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Can integrated infrastructure investment plans contribute to more effective public spending?: The case of MozambiqueAll countries, especially developing countries with limited financial resources, face difficult decisions in prioritizing public funds for investment projects in order to achieve strategic public goals in the face of multiple demands...
Infrastructure (Economics) Development strategy BudgetSeminar
The post-2015 development framework: Priorities for the least developed countriesConference participant, Finn Tarp, Director. For more information please see the Wilton Park event page here .
Project
Understanding the African lions - growth traps and opportunities in six dominant African economies
Theme: Transformation
Africa Labour market GrowthPresentation
The post-2015 environment: Crafting a current and future research agendaPresentation at an International workshop by the Director Finn Tarp. ‘The Post-2015 Environment: Crafting a Current and Future Research Agenda...
Panel discussion
Development success: Strategies and lessons from more advanced countries and the developing worldVideo: panel discussion which took place on Monday 18 March 2013 in Oxford: http://fsmevents.com/csae/session6/ What lessons can be learnt from developed countries that might be useful for developing and emerging economies? With an emphasis on long-...
Seminar
Development strategy and policy analysis: The economics (and politics) behind South Africa’s carbon taxSouth Africa announced in February 2012 that it will introduce a carbon tax to reduce the country’s high levels of greenhouse gas emissions and assist in the global effort to curb climate change. This makes South Africa one of the first...
Seminar
The political economy of green growthFinn Tarp, Director of UNU-WIDER delivered a seminar on ' The Political Economy of Green Growth' as part of the TCD/UCD Development Research Seminar Series 2012 organised by the Trinity International Development Initiative (TIDI) at Trinity...
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.