Dan Banik

**Dan Banik** (født 1969) er professor i statsvitenskap og forskningsleder ved Senter for utvikling og miljø ved Universitetet i Oslo. Han er også «consulting scholar» ved Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) ved Stanford University, samt gjesteprofessor ved China Agricultural University i Beijing i Kina.

Banik leder Oslo SDG Initiative og den interdisiplinære forskningsgruppen Poverty and Development in the 21st Century (PAD) ved Universitetet i Oslo. Han har forsket i India, Kina, Bangladesh, Malawi, Uganda, Etiopia, Tanzania, Sør-Afrika og Mexico.

Banik har tidligere ledet referansegruppen til Fondet for miljømessig– og sosialt bærekraftig utvikling (TFESSD) i Verdensbanken, og sittet i styret til Kronprinsparets humanitære fond.

Banik skriver en fast ukentlig spalte med tittel "In Pursuit of Development" for *The Nation* i Malawi.

## Publikasjoner

### Bøker
**[https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781315683898 Political Transition, Poverty and Inclusive Development in Malawi: The Democratic Dividend]* (with Blessings Chinsinga, Routledge, 2016) ('''Open access''')
**The Legal Empowerment Agenda: Poverty, Labour and the Informal Economy in Africa*, London: Ashgate (2011)
**[https://www.sum.uio.no/english/sdg/research/banik_poverty-and-elusive-development(1).pdf Poverty and Elusive Development]*, Oslo: Scandinavian University Press/Universitetsforlaget (2010) (['''Open access'''](https://www.sum.uio.no/english/sdg/research/banik_poverty-and-elusive-development(1).pdf))
*''Rights and Legal Empowerment in Eradicating Poverty'', London: Ashgate (2008)
**[https://www.routledge.com/Starvation-and-Indias-Democracy/Banik/p/book/9780415544658 Starvation and India's Democracy]*, London: Routledge (2007 & 2009)
**Poverty, Politics and Development: Interdisciplinary Perspectives*, Bergen: Fagbokforlaget (2006)

