The Chinese Factor: Chinese Migration for Artisanal Small-scale Gold Mining in Ghana
by Ghana is ranked amongst the top five producers of gold in Africa. Research revealed that an estimated number of 50,000 Chinese individuals migrated from China …
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Industry, innovation and infrastructure / Partnerships for the goals / Responsible consumption and production / Social Sciences
Danish Researcher: Who Will Ever Be Reading Our Policy Briefs?
Research into trade patterns and global value chains gave the research team a hands-on understanding of what economic globalization is all about. Every time a …
Applied Sciences / Decent work and economic growth / Good health and well-being / News / Social Sciences
Mercury in Goldmines in Uganda Influence Pregnancies on the Faroe Islands
Our working environments have become truly global. Even though they are often invisible, harmful substances are traveling long distances between the South and the North. …
Applied Sciences / Decent work and economic growth / Good health and well-being / News / Social Sciences
Mercury: The Silent Death in the Bolivian Amazon
by Indigenous peoples of the Amazon are affected by mercury contamination in Bolivia due to small-scale gold extraction. The women are some of the most vulnerable …
How Can the Global South Confront the Unequal North-South Academic Collaborations?
In May 2022, Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) published the policy brief ‘Decolonising Academic Collaboration: South-North Perspectives’. Earlier, researchers from Kenya, Ghana and Denmark, …
Many Years of South-North Cooperation Creates a Common Horizon of Ideas
A professor at Section for Global Development at University of Copenhagen moved his research on access to resources and land ownership from West Africa to …
Chile Faces the Mega Drought Looking for Technical and Social Solutions
According to data provided by the UN, by 2025 half of the world’s population will live in areas of water scarcity, making it essential to …
Decent work and economic growth / Good health and well-being / No poverty / Opinions / Peace, justice and strong institutions / Social Sciences
Uganda’s Acclaimed Refugee Policy: The Difference Between What is on Paper and Reality
Uganda is described by many in the humanitarian circles as one of the friendliest countries in the world to refugees. Some reports, such as one …
They studied emerging epidemics – and then an epidemic emerged
A large research project in close cooperation between researchers from Denmark and Burkina Faso has focused on what happens to epidemics when they emerge in …
Civil Society Groups Keep Development Aid Closer to Human Beings
The history of Danish development assistance, and the role of civil society groups with a focus on vulnerable groups in this history, was discussed at …