Dan Banik

Books:

• The African State: Legitimacy, Governance and Development (edited with Happy Kayuni and Boniface Dulani, under contract with Routledge for publication in May 2020)
• 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: Routledge (2011)
• Poverty and Elusive Development, Oslo: Scandinavian University Press/Universitetsforlaget (2010) (open access)

• Rights and Legal Empowerment in Eradicating Poverty, London: Ashgate/ Routledge (2008) 

• Starvation and India's Democracy, London: Routledge (2007 & 2009)

• Poverty, Politics and Development: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Bergen: Fagbokforlaget (2006)

Selected articles:

• "The Politics of Hunger: Food Policy in Malawi" (with Michael Chasukwa), Food Ethics 3(4) (2019)
• "Business and Morals: Corporate Strategies for Sustainable Development in China" (with Ka Lin), Business and Politics (21(4): 514–539, 2019) (open access)
• "Food Security in a Sustainable Development Era", Food Ethics 3(4) (2019) (open access)
• "Bypassing Government: Aid Effectiveness and Malawi's Local Development Fund" (with Michael Chasukwa), Politics and Governance 7(2): 103–116 (2019) (open access)
• "Transforming Research, Teaching and Learning of Public Administration for Improved Governance and Management: The Norhed experience in Malawi", (with Happy Kayuni, Bonface Dulani and Kaja Elise Gresko) chapter 21 in T. Halvorsen, K. S. Orgeret & R. Krøvel (eds.), Sharing Knowledge, Transforming Societies The Norhed Programme 2013–2020, Cape Town: African Minds (2019) (open access)
• "The Perils of Megaphone Diplomacy: Malawian--Mozambican Relations Following the Shire-Zambezi Waterway Project", Department of Political and Administrative Studies (PAS) working paper series, Chancellor College, Malawi, September (2019) (pdf)
• "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).
• "The 2030 Agenda and the SDGs: Integrating Development and Environment in Practice", The Calcutta Journal of Political Studies (forthcoming 2019)
• "Institutional Bypass and Aid Effectiveness in Africa" (with Michael Chasukwa), WIDER working paper series March 2019, United Nations University, UNU-WIDER (2019).
• "Coordinating Chinese Aid in a Globalized World", research article, Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy (2019) (pdf)
• "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) (pdf)
• "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”, in Christopher May, Adam Winchester & Gill Gardner (eds.), The Edward Elgar Handbook on the Rule of Law, Cheltenham, Edgar Elgar (2018) 
• "New Business: The Private Sector as a New Global Development Player" (with Jason Miklian), Global Policy Journal (2017)
• "A Climate for Commerce: The Political Agronomy of Conservation Agriculture in Zambia" (with Ola Westengen et.al.), Agriculture and Human Values (2017)
• "The Digital Classroom: Innovation, Dissemination and Democratization of Knowledge", in Susanne Koch (ed.), Norwegian Agency for Digital Learning in Higher Education (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), http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08039410.2015.1134646
• "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.

• Chasukwa, Michael & Banik, Dan (2019). Bypassing Government: Aid Effectiveness and Malawi’s Local Development Fund. Politics and Governance.  ISSN 2183-2463.  7(2), s 103- 116 . doi: 10.17645/pag.v7i2.1854
• Banik, Dan (2018). The Legal Empowerment of the Poor, In  Handbook on the Rule of Law.  Edward Elgar Publishing.  ISBN 9781786432438.  Chapter 25.
• Bull, Benedicte & Banik, Dan (2018). Chinese engagement in Africa and Latin America: does it matter for state capacity?. Third World Thematics: A TWQ Journal.  ISSN 2380-2014. . doi: 10.1080/23802014.2018.1531682 Show summary

  China is now a major actor in global development and wields considerable influence in large parts of the world. The success of the Chinese development model has not only challenged the notion that democracy is necessary for development but also questioned the hegemony of the neo-liberal state encouraging and laying the foundations for a thriving private market economy. The Chinese model of aid, loans, and investments highlights the principles of ‘win-win’, ‘mutual respect’, and ‘non-interference’, based on the needs of a country as articulated by the recipient government. Yet, although Chinese aid does not explicitly aim to affect domestic policies and institutions in recipient countries, it does affect them. In this article, we explore the impact of Chinese aid practices – including grants, loans, and investment policies – on state legitimacy and the capacity of state institutions in sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America. We argue that while Chinese development interventions have highly diverse impacts in various geographical contexts, they tend to strengthen the elites that are in power – whether in government, or those supporting it from the outside. The extent to which Chinese policies contribute to strengthening state capacity depends on the incentives and visions that local elites possess.

