International Network for Economics and Conflict

*This blog was written by Catherine Morris, Carbon Finance Unit, World Bank

While Nigeria has recently captured international headlines with terrorist attacks carried out by Boko Haram, it’s important to remember that it was not long ago when another security threat

Sanctions targeting Iran’s ability to sell its oil and access the international banking system are beginning to bite, but a change of course by that country requires coordinated and sustained

Violence in Nigeria's oil-rich Delta region has soared in 2011 and during the first half of 2012, despite a government-administered amnesty program with an annual budget of $450 million and lucrati

International economic sanctions designed to force the Iranian regime to prove that it is not seeking to develop militarized nuclear capacity by targeting the country’s oil exports will take

Negotiations between the two Sudans have stalled because of a seemingly intractable disagreement over pipeline charges.  Khartoum expects to receive rough