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Poverty & the MDGs - A critical assessment and a look forward (23.01.2013)

This new CROP Poverty Brief discuss how accurate the assessments of poverty reduction are, and if it is analytically correct to credit the MDGs with being a major driver of poverty reduction.

CROP Newsletter December 2012 (23.01.2013)

The newsletter is a way of sharing with CROPNet, colleagues and friends the events and news that involved CROP during the second semester of 2012.

Flooded Temple of Isis, Philae, Egypt. 1900-1920

Accolades for book on the history of the Nile (17.01.2013)

Professor Tvedt’s latest book on the Nile has been enthusiastically received by critics, cementing the UiB professor’s position as an outstanding communicator.

Bridging Disciplines to Enhance Human and Environmental Well-Being (09.01.2013)

A new transdisciplinary project led by Professor Maurice Mittelmark at the University of Bergen has received funding from the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN).

In Restless Cairo, a Workshop on Poverty and Social Transformations (08.01.2013)

An international workshop on “The Political Economy of Poverty and Social Transformations of the Global South” took place in the Egyptian Capital, December 10-12.

Presenting a New Era of Open Access to Academic Knowledge (04.01.2013)

At a seminar on 14 December the author of "Neurology in Africa" told the story behind the book. UiB representatives described it as an ideal for the future.