• Westengen, Ola; Nyanga, Progress Hanzwida; Chibamba, Douty; Guillen-Royo, Monica & Banik, Dan (2017). A climate for commerce: the political agronomy of conservation agriculture in Zambia. Agriculture and Human Values.  ISSN 0889-048X.  35(1), s 255- 268 . doi: 10.1007/s10460-017-9820-x Full text in Research Archive.
• Banik, Dan (2016). The Hungry Nation: Food Policy and Food Politics in India. Food Ethics.  ISSN 1753-9056.  1(1), s 1- 29
• Banik, Dan & Chasukwa, Michael (2016). The Impact of Emerging Donors on Development and Poverty Reduction, In Dan Banik & Blessings Chinsinga (ed.),  Political Transition and Inclusive Development in Malawi: The Democratic Dividend.  Routledge.  ISBN 9781138925212.  9.  s 147 - 168
• Banik, Dan & Chinsinga, Blessings (2016). Introduction, In Dan Banik & Blessings Chinsinga (ed.),  Political Transition and Inclusive Development in Malawi: The Democratic Dividend.  Routledge.  ISBN 9781138925212.  1.  s 1 - 12
• Banik, Dan & Chinsinga, Blessings (2016). Major conclusions, In Dan Banik & Blessings Chinsinga (ed.),  Political Transition and Inclusive Development in Malawi: The Democratic Dividend.  Routledge.  ISBN 9781138925212.  11.  s 188 - 196
• Banik, Dan & Hansen, Arve (2016). The Frontiers of Poverty Reduction in Emerging Asia. Forum for Development Studies.  ISSN 0803-9410.  43(1), s 47- 68 . doi: 10.1080/08039410.2015.1134646 Full text in Research Archive.
• Westengen, Ola & Banik, Dan (2016). The State of Food Security: From Availability, Access and Rights to Food Systems Approaches. Forum for Development Studies.  ISSN 0803-9410.  43(1), s 113- 134 . doi: 10.1080/08039410.2015.1134644 Show summary

  Food security is a concept that features high on the development agenda. The meaning of the concept has evolved considerably over its 40 years' history in policy, practice and scholarly debate. Our focus in this essay is on three sets of interrelated issues. First, we critically examine the academic food security discourse from a historical perspective – from an initial focus on resource scarcity and availability to a multifaceted social framing – and discuss some of the key factors behind the shift in academic thinking and policy focus on the topic. We contend that the food price hike in 2007 and the increased focus on the projected negative effects of climate change have paved the way for a return of a biophysical framing with an emphasis on food production. Second, taking a starting point in a Norwegian government policy document, we explore how policy discourses on food security are currently framed in relation to the historical discourse. We argue that while the prevailing biophysical framing of food security may occur at the cost of other aspects of food security, it nonetheless presents opportunities for a better integration of social and environmental drivers and outcomes of food security. Third, in place of the fragmented nature of current practice, we discuss the potential of adopting a food systems approach as a promising frontier in food security research, policy and practice

• Banik, Dan (2014). Fieldwork amidst Poverty and Deprivation: Ethical Dilemmas and Policy Impact. Indian Anthropologist.  ISSN 0970-0927.  44, s 53- 68
• Banik, Dan (2014). The Global Citizen and the Immorality of Poverty, In Aksel Braanen Sterri (ed.),  Global citizen - challenges and responsibility in an interconnected world.  Sense Publishers.  ISBN 9789462099289.  5.  s 37 - 46
• Banik, Dan (2014). Walking the talk: human rights, access to justice and the fight against poverty, In Patrick Keyzer; Vesselin Popovski & Charles Sampford (ed.),  Access to International Justice.  Routledge.  ISBN 9781138787339.  2.  s 17 - 34
• Li, Xiaoyun; Banik, Dan; Tang, Lixia & Wu, Jin (2014). Difference or Indifference: China’s Development Assistance Unpacked. IDS Bulletin.  ISSN 0265-5012.  45(4), s 22- 35 . doi: 10.1111/1759-5436.12090
• Zhou, Chao & Banik, Dan (2014). Access to Justice and Social Unrest in China’s Countryside: Disputes on Land Acquisition and Compensation. Hague Journal on the Rule of Law.  ISSN 1876-4045.  6(2), s 254- 275 . doi: 10.1017/S1876404514001110
• Banik, Dan (2013). China and Poverty Reduction in Africa, In Guanghua Yu (ed.),  Rethinking Law and Development: The Chinese Experience.  Routledge.  ISBN 978-0415640367.  chapter 9.
• Banik, Dan & Li, Xiaoyun (2013). The Pursuit of Inclusive Development in China: From Developmental to Rights-Based Social Protection. Indian Journal of Human Development.  ISSN 0973-7030.  7(1), s 205- 221

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• Banik, Dan & Chinsinga, Blessings (ed.) (2016). Political Transition and Inclusive Development in Malawi: The Democratic Dividend. Routledge.  ISBN 9781138925212.  206 s.

