Contents: To Our Readers / Lennart Wohlgemuth -- Commentaries: Development Research: Can it be good research? / Johan Helland -- Chad — from Civil Strife and Electoral Fraud to Petro-Dictatorship? / Hans Eriksson -- Research: Nordic–African Programme on HIV/AIDS Prevention and AIDS Care / Liv Haram -- Guest Researchers Autumn 2001 -- Interview: Interview with Joseph Ki-Zerbo -- Scholarships -- Publishing -- Vacancy Announcement -- Other activities: Conferences and Meetings -- The Institute’s Publications at Book Fairs -- Poem / Tope Omoniyi