Seminar 3 May 2007: “Civil War economies, the hunt for profit and the incentives for peace. The case of Somalia”

The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has the pleasure of inviting you to a seminar in Forum for fred og forsoning Thursday 3 May 2007 13.00 to 15.00. The seminar takes place at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 7. juni-plassen/Victoria Terrasse. 

The seminar will present the results of an in-depth research into the Mogadishu war economy. It is based on the findings from the first general survey of the Mogadishu economy since the outbreak of the civil war. The project examines the economic incentives for peace, as well as the economic incentives for war. The findings indicate that the business community grew into rivals of the warlord factions, and that the business community had large economic incentives to promote both state building and peace. The project is supported by the MFA. 

Programme:
The Historical setting - Abduhraman Abdullahi, Head of the International relations committee of the University of Mogadishu.

The Socioeconomic trends of the war economy - Professor Yahya H. Ibrahim (Mogadishu University) and Dr Stig Jarle Hansen (NIBR, formerly University of Bath) 

Methodological and ethical challenges of doing research in Mogadishu - Professor Sherif Osman (Mogadishu University) 

Please register your attendance with Kristian Netland (krne@mfa.no).

• Working paper (in pdf format)