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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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Image: Imani Nsamila / UNU-WIDER UNU-WIDER DRM research presented at the 8th Annual Congress of the African Tax Research Network
Tue, 29 August 2023 – Thu, 31 August 2023
Johari Rotana Hotel, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Past event
Webinar
Tax effort revisited: How much tax can low-income countries expect to collect?
Tue, 13 September 2022
Online, Finland
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
Past event
Lecture
Abrams M.E. Tagem delivers lecture at the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies

On Friday, 13 May 2022 9:00-10:30 (UTC+2), Abrams M.E. Tagem will deliver a lecture at the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies. The lecture, entitled "The Government Revenue Dataset," will be attended by audience is mostly...

Fri, 13 May 2022
Online, Vienna, Austria
Past event
Project workshop
Workshop: Data for tax revenue mobilisation
Thu, 28 April 2022
Online, Helsinki , Finland
Past event
Panel discussion
UNU-WIDER at ISA 2022 Annual Convention

UNU-WIDER Senior Research Fellow Patricia Justino and Research Associate Rute Martins Caeiro join in a virtual panel discussion Trust and Governance in Unstable Democracies on 29 March 2022 14:00 - 15:30 (UTC-5) as part of the International Studies...

Tue, 29 March 2022
Online, Nashville, United States
Past event
Project workshop
3rd Annual workshop: Inequality and governance in unstable democracies – the mediating role of trust
Thu, 22 April 2021 – Fri, 23 April 2021
Online, Maputo, Mozambique
Past event
Panel discussion
Patricia Justino at What Works Global Summit 2020

On October 30, 2020, UNU-WIDER's Senior Research Fellow Patricia Justino will be taking part in a panel discussion at What Works Global Summit 2020. The topic of the panel is "In fragile situations, which interventions strengthen intergroup social...

Fri, 30 October 2020
Past event
Seminar
Africa’s lockdown dilemma — high poverty and low trust

On 16 July 2020, two researchers of the Inclusive growth in Mozambique programme, Ivan Manhique and Ricardo Santos, will present their current research.

Thu, 16 July 2020
Zoom, Maputo, Mozambique
Past event
Seminar
Eva-Maria Egger and Ricardo Santos on COVID-19 and Africa's lockdown dilemma
Tue, 23 June 2020
Past event
Project workshop
Inequality and governance in unstable democracies – the mediating role of trust: 2nd Annual Workshop

More than 30 participants attended the 2nd annual workshop for ‘Trust and Governance’ project, held virtually on the 16th and 17th April 2020. The workshop was initially set to be held in Colombia but had to be moved to a virtual environment through...

Thu, 16 April 2020 – Fri, 17 April 2020
Virtual (Zoom),
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Panel discussion
A UNU-WIDER special panel on inequality — measurement, implications, and influencing change
Fri, 28 February 2020
House of Science and Letters, Kirkkokatu 6, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
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
Past event
Panel discussion
Open dialogue on inequality in the 21st century
Fri, 29 March 2019
Ex-Press Bar, Third Floor of the General Assembly, United Nations Headquarters, 1st Avenue at 46th Street, New York, United States
Past event
Presentation
Measuring Inequality in the 21st Century

The Human Development Report Office, LIS, the Stone Center at the City University of New York (CUNY), UNU-WIDER and the World Inequality Lab will host a symposium on Measuring Inequality in the 21st Century. The 2-day event will be held 28-29 March...

Thu, 28 March 2019 – Fri, 29 March 2019
United Nations Headquarters , New York, United States
Past event
Project workshop
Inequality in China – Authors’ workshop

On 15 May 2018, authors from the ‘Inequality in the Giants’ project’s China component meet in Beijing to discuss draft research papers.

Tue, 15 May 2018
Beijing Normal University (BNU), Meeting room 3, Jing Shi Xue Tang, Beijing, China
Past event
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