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26 April 2012 - WIDER Angle April 2012
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24 April 2012 - Call for Papers: UNU-WIDER Conference on Climate Change and Development Policy
The conference will be held 28-29 September, 2012 in Helsink, Finland. The submission deadline for the Call for Papers is 10 June 2012. Read more...
29 March 2012 - WIDER Angle March 2012
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19 March 2012 - IN MEMORIAM
Our colleague and much-admired friend Alice Amsden passed away in her sleep at home on 14th March 2012 after a period of illness. Alice, a prolific... Read more...
2 March 2012 - Press Release: Book launch and Seminar of Fragile States: Causes, Costs, and Responses
UNU-WIDER Book launch and Seminar of Fragile States: Causes, Costs, and Responses Wednesday, 14th March 2012, 11:00-12:45. Held at UNICEF Office of... Read more...
20 January 2012 - UNU-WIDER MOVES UP TO SIXTH PLACE IN THE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT THINK TANKS RANKINGS
For the second year in a row the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) was ranked in the top ten... Read more...
20 December 2011 - UNU-WIDER remembers President Václav Havel, 1936-2011
In 1989, everything changed for Václav Havel and his country. The former lab technician, now playwright, led Czechoslovakia’s extraordinary Velvet... Read more...
19 December 2011 - Feature articles of WIDER Angle December 2011
With the end of the year fast approaching, we bring you the last Angle of 2011. Here in Helsinki, the shortest day of the year is nearly upon us when... Read more...
29 November 2011 - Vietnam Recognizes UNU-WIDER Director
Finn Tarp, Director of UNU-WIDER is awarded the development merit ‘Medal for the Cause of Science and Technology’ Read more...
28 November 2011 - Feature articles of WIDER Angle November 2011
ReCom – Research and Communication on Foreign Aid are featured in the WIDER Angle November 2011. As we come to the end of November, the snow has yet... Read more...
30 October 2011 - Feature articles of WIDER Angle October 2011
Seven articles highlighting ReCom and our Current Research Programme are featured in the WIDER Angle October 2011. As autumn moves into winter in... Read more...
29 September 2011 - Feature articles of WIDER Angle September 2011
Six articles highlighting our Current Research Programme are featured in the WIDER Angle September 2011. Read more...
7 September 2011 - HECER/UNU-WIDER Masters in Development Economics Programme
The inaugural lecture of the HECER/UNU-WIDER Masters in Development Economics programme was given by Professor Finn Tarp, Director of UNU-WIDER Read more...
30 August 2011 - Feature articles from WIDER Angle August 2011
Tony Addison is Chief Economist and Deputy Director of UNU-WIDER, and the new editor of WIDER Angle. Read more...
30 June 2011 - Feature articles from WIDER Angle June-July 2011
Tony Addison is Chief Economist and Deputy Director of UNU-WIDER, and the new editor of WIDER Angle. Read more...