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The donor footprint and gender gapsIn this paper we analyse the impact of foreign aid on gender outcomes and attitudes. We do this by matching geocoded household surveys with aid projects...
Foreign aid Gender Geocoded dataPolicy Brief
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Made in Africa – the future of production on the continentThe international community has a new set of development goals. They reflect Africa’s aspirations much more closely than the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) they replaced...
Production Manufacturing Industrial developmentBlog
Responding to crises: What can we do? What’s next?
Although sometimes over used, the word 'crisis' accurately describes many challenges of today's world, such as climage change, war and refugees, economic volatility, pandemics, and the continuing unmet needs of the poor, hungry, and negle...
Climate change Development Foreign aidPolicy seminar
A WIDER presentation on jobs - DFID policy seminarTony Addison, Carol Newman and Finn Tarp presented research evidence on the topic of job creation and employment at a policy seminar organized by the Department for International Development (DFID).
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The Impact of Policies on InequalityConference on Inequality—Measurement, trends, impacts, and policies - Parallel 3.3
Inequality Measurement (Poverty) Foreign aidVideo
Role of Foreign AidConference on Climate Change and Development Policy - Parallel 4.1
Climate change Economic growth Foreign aidIn the media
In focus: Growth and inequality - Finn Tarp at the Uongozi Institute
Economic growth Foreign aid Presentation
Fragile Development 2015-2030: Understanding how insecurity and poor governance will affect sustainable developmentOn 19th June UNU-WIDER Non-Resident Research Fellow Roger Williamson, participated in a panel entitled “Fragile Development 2015-2030: Understanding how insecurity and poor governance will affect sustainable development”. The panel was...
Policy workshop
Development finance - a role for foreign assistanceHas foreign aid boosted economic growth on average in developing countries? How and why is the aid landscape changing? What are the key strategic choices ahead for the development community? These and many other questions were discussed in a policy...
Presentation
Presentation to journalists at the MFA Finland Development AcademyFinn Tarp , Director of UNU-WIDER, presented on the effects of aid at the aggregate level to the sixth annual Development Academy organized by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland for journalists . Presentation
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International Economic Association 17th World CongressUNU-WIDER organized two sessions during the 17th World Congress of the International Economic Association. Learning to Compete – Sunday 8 June 2014 Chaired by Finn Tarp Out of Africa: A comparative perspective on why Africa failed to...
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Does development aid work?Presentation to the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Finnish Parliament on Aid Effectiveness. See slides here.
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Group visit by students from University of TampereGroup visit by students of University of Tampere, Finland, for briefing on UNU-WIDER's mandate and research, particularly ongoing research work within the project on Foreign Aid: Research and Communications ...
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Aid, growth, poverty and the global contextPresentation on i) aid, growth and development: what do we know?; (ii) poverty and human development; (iii) the changing global context; and (iv) Conclusions: a post 2015 perspective. Based on UNU-WIDER's research on foreign aid (ReCom) and to...
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Aid in a Post-2015 WorldNow out the ReCom - Research and Communication on Foreign Aid programme summary which outlines 15 key findings relevant to the post-2015 agenda.
Foreign aid Social sectors Gender equality