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The end of poverty postponed?

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Africa’s lockdown dilemma: High poverty and low trust

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COVID-19: macroeconomic dimensions in the developing world

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Summer School 2019 2019 UNU-WIDER Summer School Capacity building Labour market Labour market participation
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UNU-WIDER Summer School

Theme: Current programme

Capacity building data Quantitative research
Book Chapter
Lessons Learnt about Foreign Aid for Climate Change Related Capacity-Building

From the book: Aid Effectiveness for Environmental Sustainability

Foreign aid Climate change Capacity building
Book Chapter
Foreign Aid for Capacity Building to Address Climate Change

From the book: Aid Effectiveness for Environmental Sustainability

Foreign aid Capacity building Climate change
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 Community development planning: Success and failure in the extractive sector Extractives Capacity building community development
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The folk and the formula– pathways to capable states...

Capacity building Institutional economics Socio-Economic Transformation
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Presentation - AL16

The 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 Transformation
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WIDER Annual Lecture by Lant Pritchett

View the WIDER Annual Lecture on The folk and the formula– pathways to capable states...

Capacity building Institutional economics Socio-Economic Transformation
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Invitation - AL16

The 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 Transformation
Annual Lecture
WIDER Annual Lecture 16 - The folk and the formula
27 September 2012
House of Nobility, Ritarikatu 1, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
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An energy social accounting matrix (SAM) for Vietnam

Theme: 2010-11

Vietnam Social Accounting Matrix Green growth
Workshop
Systematic analysis of climate resilient development (SACReD)

The principal objective of the workshop was to evaluate the implications of climate change for developing countries including impacts, adaptation policies, mitigation policies, and their interactions with appropriate development strategies.

7 October 2010 – 8 October 2010
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), 2033 K Street NW, Washington, United States
Past event
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An aerial view shot from over the Indian Ocean of the southern Somali port city of Kismayo. © UN Photo/Stuart Price DUCC - development under climate change

Theme: 2010-11

Climate change Development Climate uncertainty
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Building African capacity for policy simulation

Theme: 1985-97

With the introduction of Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) and Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), governments in Africa and other developing countries have been under great pressure to devise effective policies that will reduce poverty and...

Globalization Social and Human Development Africa
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