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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
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Tackling gender inequality from all directions
Improving the position of women continues to be an important concern in development...
Gender equality Development aid InterventionsPresentation
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...
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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 aid EventPresentation
Does aid contribute to economic development?Presentation UNU-WIDER and research on foreign aid. A large and comprehensive, joint research, documentation and communications initiative.
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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,...
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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 MDGsProject
Fragility and developmentTheme: 2006-07
In recent years there is a growing concern within the international donor community regarding the plight of a special group of countries labeled as 'Fragile States'. These states, which according to current donor lists currently numbers more...
Development and Finance Fragility Fragile states