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International tax research: Why does more than numbers matterCan tax research be inspiring? Looking back at the three years of collaboration between UNU-WIDER and the Uganda Revenue Authority ( URA ), the answer is yes – but even that is just the start...
Taxation Administrative data Domestic revenue mobilizationBlog
Being the change you want to see
While growing up, I was troubled by the scale of the socioeconomic gap between the haves and the have-nots in the community around me...
Capacity buildingBlog
Solving the PhD puzzle: My experience as a visiting PhD Fellow
I am now in my fourth year as a PhD student in development studies at SOAS, University of London, working on my thesis, ‘The Dynamics of Chinese Private Outward Foreign Direct Investment in Ethiopia: A Comparison of Light Manufacturing Industry...
UNU-WIDER PhD Fellowship Capacity building
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Building skills to influence policy at home and abroad: Learning and growing with UNU-WIDER
UNU-WIDER has featured prominently in my research career to date...
UNU-WIDER Summer School Capacity buildingBlog
A summer of learning: Takeaways from the first UNU-WIDER Summer School
As an applied economist working as a lecturer and researcher in Nigeria, opportunities to learn and exchange ideas with peers can be few and far between...
Labour market Household data Economic policy
Book Chapter
Lessons Learnt about Foreign Aid for Climate Change Related Capacity-BuildingFrom the book: Aid Effectiveness for Environmental Sustainability
Foreign aid Climate change Capacity buildingBook Chapter
Foreign Aid for Capacity Building to Address Climate ChangeFrom the book: Aid Effectiveness for Environmental Sustainability
Foreign aid Capacity building Climate changeResearch Brief
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Photos - AL16The folk and the formula– pathways to capable states...
Capacity building Institutional economics Socio-Economic TransformationAbout
Presentation - AL16The 2012 WIDER Annual Lecture was given by Professor Lant Pritchett. He discussed the importance of building state capability in developing countries for tackling long-term development challenges. View or download slides as pdf
Capacity building Institutional economics Socio-Economic TransformationVideo
WIDER Annual Lecture by Lant PritchettView the WIDER Annual Lecture on The folk and the formula– pathways to capable states...
Capacity building Institutional economics Socio-Economic TransformationAbout
Invitation - AL16The 16th WIDER Annual Lecture was given by Professor Lant Pritchett, currently Professor of the Practice of International Development Harvard Kennedy School of Government, in Helsinki, in September 2012, under the enticing title ‘Folk and the...
Capacity building Institutional economics Socio-Economic TransformationAnnual Lecture
WIDER Annual Lecture 16 - The folk and the formula
Project
An energy social accounting matrix (SAM) for Vietnam
Theme: 2010-11
Viet Nam Social Accounting Matrix Green growth