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Group visit by students from University of Tampere

Group 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.

20 March 2013
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6, Helsinki, Finland
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Seminar
Fragile states: Causes, costs, and responses

Overcoming state fragility is one of the most important international development objectives of the 21st century. Many fragile states have turned into failed states, where millions of people are caught in deprivation and seemingly hopeless conditions...

19 March 2012
St Catherine's College, Manor Road, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Seminar
Fragile states: Causes, costs, and responses

Presenter Amelia U. Santos-Paulino, UNCTAD Chair Gordon Alexander, UNICEF Office of Research Discussant Gerárd Roland, University of California Overcoming state fragility is one of the most important international development objectives of the 21st...

14 March 2012
Istituto degli Innocenti , Piazza della Santissima, Florence, Italy
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ReCom - research and communication on foreign aid

Theme: 2010-11

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From Monterrey to Addis Ababa, and what has happened since?
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The importance of domestic revenue mobilization and taxation for sustainable development is widely acknowledged in global development discussions, but...

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