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Andrea Vaccaro on how (the lack of) state experience shapes today’s fragile states

Andrea Vaccaro presents at the WIDER Seminar Series on 20 March 2024. According to the prevailing paradigm in international development policy, well-functioning state institutions play a crucial role in facilitating effective international aid. Despite a significant increase in the number of fragile countries in recent years, there has been however limited progress in understanding how aid can be made more effective in these contexts. Our study argues that one of the main obstacles to this progress lies in the conceptualization and measurement of state fragility.

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UNU-WIDER shares research results at Aarhus University workshop on Inequality, Democracy, and Development

UNU-WIDER Senior Research Fellow Rachel M. Gisselquist presents at the workshop on Inequality, Democracy, and Development organized by the Aarhus University Department of Political Science. Her presentation is of UNU-WIDER's new Affirmative Action...

Thu, 25 May 2023Fri, 26 May 2023
Aarhus University Department of Political Science, Nordre Ringgade 1, Aarhus, Denmark
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Workshop
The measurement and elimination of global poverty and inequalities

UNU-WIDER is represented at the Workshop on promoting and protecting economic, social, and cultural rights within the context of addressing inequalities in the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic 6–8 February by senior research fellow Rachel M...

Tue, 7 February 2023
Tempus, Palais de Nations, Geneva. Online, Geneva, Switzerland
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Project workshop
Addressing group-based inequalities work in progress workshop

The UNU-WIDER project Addressing group-based inequalities holds a virtual workshop to discuss research on 'Experiences of Reform', the component of the project which offers a comparative assessment of worldwide efforts to reduce group-based...

Wed, 15 December 2021
Online, Finland
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Panel discussion
Rachel Gisselquist speaks at panel on ‘Human insecurity as a threat to human development’ at the UNDP Virtual Human Development Symposium

The United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) Office of the Human Development Report will host a virtual symposium over four days from 8-11 June on ‘A New Generation of Human Security’. Through a series of keynote addresses and panel discussions...

Thu, 10 June 2021
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Presentation
Regional identity and intergenerational resource conflict — Evidence from Guinea presented at Umea University

Dr Klarizze Puzon will present preliminary findings from a forthcoming WIDER working paper on 'Regional identity and intergenerational resource conflict — Evidence from Guinea' at a seminar organized by the Umea University School of Business and...

Wed, 2 June 2021
Umea University School of Business and Economics, Sweden
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Seminar
Who is being left behind? Closing the horizontal inequality gap

On Monday 17 May Rachel Gisselquist will join the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) Seminar Series as discussant in their event on closing the horizontal inequality gap. Find more UNU-WIDER research on horizontal ineqality here...

Mon, 17 May 2021
Online, United Kingdom
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Presentation
Regional identity and intergenerational resource conflict — Evidence from Guinea presented at PCED

Dr. Klarizze Puzon will present preliminary findings from a forthcoming working paper on 'Regional identity and intergenerational resource conflict — Evidence from Guinea' to an audience at the Philippines Center for Economic Development and the...

Thu, 15 April 2021
University of the Philippines Department of Economics, Philippines
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Presentation
Rachel Gisselquist speaks at the International Studies Association Annual Conference

Rachel M. Gisselquist will present in two sessions at the International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Conference held online. The first session will share new research with Andrea Vaccaro from the State and statebuilding in the Global South –...

Thu, 8 April 2021
Online, United States
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Presentation
Rachel Gisselquist will speak at 'Leave no one behind: moving the agenda forward'

Rachel Gisselquist has been invited to speak on a panel at 'Leave no one behind: moving the agenda forward', an online event hosted by the Overseas Development Institute. Register for the event through ODI here. Details Chair Gonzalo Hernández Licona...

Thu, 21 January 2021
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Workshop
Training on statistical software Stata in Myanmar

As part of the Towards inclusive development in Myanmar programme, an introductory course to Stata and to data extraction was organised for selected staff at the Central Statistical Organization (CSO) in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. Six training sessions...

Mon, 26 October 2020Mon, 16 November 2020
Online, Myanmar (Burma)
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Presentation
Virtual launch of the Myanmar Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Survey (2019) report

A virtual launch of the Myanmar Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Survey (2019) report will take place on the 1st of September 2020. The online launch event will bring together policy-makers, representatives from international organizations and...

Tue, 1 September 2020
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Lecture
Deepak Nayyar lecture at LSE on Resurgent Asia

The lecture will analyse the phenomenal transformation of Asia, which would have been difficult to imagine, let alone predict, fifty years ago. In doing so, it provides an analytical narrative of this remarkable story of economic development...

Wed, 4 March 2020
LSE Lecture Theatre, Centre Building, LSE, 1 Charing Cross, Westminster, London, United Kingdom
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Workshop
Training on Business Practice Intervention Survey in Myanmar
Mon, 24 February 2020Sat, 29 February 2020
Central Statistical Organization, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar (Burma)
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Policy seminar
Political economy of ethnic inequalities and exclusion: Implications for development policy

The Chief Economist Team at the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) will host a policy seminar with UNU-WIDER Senior Research Fellow Rachel Gisselquist as a part of the SIDA Evidence for Action Seminar Series. The seminar...

Thu, 6 February 2020
SIDA headquarters, Valhallavägen 199, Stockholm, Sweden
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Workshop
Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) development: Excel workshop

As part of the research collaboration with the Central Statistical Organization (CSO) of the Ministry of Planning and Finance of Myanmar, UNU-WIDER and the Development Economics Research Group (DERG) of the University of Copenhagen, a workshop was...

