar; Bøås, Morten (NUPI Report;November 26th 2017, Research report; Landanalyserapport, 2017) -
Negotiating justice: legal pluralism and gender-based violence in Liberia
Divon, Shai André; Bøås, Morten (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)The plural legal system in post-conflict Liberia expresses tensions between modern and customary institutions. This article seeks to understand how Liberians navigate choices in the plural legal system to address gender-based ...