Arne Wiig
Current projects
Effects of Externalisation
Completed projects
Creating a political and social climate for climate change
Developing countries and the tourist industry
The small business baseline survey, Namibia
CEIC-CMI Angola Programme
Diversification of the Angolan Economy
Inequality in Angola
UD-Effects of terrorism and social unrest on the ready-made garments (RMG)]
On the mechanics of microfinance
Poverty and entrepreneurship
Diversification of the Angolan economy
Governance and FDI in Bangladesh: A global perspective
Bangladesh: Capacity building and sustainability
Private sector development: The role of education and business training
Bangladesh: Programme monitoring and coordination
Bangladesh: Inclusive growth and good governance
Democracy and corruption
Micro credit for Sustainable Development in Angola
Comparative Corporate Strategies
Natural resources, corruption and trust
Entrepreneurship and human capital
Augmenting teaching resources at UCAN
Foreign direct investment and regional trade
Angola: Social Funds
Impacts of trade liberalisation on poverty in SADC
Norske bedrifters CSR-relaterte utfordringer
Mid-term review - Bangladesh
How can Aid for Trade promote poverty reduction
Budget Process and Transparency in Angola
Business ethics for multinational corporations in developing countries
Trade policy and poverty: A review
Business ethics for multinational corporations in developing countries
Social responsibility of oil companies: Angola
WTO/GATS and economic development: Key to 'the new economy'?
WTO/GATS and economic development: key to 'the new economy'?
Social responsibility and strategies for internationalisation: The Angolan Case
Telecommunications and changing trading practices in Ghana
Experience from Bangladesh with ethical trading
Norwegian imports from LDCs
Sanitary and phytosanitary standards (SPS) and technical assistance
Market access for LDCs
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CMI Reports
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U4 Publications
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Popular Presentations and Lectures
Key Qualifications
Wiig is an economist whose professional profile and research interests include: i) globalization including migration, climate change, multinational companies and corporate social responsibility; ii) poverty dynamics including diversification, vulnerability, job creation and entrepreneurship; and iii) political participation, including voting behaviour and political preferences. Wiig has considerable experience in the use of quantitative empirical methods including field and lab experiments.
Wiig has long lasting experience in capacity building in research institutions in developing countries, in particular through long term institutional collaboration agreements in Angola, Bangladesh, Namibia and Botswana. Wiig has published extensively on a range of topics within development economics.
Wiig has during the last three decades been involved in research and consultancies in Bangladesh, including several guest visits at Bangladesh Institute of Development studies, been a country advisor on Bangladesh issues to the Norwegian Agency of Development Cooperation and been the coordinator of a large institutional research programme on 'Poverty and Governance', between CMI and the Centre for Policy Dialogue in Bangladesh.
Wiig is currently a coordinator at CMI in a large capacity building programme in Angola. He is project leader of projects on CSR in the world oil industry, local impacts of diamond production in host communities and experimental analysis on information and accountability.
Wiig has conducted research and consultancies for a number of different national and international institutions, including the Norwegian Research Council, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norwegian Ministry of Oil and Energy, The Namibian Ministry of Trade and Industry, Save the Children, NORAD, African Capacity Building Fund, Die Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO). Wiig was the head of an international trade group associated to formative research on SADC (FORPRISA) located at Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis (BIDPA).