Mon, 27 January 2020Thu, 30 January 2020
CSO, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar (Burma)
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Lecture
Delhi School of Economics lecture on economic development in Asia, by Deepak Nayyar

On 14 January Professor Deepak Nayyar will attend the Delhi School of Economics to give a lecture on ‘Economic development in Asia: Learning from half a century of transformation’. The lecture draws from his recently published book, Resurgent Asia...

Tue, 14 January 2020
Department of Economics, Delhi School of Economics, Delhi, India
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Panel discussion
Asian Transformations panel discussion at India International Centre

On 23 December, Professor Deepak Nayyar, editor of Asian Transformations, led a panel discussion on the recent publication at the India International Centre in New Delhi. The book, Asian Transformations: An Inquiry into the Development of Nations...

Mon, 23 December 2019
India International Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, India
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Panel discussion
Launch of the UNDP Human Development Report 2019
Fri, 13 December 2019
Think Corner / Tiedekulma, Yliopistonkatu 4, Helsinki, Finland
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Presentation
UNU-WIDER at Myanmar statistics forum
Fri, 29 November 2019
Grand Amara Hotel (Pinya Hall), Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar (Burma)
Past event
Panel discussion
Oxford University Press hosts a conversation on Resurgent Asia

Over 250 people attended the launch of the new open access book Resurgent Asia at the Oxford University Press headquarters in New Delhi on 27 November. The event featured a presentation by author, Professor Deepak Nayyar, and was followed by an...

Wed, 27 November 2019
India International Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, India
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Project workshop
Training on data cleaning and analysis in Myanmar

As part of the research collaboration with the Central Statistical Organization (CSO) of the Ministry of Planning and Finance of Myanmar, UNU-WIDER and the Development Economics Research Group (DERG) of the University of Copenhagen, two workshops...

Mon, 18 November 2019Fri, 22 November 2019
Central Statistical Organization, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar (Burma)
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Seminar
Asia's remarkable transformation and rise: lessons for latecomers to, and laggards in, development

On 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...

Thu, 14 November 2019
Sida , Valhallavägen 199 , Stockholm, Sweden
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Lecture
Economic development in Asia: Learning from a half-century of transformations
Wed, 13 November 2019
IIES, A822, Universitetsvägen 10, 114 18 , Stockholm, Sweden
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Seminar
Ravi Pendakur on the impact of federal modern agreements on income inequality in Indigenous communities

Ravi 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 internal...

Fri, 8 November 2019
Marina Congress Center - Baltica Meeting Room, Katajanokanlaituri 6 , Helsinki, Finland
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Project meeting
Sixth steering committee meeting of the Myanmar Enterprise Monitoring System (MEMS)
Tue, 17 September 2019
Central Statistical Organization (CSO) , Naypyidaw, Myanmar (Burma)
Past event
Project workshop
Building a Social Accounting Matrix for Myanmar: Hands-on experience workshop

A two-week training course took place at the Development Economics Research Group (DERG) at the University of Copenhagen to develop a prototype 2015 Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) for Myanmar.

Mon, 29 July 2019Fri, 9 August 2019
Development Economics Research Group (DERG) at the University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Project workshop
Economy-wide impact analysis using a pre-prototype 2015 Social Accounting Matrix for Myanmar

A training event on using economy-wide impact analysis with a pre-prototype 2015 Social Accounting Matrix for Myanmar was delivered for 13 policy analysts of the Ministry of Planning and Finance group of public sector institutions in Myanmar.

Mon, 20 May 2019Fri, 24 May 2019
Central Statistical Organization (CSO) , Naypyidaw, Myanmar (Burma)
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Workshop
UNU-WIDER and the United Nations Department for Economic and Social Affairs workshop on inequality

On 6 May 2019, UNU-WIDER will partner with the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) in organizing a workshop on inequality. The workshop will provide an opportunity to present and discuss some of the lessons learned in...

Mon, 6 May 2019
United Nations Headquarters, 46th St & 1st Ave, New York, United States
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Project workshop
Inclusive development in Myanmar: 3rd KoBo Toolbox training

As part of the project Towards Inclusive Development in Myanmar, a comprehensive Kobo Toolbox training was delivered for 23 staff members from the head office and regional offices the Central Statistical Organization (CSO) of the Ministry of Planning...

Mon, 8 April 2019Wed, 10 April 2019
Central Statistical Organization, Naypyidaw, Myanmar (Burma)
Past event
Seminar
Rachel Gisselquist presents in an expert group meeting on inequality

UNU-WIDER Senior Research Fellow Rachel Gisselquist will give a presentation at an expert group meeting ‘Reducing Inequalities: SDG 10 Progress and Prospects’, organized by the World Bank and UN DESA in Geneva 2-3 April. The event will look at...

Tue, 2 April 2019Wed, 3 April 2019
International Conference Centre Geneva (CICG), Geneva, Switzerland
Past event
Project meeting
Fifth Steering Committee Meeting of the Myanmar Enterprise Monitoring System (MEMS)

The fifth Steering Committee Meeting on Myanmar Enterprise Monitoring System (MEMS) took place on 26 March at the Central Statistical Organization (CSO) Office, Naypyidaw, Myanmar. The meeting is part of the on-going project 'Towards inclusive...

Tue, 26 March 2019
Central Statistical Organization (CSO) Office, Naypyitaw, Myanmar (Burma)
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Presentation
Launching Ceremony of the Myanmar Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Qualitative Study Report (2018)

On 26 March the results and outcomes of the Myanmar Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Qualitative Study Report (2018), SAM engagement, and four in-depth Studies were presented at a launching ceremony in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. The meeting brought...

Tue, 26 March 2019
Central Statistical Organization (CSO) Office, Naypyitaw, Myanmar (Burma)
Past event
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