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    WIDER Development Conference

    The conference will showcase UNU-WIDER, its work, and the many people and institutions that are engaged with it. There will be panel discussions on all of the main themes and findings of UNU-WIDER’s research during 2009-18 — finance, food and climate change; and transformation, inclusion and sustainability. It will take stock of what we have learned, look to the future of development economics, and global development more broadly, serving as a bridge to fresh UNU-WIDER initiatives, aiming to mobilize evidence and action around the 2030 SDG agenda and its goals. 

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    WIDER Seminar Series

    The WIDER Seminar Series showcases the latest research on key topics in development economics. The weekly sessions held in Helsinki are open to local and visiting researchers, policy makers, and others working on development topics.

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    Collage of seminar photos. © UNU-WIDER

    2018 Nordic conference on development economics

    Conference | 11-12 June 2018

    Aalto University School of Business, University of Tampere and UNU-WIDER in collaboration with the Nordic Network in Development Economics will organize the 2018 Nordic Conference on Development Economics on 11-12 June 2018 in Helsinki, Finland. The conference aims at bringing together Nordic and international scholars for the exchange of ideas and discussion of recent results within theoretical and applied development economics research.

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© World Bank Transforming economies - for better jobs
11 September 2019 08:30 – 13 September 2019 17:00
United Nations Conference Centre, Rajadamnern Nok Avenue, Bangkok, Thailand
Seminar
James Robinson on business and fragility in Africa
22 March 2019 16:00 – 17:30
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6A, Helsinki, Finland
Open for registration
Seminar
Margaret McMillan on structural change and labor productivity in sub-Saharan Africa

Margaret McMillan will present at the WIDER Seminar Series on 20 March 2019. Abstract – Structural Change and Labor Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa Growth has accelerated in many African countries over the last couple of decades. This...

20 March 2019 15:00 – 16:00
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6A, Helsinki, Finland
Open for registration
Seminar
Michael Woolcock and Lant Pritchett on building state capability: evidence, analysis, action
13 March 2019 15:00 – 16:00
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6A, Helsinki, Finland
Open for registration
Policy seminar
Moving Beyond GDP – an Economic Approach for the SDGs

On 28 February Elliott Harris, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development and Chief Economist will give a seminar on the topic ‘Moving Beyond GDP – an Economic Approach for the SDGs’.

28 February 2019 15:00 – 17:30
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6A, Helsinki, Finland
Seminar
Dilip Mookherjee on decentralized targeting of agricultural credit in West Bengal: private vs. political intermediaries
27 February 2019 15:00 – 16:00
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6A, Helsinki, Finland
Open for registration
Seminar
Ashwini Deshpande on choice, constraints and cultural norms: understanding factors underlying women's labour force participation in India
20 February 2019 15:00 – 16:00
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6A, Helsinki, Finland
Open for registration
Presentation
Kunal Sen presents his work at SIDA

On 19 February, Professor Kunal Sen will visit the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) in Stockholm to present his research and discuss research quality and evaluation methods. During his visit, Professor Sen will present his...

19 February 2019 09:00
SIDA, Valhallavägen 199 , Stockholm, Sweden
Project workshop
Photo: Amaury Laporte Transforming livelihoods in the informal sector
8 February 2019
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Seminar
Costanza Biavaschi on taking the skill bias out of global migration

Costanza Biavaschi will present at the WIDER Seminar Series on 6 February 2019. Abstract – Taking the skill bias out of global migration Global migration is heavily skill-biased, with tertiary-educated workers being four times more likely to...

6 February 2019
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6A, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Presentation
Charles Gore on how poverty went global: development, basic needs, human rights and social justice in the 1970s

On 5 February Charles Gore , UNU-WIDER Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow, attended the University of Helsinki’s Development Studies Brown Bag Lunch Seminar. Charles Gore gave a presentation on his on-going work, which seeks to reconstruct...

5 February 2019
HELSUS Hub at Porthania , Yliopistonkatu 3, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Presentation
SA-TIED Young Scholars poster session
31 January 2019
The Sheraton Pretoria Hotel, 643 Corner, Stanza Bopape St, Arcadia, Pretoria, South Africa
Past event
Results Meeting
Towards an inclusive economy — How do we support job creation and reduce inequalities in South Africa?
31 January 2019
The Sheraton Pretoria Hotel, 643 Corner, Stanza Bopape St, Arcadia, Pretoria, South Africa
Past event
Seminar
Maurizio Bussolo on taking on distributional tensions in Europe and Central Asia

Maurizio Bussolo will present at the WIDER Seminar Series on 23 January 2019. Abstract – Towards a new social contract: taking on distributional tensions in Europe and Central Asia Globalization, rapid technological change, and aging have...

23 January 2019
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6A, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Seminar
Wisdom Akpalu shares research findings on illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in West Africa

Wisdom Akpalu , UNU-WIDER Research Fellow based in Ghana, co-chaired a seminar organised by the University of Ghana’s Institute for Environment and Sanitation Studies (IESS) on 18 January. The topic of the seminar was illicit trade in marine...

18 January 2019
UNU-INRA, University of Ghana, Ghana
Past event
Presentation
© Taylor Leopold / Unsplash Ministry for Foreign Affairs hosts farewell lecture by Finn Tarp
17 December 2018
Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, Arppeanum Auditorio Snellmanninkatu 3-5, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
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