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Achieving Sustainable Development in the Least Developed Countries – Towards LDC-V
Conference
Global partnerships for sustainable development
Seminar
Erwin Bulte on participatory resource management, elite capture and local livelihoodsAbstract - Participatory resource management, elite capture and local livelihoods: experimental evidence from rural Ethiopia Evidence on the effectiveness of participatory development approaches in low-income countries is mixed. We use an experiment...
Seminar
Mariapia Mendola on agricultural transformation and farmers' expectationsAbstract - Agricultural transformation and farmers' expectations: randomized experimental evidence from Uganda (with Jacopo Bonan and Harounan Kazianga) Adoption rate of profitable agricultural technologies in Africa is still low and knowledge...
Seminar
Fantu Cheru and Christopher Cramer on the Oxford Handbook of the Ethiopian economy
Seminar
Public Forum: What Happens After Graduation? Evidence from MozambiqueOn 22 November 2019, the Inclusive Growth in Mozambique (IGM) programme will hold a Public Forum to launch the Final Report on the Survey of School-to-Work Transition of University Students , a report based on a systematic study on the school-to-...
Conference
Transformation Towards Better Jobs
Seminar
Joshua Magero Otieno on ethnicity, politics and wellbeing in KenyaJoshua Magero Otieno will present at the WIDER Seminar Series on 20 November. Abstract – Ethnicity, politics and wellbeing in Kenya Perceived or real welfare imbalances fundamentally impacts individuals’ civic participation, inclusivity...
Seminar
WeiWei Chen on the political economy of Chinese private investment in EthiopiaWeiWei Chen will present at the WIDER Seminar Series on 20 November 2019. Abstract - The political economy of Chinese private investment in Ethiopia: a case study of Eastern Industry Park Conventional wisdom sees a large role for Chinese state-owned...
Presentation
Deepak Nayyar Resurgent Asia - Diversity in Development
Seminar
Asia's remarkable transformation and rise: lessons for latecomers to, and laggards in, developmentOn 13 November, Professor Deepak Nayyar will deliver a lecture at the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) based on his newly released book, Resurgent Asia . Gunnar Myrdal published his magnum opus Asian Drama in 1968, to...
Seminar
Stéphane Straub on voting corrupt politicians out of office? Evidence from a survey experiment in ParaguayStéphane Straub will present at the WIDER Seminar Series on 13 November 2019. Abstract – Voting corrupt politicians out of office? Evidence from a survey experiment in Paraguay This paper challenges the conventional wisdom that giving...
Lecture
Economic development in Asia: Learning from a half-century of transformations
Seminar
Ravi Pendakur on the impact of federal modern agreements on income inequality in Indigenous communitiesRavi Pendakur will present at the WIDER Seminar Series on 8 November 2019. Abstract - The impact of federal modern agreements on income inequality in Indigenous communities In Canada, modern agreements allow Indigenous groups to govern their...
Project workshop
Turning the tide on inequality — Work in progress meeting
Policy workshop
Policy dialogues — Fiscal planning, effective revenue mobilization, and the role of collaborative research in policy evaluation