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• Banik, Dan (2018). Taking Stock of the SDGs, In Pooran Pande & Deepak Dwivedi (ed.),  Leaving No One Behind: SDGs and South-South Cooperation.  Crossbill Publishing/Niti Aayog.  ISBN 9789382297567.  Chapter.
• Miklian, Jason & Banik, Dan (2017). New Business: The Private Sector as a New Global Development Player. Global Policy.  ISSN 1758-5880.
• Banik, Dan (2016). African Political Leadership: Western and African Perspectives.
• Banik, Dan (2016). Aid Complementarity or Competition: Traditional and Non-Traditional Donors in Malawi.
• Banik, Dan (2016). Aid Effectiveness: Preliminary Project Findings.
• Banik, Dan (2016). Bistand: Hva fungerer?.
• Banik, Dan (2016). Civil society – Norad-konferansen 2016. Show summary

  Børge Brende, Helle Thorning-Schmidt and Dan Banik discusses civil society – Norad-konferansen 2016

• Banik, Dan (2016, 04. januar). Dan Banik: Positive utviklingstrekk i verden. [TV].  NRK URIX.
• Banik, Dan (2016, 17. februar). Dan Banik: Verdens sultproblemer. [TV].  NRK URIX.
• Banik, Dan (2016, 01. februar). Dan Banik: Vi kan lære kommunikasjon av Kina. [Tidsskrift].  iFokus.
• Banik, Dan (2016). Democracy in Malawi. What Works Blog.
• Banik, Dan (2016). Demotivation in Bureaucracies and What Can be Done ti Motivate the Street Level Bureaucrat.
• Banik, Dan (2016). Development at the Crossroads.
• Banik, Dan (2016). Does Aid Work?. What Works Blog.
• Banik, Dan (2016). Fattigdomsutfordringen – et samfunnsvitenskapelig perspektiv.
• Banik, Dan (2016). Fremtids bistand, og kommentar på KrF sin utviklingsmelding.
• Banik, Dan (2016). Governance and Development in Malawi.
• Banik, Dan (2016). Governance and State Legitimacy in Malawi.
• Banik, Dan (2016). How can UiO students contribute to global partnerships?.
• Banik, Dan (2016). Hvordan bør man lage en MOOC (Massive Open Online Course)?.
• Banik, Dan (2016, 21. september). Kina viser vei – langt færre svært fattige.  Bistandsaktuelt.
• Banik, Dan (2016). Knowledge Production for the SDGs.
• Banik, Dan (2016, 20. oktober). Mottakerlandene må føle at de bidrar.  Dagens Perspektiv.
• Banik, Dan (2016, 03. november). Norsk bistandspolitikk: KrF vil ha omfattende reformer.  Bistandsaktuelt.
• Banik, Dan (2016). Når virker bistand?.
• Banik, Dan (2016, 04. november). Om SOS-barnebyers nye prosjekter i Malawi. [Radio].  NRK "Ekko".
• Banik, Dan (2016). Political Transition, Democracy and Inclusive Development in Malawi.
• Banik, Dan (2016). Poverty Reduction in Malawi Viewed from a Political Economy Perspective.
• Banik, Dan (2016). Promising Practices in International Development and the Future of Nepal.
• Banik, Dan (2016). Public Policy in Malawi: Challenges and Opportunities.
• Banik, Dan (2016). Public Policymaking and Implementation in Developing Countries: Implications for Malawi's Future.
• Banik, Dan (2016). Reflections on research on the impact of foreign aid.
• Banik, Dan (2016). Revisiting Social Science Research Methods.
• Banik, Dan (2016). Revisiting the Democracy-Development Debate in Malawi.
• Banik, Dan (2016). Role and Impact of Civil Society in International Development.
• Banik, Dan (2016, 04. november). Samfunnstoppene ble enige om et ran.  Bistandsaktuelt.
• Banik, Dan (2016, 20. september). Slik har teknologien endret livet for de fattige.  Bistandsaktuelt.
• Banik, Dan (2016, 17. mars). Søk samarbeid med Kina.  Bistandsaktuelt.
• Banik, Dan (2016). The Future of International Development: Thoughts on the Shift from the MDGs to the SDGs.
• Banik, Dan (2016). The Global Goals and the Eradication of Poverty.
• Banik, Dan (2016). The Monarchy as an Institution in Democratic Norway.
• Banik, Dan (2016). The New International Development Agenda and China's Role in Global Development.
• Banik, Dan (2016). The Role of Academics in a Changing World.
• Banik, Dan (2016). The Sustainable Development Goals and the Role of Business.
• Banik, Dan (2016). What Role Should China play in World Politics?.
• Banik, Dan (2016). What Works? Why? And for Whom? Preliminary Results from the Project on the Impact of Norwegian and Chinese Development Assistance in Malawi and Zambia.
• Banik, Dan (2016). What Works in Development?.
• Banik, Dan (2016). What Works in India? Reflecting on Promising Practices in International Development.
• Banik, Dan (2016). Why is the Chinese Aid Model Increasingly Popular in Africa?. What Works Blog.
• Banik, Dan & Hegertun, Nikolai (2016). Opplysende bistandsdebatt?. Dagbladet.  ISSN 0805-3766.
• Hansen, Arve & Banik, Dan (2016). Kan sosialismen ha bekjempet fattigdommen i Kina og Vietnam?. Forskning.no : nettavis med nyheter fra norsk og internasjonal forskning.
• Hansen, Arve & Banik, Dan (2016). Kina og Vietnam: Utfordringer for fattigdomsbekjempelsens verdensmestre. SUM-bloggen.
• Holsten, Hilde Hartmann & Banik, Dan (2016, 21. september). Hvorfor klarer ikke rike India å bekjempe kronisk underernæring?. [Internett].  Forskning.no. Show summary

