The Price for Isolating Hamas
26.04.2006
In a series of seminars and newspaper articles Fafo's Middle East
experts have analyzed the consequences of the election victory by
Hamas. Since the mid-nineties, support to the Palestinian Authorities
has been the most important form of aid from the international society
to uphold political stability in the West Bank and on the Gaza strip.
The suspension of this aid radically undermines the political and
economical status quo. By pushing the Palestinian Authority to the
verge of financial collapse, the suspension of aid by the EU and
the US removes the basis for economic and political stability –
without offering a real alternative. Find
links to seminars and articles here |
 Non-western
job-seekers at the end of the line
06.04.2006
Fafo presents a new report about unemployment among non-western
immigrants and the effects of labour market measures. Almost seven
out of ten unemployed non-western immigrants have education from
Norwegian schools, but higher education from Norway does not increase
job chances for Africans, Asians and Eastern Europeans. Fafo researchers
Torunn Kvinge and Anne Britt Djuve conclude that labour market measures
improve the possibilities of these groups getting work.Read more (in Norwegian) |
 The
West Bank Wall: Unmaking Palestine
21.04.2006
At a Fafo breakfast seminar today, Ray Dolphin, the author of "The
West Bank Wall" offered a critical account of the impact of
the wall, how it affects plans for a Palestinian state and, in light
of recent political developments, its impact on a future peace in
the Middle East. -- Ray Dolphin has worked with various UN agencies
in emergency relief situations for more than 10 years, including
with UNRWA. He is currently working in the West Bank reporting on
humanitarian conditions in refugee camps, towns and villages and
compiling an initial report on the impact of the West Bank wall
on refugees.Read more and download Dolphin's
presentation from here
Photo: Ray Dolphin |
 Fafo
speaks at Polish conference on workers' mobility
21.04.2006
Jon Erik Dølvik, Fafo research director, is invited to a
conference on workers' mobility, April 21, by the Polish Labour
Department. The conference takes place in Warsaw and it is part
of the European year of workers' mobility, within the EU. Jon Erik
Dølvik will participate in a panel debate together with Polish
and German academics, with his speech: "Mobility - a chance
for the European Labour Market".Read
more about the European Year of Workers' Mobility 2006 here |
 Professor
Ragnar Tveterås now at Fafo
06.04.2006
Ragnar Tveterås is a professor of industrial economics at
the University of Stavanger, and now also an associate at Fafo,
where he will work on projects within our enterprise development
studies group. He has previously participated in the project "Value
creating strategies for the Norwegian seafood industry", a
joint project between Fafo and SNF (Institute for Research in Economics
and Business Administration). |
 New
paper on Palestinian opinions – results from Fafo polls
04.04.2006
This paper by Fafo researcher Gro Hasselknippe is based on the results
from two opinion polls that we conducted in the Palestinian territories
in September and November/December respectively. The first poll
measured the pulse in the Gaza Strip after the Israeli pullout,
while the second poll collected Palestinian opinions in both the
West Bank and the Gaza Strip just one month prior to the parliamentary
elections in January 2006.Read more and download the paper
here
Photo from Jerusalem: Gro Hasselknippe |
How long holidays?
04.04.2006
This new paper by Fafo researchers Kristine Nergaard and Torgeir
Aarvaag Stokke examines the use of holiday time by Norwegian employees
in the private sector.Read more here (in Norwegian) |
New paper on competence building in schools
03.04.2006
On behalf of the Norwegian Directorate for Education and Training,
Fafo reseracher Bård Jordfald has studied the use of public
funds distributed among local schools.Read more here (in Norwegian) |
