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Second training on VNMOD – a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Viet NamAs part of the SOUTHMOD project , the country team at the Central Institute for Economic Management ( CIEM ), together with Dr Toon Vanheukelom from KU Leuven , will deliver a training course for government officials, researchers, and other...
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Inclusive development in Myanmar: Training on report writing using the MSME datasetUsing the Myanmar Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise Survey (MSME) Dataset, around 30 participants from the Central Statistical Organization of Myanmar will receive training on report writing.
Seminar
Dragan Filipovich on 'risk-sharing’ markets in small-householder farmer societies
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Amèvi Kouwoaye on trade tax reforms and poverty in developing countries: why some countries benefit and others lose outOn 21 November Amèvi Kouwoaye, PhD Candidate, University of Laval, will present his research. Abstract - Trade tax reforms and poverty in developing countries: why some countries benefit and others lose out? This paper studies the...
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Research that matters - stakeholder workshop
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Pui Yi Wong on the role of the state, market and society in developing ikat textile value chains in Sarawak, MalaysiaOn 14 November Pui Yi Wong, PhD Candidate, University of Malaysia will present her research. Abstract - The role of the state, market and society in developing ikat textile value chains in Sarawak, Malaysia The ideal role of the state in...
Presentation
Public Forum on Higher Education - in Beira
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Inclusive development in Myanmar: KoBo Toolbox training
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Team workshop on how to use the provisional 2015 Myanmar SAM for economy-wide descriptive analysis and modelling analysisIn August 2018, UNU-WIDER and the Central Statistical Organization (CSO) of the Ministry of Planning and Finance of Myanmar signed an agreement to develop a Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) and to conduct economy-wide analysis using the SAM for the...
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Tony Addison talks in Oslo at a conference on fragility, taxation, and state-buildingOn 8 November Chief Economist and Deputy Director of UNU-WIDER, Tony Addison, is presenting in Oslo in a conference on The New Politics of Development: Fragility, Taxation and State-building . Addison will be chairing a session on taxation and state...
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Shreya Bhattacharya on the effect of inter caste networks on well-beingOn 7 November, Shreya Bhattacharya, PhD Candidate, University of Houston, will present her research. Abstract - The effect of inter caste networks on well-being Interactions within neighbourhoods have been shown to influence both short run and long...
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António Cruz presents at NOVAFRICA seminar seriesOn 7 November António Cruz will give a presentation within the NOVAFRICA seminar series of Nova School of Business and Economics in the New University of Lisbon (Universidade Nova de Lisboa). The presentation is based on a WIDER working paper...
Presentation
Tony Addison presents at Norad
Project workshop
Inclusive development in Myanmar: Training course on sampling methodology and basic statisticsBuilding on a previous course, training on sampling methodology and basic statistics will be organized for staff from the Central Statistical Office of Myanmar.
Presentation
Tony Addison presents at the UNCTAD World Investment ForumOn 26 October Chief Economist and Deputy Director of UNU-WIDER Tony Addison is giving a presentation in a multi-disciplinary academic conference that takes place within the UNCTAD World Investment Forum 2018 in Geneva.
Seminar
Habtamu Ali Beshir on the impacts of contemporaneous and early life price shocks on human capital productionOn October 24 Habtamu Ali Beshir, PhD Candidate, Lancaster University, will present his research. Abstract: Impacts of contemporaneous and early life price shocks on human capital production The effect of economic shocks on human capital is...