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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UNU-WIDER shares latest DRM research at the IIPF 2022 Conference
Wed, 10 August 2022 – Fri, 12 August 2022
University of Linz, Linz, Austria
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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
Past event
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
Past event
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
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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
Past event
Project workshop
Training on VNMOD – a tax-benefit microsimulation for Viet Nam

The purpose of this event is to introduce participants to VNMOD, with a view to promoting its use within government for evidence-based policy-making. Training is directed to potential users of the model. As well as providing an overview of the model...

Mon, 13 November 2017 – Wed, 15 November 2017
Central Institute of Economic Management, Hanoi, Vietnam
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Presentation
Tax capacity in developing countries and development finance institutions

The development of international tax regulation and tax avoidance are important topics in the contemporary development debate. On the morning of 1 September around 25 people including staff members from FINNFUND, representatives from civil society...

Fri, 1 September 2017
Finnfund, Uudenmaa Katu , Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Project workshop
Tax benefit reforms: microsimulation in developing countries
Tue, 4 July 2017
Maputo, Mozambique
Past event
Presentation
UNU-WIDER at the International Economics Association World Congress 2017

This year the International Economic Association held its World Conference in Mexico City. The five day event, held from 19th to 23rd of June, featured a huge variety of sessions on many of the key economic issues of the day, as well as keynotes by...

Mon, 19 June 2017 – Fri, 23 June 2017
Camino Real Hotel, Mariano Escobedo 700, Mexico City, Mexico
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Presentation
Social protection in development

Improving the social protection of the poor and vulnerable is a global concern and co-operation is needed at all levels. As part of efforts to build dialogue and to better support social protection in developing countries, Jukka Pirttilä presented on...

Tue, 17 January 2017 – Wed, 18 January 2017
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Bonn, Germany
Past event
Presentation
An introduction to NAMOD, a Namibian Tax-Benefit Microsimulation Model

Researchers and civil servants from ministries in Namibia will gather on 11-13 October to learn about NAMOD, a tax-benefit microsimulation model for the country. The aim of the training event – organized by UNU-WIDER and SASPRI, and supported and...

Tue, 11 October 2016 – Thu, 13 October 2016
UNICEF Namibia, UN House, 38-44 Stein Street, Klein Windhoek, Windhoek, Namibia
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