### Utvalgte artikler
*"Bypassing Government: Aid Effectiveness and Malawi's Local Development Fund" (with Michael Chasukwa), *Politics and Governance* 7(2): 103–116 (2019) (**[https://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/view/1854/1854 Open access]**)
*"Profits and Morals: The Business Journey from CSR to the SDGs in China" (with Ka Lin), *Business and Politics* (forthcoming 2019)
*"The Politics of Hunger: Food Policy in Malawi" (with Michael Chasukwa), *Food Ethics* (forthcoming 2019)
*"Institutional Bypass and Aid Effectiveness in Africa" (with Michael Chasukwa), WIDER working paper series March 2019, United Nations University, UNU-WIDER (2019). (**[https://www.wider.unu.edu/publication/institutional-bypass-and-aid-effectiveness-africa Open access]**)
*"Coordinating Chinese Aid in a Globalized World", research article, *Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy* (2019) (**[https://carnegietsinghua.org/2019/01/06/coordinating-chinese-aid-in-globalized-world-pub-78058 Open access] **)
*"The 2030 Agenda and the SDGs: Integrating Development and Environment in Practice", *The Calcutta Journal of Political Studies* (2019)
*"Global Goals and the National Interest: Political Enthusiasm for Sustainable Development in China", in Sanjeev Chaddha (ed.), *UN's Sustainable Development Goals: Panacea for Inclusive Development*, New Delhi: Deep and Deep Publishers (forthcoming 2019).
*"Taking Stock of the SDGs", in Deepak Dwivedi and Pooran Pandey (eds.), *Leaving No One Behind: SDGs and South-South Cooperation,* New Delhi: NITI AYOG/ Crossbill (2018)
*"Chinese engagement in Africa and Latin America: Does it Matter for State Capacity?", *Third World Thematics* (with Benedicte Bull, 2018)
*"The Legal Empowerment of the Poor" , i Christopher May, Adam Winchester & Gill Gardner (reds.), The Edward Elgar Handbook on the Rule of Law (planlagt 2017)
*"New Business: The Private Sector as a New Global Development Player" (with Jason Miklian), *Global Policy Journal (*2017) (**[https://www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/24/11/2017/new-business-private-sector-new-global-development-player Open access]**)
*"The Digital Classroom: Innovation, Dissemination and Democratization of Knowledge", in Susanne Koch (ed.), Norwegian Agency for Digital Learning in Higher Education (forthcoming 2017)
*"An Exogenous Path of Development: Explaining the Rise of Corporate Social Responsibility in China" (with Ka Lin and Longfei Yi), International Journal of Social Quality (2016)
*"The Hungry Nation: Food Policy and Food Politics in India", Food Ethics, 1-29 (2016)
*"The Frontiers of Poverty Reduction in Emerging Asia" (with Arve Hansen), Forum for Development Studies (2016), 
*"The Impact of Emerging Donors on Development and Poverty Reduction" (with Michael Chasukwa), chap. 9 in D. Banik & B. Chinsinga (eds.), Political Transition and Inclusive Development in Malawi: The Democratic Dividend, New York: Routledge (2016)
*"The State of Food Security: From Availability, Access and Rights to Food Systems Approaches" (with Ola T. Westengen), Forum for Development Studies (2016).
*"Difference or Indifference: China's Development Assistance Unpacked" (with Li Xiaoyun, Tang Lixia and Wu Jin, IDS Bulletin, 45(4): 22-35. (2014)
*"Access to Justice and Social Unrest in China's Countryside: Disputes on Land Acquisition and Compensation" (with Zhou Chao), Hague Journal on the Rule of Law, 6(2): 254-275. (2014)
*"Fieldwork amidst Poverty and Deprivation: Ethical Dilemmas and Policy Impact", Indian Anthropologist 44: 53-68. (2014)
*"Walking the Talk: Rights, Justice and the Fight Against Poverty" in Patrick Keyzer, Vesselin Popovski and Charles Sampford (ed.), Access to International Justice, London: Routledge (2014).
*"The Global Citizen and the Immorality of Poverty" in Aksel Braanen Sterri (ed.), Global Citizen: Challenges and Responsibilities in an Interconnected World, Rotterdam: Sense Publishers (2014).
*"The Pursuit of Inclusive Development in China: From Developmental to Rights-Based Social Protection" (with Li Xiaoyun), Indian Journal of Human Development, 7(1): 205-221. (2013)
*"China and Poverty Reduction in Africa", in Guanghua Yu (ed.), Rethinking Law and Development: The Chinese Experience, London: Routledge (2013).
*"Growth and Hunger in India", in Francis Fukuyama, Larry Diamond and Marc F. Plattner (eds.), Poverty, Inequality and Democracy, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. (2012)
*"Human Rights for Human Development: The Rhetoric and the Reality", Nordic Journal of Human Rights, 30(1) (2012).
*"Growth and Hunger in India", Journal of Democracy, 22 (3): 90-104. (2011)
*"Governing an Asian Giant: Judicial Activism on Hunger in India”, Journal of Asian Public Policy, 3(3), 2010
*“Support for Human Rights-Based Development: Reflections on the Malawian Experience”, The International Journal of Human Rights, 14(1), 2010.
*“Governing the Asian Giants: Development Policy in China and India” (with B. A. Andreassen), Journal of Asian Public Policy, 3(3), 2010.
*“Human Rights and Extreme Poverty: African Perspectives” (with B. A. Andreassen), The International Journal of Human Rights, 14(1), 2010.
*“Legal Empowerment as a Conceptual and Operational Tool in Fighting Poverty”, Hague Journal on the Rule of Law, 1 (1): 117-131, 2009.
*“The Potential of ‘Legal Empowerment’ in Eradicating Poverty”, Rights and Development Bulletin, 13(1), 2009.

## Referanser


## Eksterne lenker
*http://www.sum.uio.no/personer/vit/danbanik/