The world at crossroads – securing the future generations

The WIDER Development Conference on securing the future generations is 14–16 May 2024, in Maputo, Mozambique.

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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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Workshop on the MicroZAMOD update in Zambia

Members of the International Labour Organization, Zambia Institute for Policy Analysis and Research (ZIPAR), UNU-WIDER's SOUTHMOD team, and the Zambia Statistics Agency (ZAMSTATS) meet in Livingstone, Zambia to further develop Zambia's tax and...

Mon, 27 May 2024 08:00 – Thu, 30 May 2024 17:00
Protea Hotel, Livingstone, Zambia, Zambia
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Project workshop
Structural change in developing countries – ETD project workshop

On 21 November 2022, commissioned research from the Economic Transformation Database (ETD) project is presented at the first of three workshops. The research aims to improve our understanding of structural transformation —how it varies, why it varies...

Mon, 21 November 2022
Online, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Presentation
UNU-WIDER shares latest DRM research at the IIPF 2022 Conference
Wed, 10 August 2022 – Fri, 12 August 2022
University of Linz, Linz, Austria
Past event
Conference
20th Annual Nordic Conference in Development Economics

The 20th Nordic Conference in Development Economics (NCDE 2022) will be held in Helsinki on June 15-16, 2022. This yearly conference serves as a meeting point for development economists active in the Nordic countries, but is also targeted more...

Wed, 15 June 2022 – Thu, 16 June 2022
Economicum, Arkadiankatu 7, Helsinki, Finland
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Conference
Better Jobs for Development 2021

The 5th annual Jobs and Development conference takes place online 1-3 September.

Wed, 1 September 2021 – Fri, 3 September 2021
Online, Warsaw,
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Presentation
Findings from the Economic Transformation Database presented at virtual workshop

Growth, poverty & inequality: The challenge in Africa, is a virtual workshop held on 31 August, which precedes the International summit on the SDGs in Africa 2021; a three-day, online international event, taking place 13–15 September 2021. During the...

Tue, 31 August 2021
Online, South Africa
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Presentation
Kunal Sen joins webinar on BRICS and Emerging Economies

Hear from some of the world’s leading experts on BRICS and Emerging Economies at the launch event of the Handbook of BRICS and Emerging Economies

Thu, 20 May 2021
Online,
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Presentation
Kunal Sen contributes to UNIDO’s High-level Expert Consultation for the Industrial Development Report 2022

On 18 May UNU-WIDER Director, Kunal Sen, joins UNIDO’s High-Level Expert Consultation (HLEC) on Manufacturing responses to COVID-19: Lessons for governance and policy coordination in the face of global disasters. Kunal will present recent research...

Tue, 18 May 2021
Online, United States
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Presentation
ECUAMOD model presented in Quito
Wed, 11 December 2019 – Fri, 13 December 2019
The Department of Quantitative Economics of the Faculty of Science of the National Polytechnic School, Av. Ladrón de Guevara 253, Quito, Ecuador
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Presentation
SOUTHMOD model presented in Turin
Mon, 21 October 2019 – Fri, 1 November 2019
International Training Centre of the ILO, Viale Maestri del Lavoro, 10, Turin, Italy
Past event
Project workshop
Third training round on ECUAMOD – a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Ecuador
Mon, 29 July 2019 – Wed, 31 July 2019
Instituto de Altos Estudios Nacionales, Av. Río Amazonas N37-271 and Villalengua, Quito, Ecuador
Past event
Project workshop
Third training on MOZMOD – a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Mozambique
Wed, 3 July 2019 – Fri, 5 July 2019
Ministry of Economic and Finance, Julius Nyerere Avenue, Maputo, Mozambique
Past event
Project workshop
2019 SOUTHMOD workshop
Thu, 6 June 2019 – Fri, 7 June 2019
Park Inn by Radisson Cape Town Newlands, 10 Hemlock Street Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa
Past event
Project workshop
UGAMOD Training - a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Uganda

The goal of this event is to give potential users of the model comprehensive training on the structure and use of the tax-benefit microsimulation model for Uganda, UGAMOD. As well as providing an overview of the model, the event will include several...

Wed, 10 April 2019 – Fri, 12 April 2019
Kampala, Uganda
Past event
Presentation
Jukka Pirttilä presents at microsimulation seminar in Helsinki

Professor Jukka Pirttilä, UNU-WIDER Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow, presented at a microsimulation seminar organized by the Ministry of Finance of Finland on 31 October 2018. The goal of the seminar was to discuss the recent research done by...

Wed, 31 October 2018
Säätytalo, Snellmaninkatu 9-11, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Project workshop
Using administrative tax data for research in Uganda: meeting of project collaborators

The workshop brought together around 20 participants, including researchers and staff members from the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), UNU-WIDER, the Southern African Social Policy Research Institute (SASPRI), and the University of Makerere to...

Wed, 17 October 2018 – Thu, 18 October 2018
Uganda Revenue Authority, Plot M193/M194, Nakawa Industrial Area, , Kampala, Uganda
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