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UNU-WIDER 2022 Annual Report is released

2022 was a key year in the UNU-WIDER 2019–2023 work programme, with great achievements made possible through our partnerships and collaborations Read more in the 2022 Annual Report.
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The Job Ladder: Transforming informal work and livelihoods in developing countries

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Journal Article
Legal Empowerment and Horizontal Inequalities after Conflict

Part of Journal Special Issue Legal Empowerment and Group-Based Inequality

  • Horizontal inequality
  • Legal empowerment
  • Peacebuilding
Conference
The puzzle of peace – towards inclusive development in fragile contexts
16 May 2022 – 17 May 2022
Scandic Marina Congress Center, Katajanokanlaituri 6, Helsinki, Finland
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Programme
Conference programme: The puzzle of peace – towards inclusive development in fragile contexts

Programme for The puzzle of peace – towards inclusive development in fragile contexts Note: The times in the programme are Helsinki local time, UCT+3 Programme opens 8:30 Helsinki 6:30 London 11:00 Delhi 1:30 New York *Speakers with an asterisk will...

  • WIDER Development Conference
  • Peacebuilding
  • Fragile states
Panel discussion
Policy panel on war and reconstruction in Ukraine
9 May 2023
The crypt of Helsinki Cathedral, Kirkkokatu 18, Helsinki, Finland
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Workshop
Research workshop on war and reconstruction in Ukraine

From 8–9 May 2023, UNU-WIDER holds a research workshop bringing together an international group of researchers with expertise in conflict and peacebuilding to discuss new research that can support policymakers’ discussions on the stabilization...

8 May 2023 – 9 May 2023
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
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Project
Governance and fragility

Theme: 2010-11

  • Fragility
  • Governance
  • Foreign aid
Working Paper
Trust the hand that protects you—Does UN peacekeeping harm post-conflict governments’ legitimacy?

Rebuilding state legitimacy is a thorny challenge in the aftermath of civil wars. The international community has stepped in to support post-conflict states in rebuilding state capacity, sometimes replacing governments in providing public goods. Most...

  • State legitimacy
  • Post-conflict
  • Trust
Working Paper
States of disorder

Why is the recent track record of state-building so poor? Over the past decade, international interventions in Afghanistan, Somalia, Central African Republic, Libya, Mali, South Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo have not resulted in...

  • Statebuilding
  • Peacebuilding
  • Governance
Book
Development Assistance for Peacebuilding

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence. It is free to read at www.tandfebooks.com and offered as a free PDF download from Taylor & Francis Group and selected open access locations. Development assistance...

  • Peacebuilding
  • Conflict
  • Foreign aid
Book Chapter
Good Aid in Hard Places

Part of Book Development Assistance for Peacebuilding

  • Peacebuilding
  • Conflict
  • Foreign aid
Book Chapter
The National Solidarity Programme

Part of Book Development Assistance for Peacebuilding

  • Peacebuilding
  • Conflict
  • Foreign aid
Book Chapter
The Yemen Social Fund for Development

Part of Book Development Assistance for Peacebuilding

  • Peacebuilding
  • Conflict
  • Foreign aid
Book Chapter
‘Embedded’ Assistance

Part of Book Development Assistance for Peacebuilding

  • Peacebuilding
  • Conflict
  • Foreign aid
Book Chapter
Liberia’s Gender-Sensitive Police Reform

Part of Book Development Assistance for Peacebuilding

  • Peacebuilding
  • Conflict
  • Foreign aid
Book Chapter
Impact Assessment of the Facilitadores Judiciales Programme in Nicaragua

Part of Book Development Assistance for Peacebuilding

  • Peacebuilding
  • Conflict
  • Foreign aid
Book Chapter
Education from the Bottom Up

Part of Book Development Assistance for Peacebuilding

  • Peacebuilding
  • Conflict
  • Foreign aid
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