The world at crossroads – securing the future generations

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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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Presentation of MOZMOD – a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Mozambique
3 July 2019
Ministry of Economic and Finance, Julius Nyerere Avenue, Maputo, Mozambique
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Policy seminar
Launch of UGAMOD - a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Uganda
10 April 2019
Kampala, Uganda
Past event
Policy seminar
Launch of MicroZAMOD - a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Zambia

This event will introduce policy makers, researchers, and practitioners to MicroZAMOD, a new tax-benefit microsimulation programme which has been developed under the UNU-WIDER SOUTHMOD project, in collaboration with Zambia Institute for Policy...

21 November 2017
Lusaka, Zambia
Past event
Policy seminar
Launch of VNMOD - a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Viet Nam

This event will introduce policy makers, researchers, and practitioners to VNMOD, a new tax-benefit microsimulation programme, which has been developed under the UNU-WIDER SOUTHMOD project, in collaboration with Hanoi-based Central Institute of...

13 November 2017
Central Institute of Economic Management, Hanoi, Vietnam
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Policy seminar
Launch of ETMOD - a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Ethiopia
11 July 2017
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Past event
Policy seminar
Launch of GHAMOD - a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Ghana

This event will introduce policy makers, researchers, and practitioners to GHAMOD, a new tax-benefit microsimulation programme, which has been developed under the UNU-WIDER SOUTHMOD project, in collaboration with ISSER, University of Tampere, and...

17 May 2017
Conference Centre and Library, University of Ghana at Legon, Accra, Ghana
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