  India har vært prakteksempelet på frihet og demokrati i over seksti år. Så hvorfor er ikke landet i stand til å mette sine fattige innbyggere?

• Holsten, Hilde Hartmann & Banik, Dan (2016). India: An Economic Giant, but a Hungry Nation. ScienceNordic.com. Show summary

  India has been the poster child of freedom and democracy for over six decades, but why is it not able to adequately feed its poor?

• Banik, Dan & Bull, Benedicte (2015, 02. mars). Gikk fra 25 til 6000 studenter på én uke.  Dagens Næringsliv.
• Banik, Dan (2014). Rhetoric and Reality: The Human Rights Approach in Norwegian Development Assistance.
• Banik, Dan (2014). The Politics of Chinese Development Assistance in Africa.
• Banik, Dan (2014). The Wukan Model: Resolving Conflicts over Access to Land in China.
• Banik, Dan (2013). CSR i Kina.
• Banik, Dan (2013). Corporate Social Responsibility and the Morals of Chinese Firms.
• Banik, Dan (2013). Development and Poverty Reduction in a Post-MDG Era.
• Banik, Dan (2013, 16. oktober). Digital massemønstring.  Universitas.
• Banik, Dan (2013). Emerging” Countries and World Development: A Comparative Perspective of China and India.
• Banik, Dan (2013, 13. september). Endelig en akademisk debatt med konsekvenser for folk flest. I alle fall dem som bor i India.  Morgenbladet.
• Banik, Dan (2013). Impact of Chinese Agricultural Aid to Africa: The Case of Agricultural Technology Demonstration Centres.
• Banik, Dan (2013). India: Det Nye Kina?.
• Banik, Dan (2013). Judicial Activism and the Right to Food in India.
• Banik, Dan (2013). Key Issues in Development Studies.
• Banik, Dan (2013, 24. januar). Nytt masterkurs om utviklingssuksesser.  Bistandsaktuelt.
• Banik, Dan (2013). The Asian Giants: India and China in a Post-MDG World.
• Banik, Dan (2013). The Security and Insecurity of Production, Distribution and Access to Adequate Food.
• Bull, Benedicte & Banik, Dan (2013). Utviklingspolitikk og fattigdomsreduksjon: hva fungerer og hvorfor. Bistandsaktuelt.  ISSN 1501-0201.
• Banik, Dan (2012, 25. juni). 10 spørsmål og svar om sultkatastrofen i Afrika.  Aftenposten.
• Banik, Dan (2012). Brazil as an Emerging Power: Challenges and Dilemmas.
• Banik, Dan (2012). China and Poverty Reduction in the 21st Century.
• Banik, Dan (2012). China's Foreign Aid and Investments Abroad: Is it Poverty Reduction Oriented?.
• Banik, Dan (2012). Democracy, Development and Poverty: What is the Relationship?.
• Banik, Dan (2012). Development as Freedom.
• Banik, Dan (2012). Development: The Elusive Agenda.
• Banik, Dan (2012). Elusive Development and the Latin American Success.
• Banik, Dan (2012). Ethics, Business and the Promotion of Development and Poverty Reduction.
• Banik, Dan (2012). FROM RECIPIENTS TO DONORS: EMERGING POWERS AND THE CHANGING DEVELOPMENT LANDSCAPEReview of Emma Mawdsley’s book.

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