Natural resources are often held responsible for intrastate conflicts. As a consequence, both national and international measures to avoid the detrimental impact of resource endowments have increasingly been discussed and implemented in resource-rich countries. These measures include...

NGOs and state development -- Theorizing NGOs and the state : territoriality, governance, capacity, legitimacy -- Kenya as case study : historical portraits of NGOs and the state -- Territoriality : NGOs and the broadcasting of state power -- NGOs' role in governance : changing patterns of...

"Canada's foreign aid programs are an area of ongoing interest, yet there is little knowledge of Canada's 70-year aid history, the historic forces that have shaped Canadian aid policy, and the many complex factors that affect Canada's future foreign aid policy. "A Samaritan State Revisited"...