• Public economics for development

    WIDER Development Conference

    The conference – to be held 5-6 July 2017 in Maputo, Mozambique – focuses on the lessons from modern public and development economics which can guide policy makers to reform tax and public provision systems.

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    Launch of WHO Bulletin theme issue 'Measuring quality of care in the context of sustainable development goal 3'

    Policy seminar

    Global health academic researchers, practitioners, and policy makers will gather in Geneva, Switzerland on 14 June to discuss critical questions around quality of care and its measurement.

    The seminar will serve as a launch event for the WHO Bulletin theme issue on quality of care in the era of SDGs.

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    Launch of WHO Bulletin theme issue

    Towards gender equity in development

    Project workshop

    An international group of senior researchers will come together at the ‘Towards gender equity in development’ workshop on 3-4 February 2017 to present work stemming from the ongoing project on gender and development.

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Windmill 17th Nordic Conference in Development Economics 2018
11 June 2018 08:00 – 12 June 2018 17:00
Marina Congress Center, Katajanokanlaituri 6, Helsinki, Finland
Conference
Migration and mobility
5 October 2017 09:00 – 6 October 2017 17:00
Accra, Ghana
Policy workshop
Training on ETMOD – a tax-benefit microsimulation of Ethiopia
11 July 2017 08:30 – 13 July 2017 15:30
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Open for registration
Policy seminar
Launch of ETMOD, a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Ethiopia
11 July 2017 08:00
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Open for registration
Policy seminar
Public economics for development: What can we learn from the Finnish experience?

This seminar aims to present the 'Finnish development narrative' with a focus on the interlinkages between taxation, transparency of public financing, service delivery, and the evolving social contract between the state and its citizens and...

7 July 2017 10:00
Maputo, Mozambique
Open for registration
Conference
Public economics for development
5 July 2017 09:00 – 6 July 2017 18:00
Joaquim Chissano Conference Center, Av Marginal 4441, Maputo, Mozambique
Project workshop
Tax benefit reforms: microsimulation in developing countries

This event provides teams from seven countries countries (Mozambique, Ghana, Tanzania, Zambia, Ethiopia, Vietnam, Ecuador) with the opportunity to present the final tax-benefit microsimilation models and share the lessons learnt in the model-...

4 July 2017 09:00
Maputo, Mozambique
Open for registration
Policy workshop
Training on MOZMOD – a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Mozambique

This event will provide potential users of the MOZMOD model with comprehensive training. As well as providing an overview of the model, the event will include a number of case studies. Attendees will leave with an appreciation of how to navigate and...

28 June 2017 10:00 – 30 June 2017 16:30
Policy seminar
Policy Seminar - Launch of WHO Bulletin theme issue 'Measuring quality of care'
14 June 2017
Salle A, World Health Organization, 20 Avenue Appia, Geneva, Switzerland
Past event
Policy seminar
Engagement on strategies to overcome inequality in South Africa

While South Africa in many ways outperforms other African nations, rising inequality continues to act as a barrier to achieving economic transformation and equitable growth. This two-day event in Pretoria sets out to disseminate research on...

1 June 2017 – 2 June 2017
Kievits Kroon Country Estate, Pretoria, South Africa
Past event
Policy seminar
Agenda 2030 roundtable

UNU-WIDER, the UN Association of Finland, and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland held a policy seminar on 29 May 2017 to discuss ongoing efforts towards achieving the goals and efforts set out in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

29 May 2017
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6, Helsinki (Helsingfors) [Etelä-Suomen lääni (fi)], Finland
Past event
Policy workshop
Training on GHAMOD - a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Ghana

This event will provide potential users of the GHAMOD model with comprehensive training. As well as providing an overview of the model, the event will include a number of case studies. Attendees will leave with an appreciation of how to navigate and...

17 May 2017 – 19 May 2017
Balme library, University of Ghana at Legon, Accra, Ghana
Past event
Policy seminar
Launch of GHAMOD - a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Ghana

This event will introduce policy makers, researchers, and practitioners to GHAMOD, a new tax-benefit microsimulation programme, which has been developed under the UNU-WIDER SOUTHMOD project, in collaboration with ISSER, University of Tampere, and...

17 May 2017
Conference Centre and Library, University of Ghana at Legon, Accra, Ghana
Past event
Presentation
Taxes, transparency, and state-building

UNU-WIDER’s Chief Economist-Deputy Director Tony Addison gave a presentation at the Helsinki parliamentary seminar 2017, which was organized by the World Bank and held at the Parliament of Finland on 8-10 May 2017.

8 May 2017 – 9 May 2017
Parliament of Finland, Arkadiankatu 3, Helsinki (Helsingfors) [Etelä-Suomen lääni (fi)], Finland
Past event
Project meeting
Consultation on VARHS 2016 findings
4 May 2017
Main Hall, Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM), 68 Phan Dinh Phung Str., Ba Dinh, Hanoi, Vietnam
Past event
Policy seminar
Growth, structural transformation, and rural change in Viet Nam

Policy makers, researchers, and students of development will gather on 4 May 2017 in Hanoi to discuss the new UNU-WIDER book, Growth, Structural Transformation, and Rural Change in Viet Nam: A Rising Dragon on the Move.

4 May 2017
Main Hall, Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM), 68 Phan Dinh Phung Str., Ba Dinh, Hanoi, Vietnam
Past event
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