Doing business in fragile states – Local and global perspectives

This seminar sheds light on trade and business in conflict affected or politically instable contexts. With important exceptions, multinational corporations rarely invest or become active in fragile states. Instead commodities of all sorts are marketed, transported, insured and protected by local and transnational traders in spite of political instability. How do these actors operate? What is their relation to the state? And can external actors support their business? This seminar brings together international researchers, consultants and development professionals to discuss select issues, problems and opportunities of doing business in fragile states. The seminar is organized by the collaborative GOVSEA development research project funded by Danida.

Speakers

Tobias Hagmann, Associate Professor, Roskilde University, Denmark

Rima das Pradhan-Blach, Consultant and Policy Advisor, Denmark

Ahmed M. Musa, Doctoral Student, University of Nairobi, Kenya

Kate Meagher, Associate Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

Asnake Kefale, Assistant Professor, Forum for Social Studies, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

Jonathan Goodhand, Professor, SOAS University of London, UK

Gianluca Iazzolino, Research Fellow, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

Rens Twijnstra, Senior Consultant, Ecorys, Netherlands

Neil Carrier, Lecturer, University of Bristol, UK

Jonathan van Eerd, Senior Political Risk Analyst for Middle East and Africa, Swiss Re, Zurich, Switzerland

Nicolai Boserup, Senior Vice President, IFU, Denmark

Finn Stepputat, senior researcher, DIIS

Nauja Kleist, Senior Researcher, DIIS

Peer Schouten, Post-doc, DIIS

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