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Good for now but not forever: officials’ perspectives on the relevance of the effectiveness agenda and the need for changeThis paper investigates whether the current effectiveness agenda—agreed during the 2011 Busan High Level Forum on Development Effectiveness—continues to define best practice in development amidst a rapidly changing development landscape...
Aid effectiveness Development aid Development agenciesWorking Paper
Aid's impact on democracyThis paper investigates the impact of foreign aid on democratic outcomes using a panel of countries for the period between 1995 and 2018...
Foreign aid Democracy Democracy aidPanel discussion
Rachel Gisselquist at Finland's Development Policy Days 2021Rachel M. Gisselquist joins a panel discussion at the annual Development Policy Days event hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Finland. The event is held 9-10 November 2021 both online and at Finlandia Hall, Helsinki from 8:30 – 16:30...
Blog
Foreign aid can help stem the decline of democracy, if used in the right wayDemocracy is having a hard time. In India, once the world’s largest democracy, the pandemic has hastened the country’s slide toward authoritarianism ...
Foreign aid Development aid Aid effectivenessProject
Effects of aid on social protection systems in sub-Saharan Africa
Theme: Transforming states
Foreign aid Development aid Aid effectivenessPolicy Brief
Aid effectiveness: Growth and beyondThe questions of whether aid has impact and is effective have been the subject of considerable attention...
Aid effectiveness Aid and growth Development aid
Project
Effects of Swedish and international democracy support
Theme: Transforming states
Democracy Development aid Aid effectivenessBlog
Tackling gender inequality from all directions
Improving the position of women continues to be an important concern in development...
Gender equality Development aid SDGsPresentation
Is Development cooperation still relevant in Africa? Lessons from UNU-WIDER research on aid effectivenessA presentation by Finn Tarp , Director of UNU-WIDER at the 'Annual Meeting of Finnish Heads of Mission: Interdependence will come to the fore in global political changes'. For more information see here . Presentation slides here...
News
Finn Tarp Moderates Public Meeting on Nordic Development CooperationThe Finnish Minister for International Development Pekka Haavisto invited his Nordic colleagues to Helsinki to discuss how to enhance cooperation on development policy issues.
Development aid Sustainable development PovertyNews
Press Release: Nordic Ministers for Development Cooperation to Helsinki - Towards Closer CooperationMinister for International Development Pekka Haavisto has invited his Nordic colleagues to Helsinki on 13–14 March. The purpose of the meeting is to enhance Nordic cooperation on development policy issues. The participants in the meetings will be...
Development aid Fragile states Development financeNews
Fragility and Aid-What Works? New York, NY, USAThe UNU and UNU-WIDER event on ‘Fragility and Aid - What Works?’ on 25 October 2013, at the Permanent Mission of Germany to the UN, draws on research from UNU-WIDER’s diverse global network with the aim of providing an opportunity for discussion of...
Fragility Development aidPresentation
Does aid contribute to economic development?Presentation UNU-WIDER and research on foreign aid. A large and comprehensive, joint research, documentation and communications initiative.
Presentation
Aid, growth and developmentThe Danish Society for International Development and the Centre for African Studies at Copenhagen University are pleased to announce an international conference on The new Africa – no longer the hopeless continent? Presentation by Finn Tarp,...
Project
Conference on aid - principles, policies and performanceTheme: 2006-07
Aid is one of the most challenging development issues facing the international community. There is now a pressing need to evaluate performance to date, and the future for aid in light of recent events such as the post-Monterrey consensus to...
Development and Finance Development aid Financing the MDGs