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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Assessing the macroeconomic impact of power outages in South Africa with Richard Kima

UNU-WIDER Research Fellow, Richard Kima presents his work-in-progress Working Paper titled ‘Estimating the Macroeconomic Costs of Power Outages in South Africa at the South African Reserve Bank Research’ Seminar on April 11, 2024, and at the...

Mon, 6 May 2024
Online, 238 Mazisi Kunene Rd, Glenwood, 4041, Durban, South Africa
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Presentation
Presentation of SA-TIED Working Paper on Worker mobility and productivity spillovers

Carol Newman, co-academic lead for SA-TIED's Workstream 1 on Enterprise development for job creation and growth, will present an SA-TIED Working Paper titled "Worker mobility and productivity spillovers: An Emerging Market Perspective" at the...

Fri, 12 April 2024
Newman Building (NTh 1), University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
Past event
Workshop
UNU-WIDER at UN Youth of Finland's Youth Peace Week: Young voices in peace research

UNU-WIDER takes part in UN Youth of Finland's Youth Peace Week 21 September 2023. In partnership with UN Youth of Finland and Saferglobe, UNU-WIDER organizes Young voices in peace research.

Thu, 21 September 2023
Huolintatalo, Pasilankatu 2, 00101, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Presentation
IIPF 2023 conference search image. Image: Solotravelgoals / Unsplash UNU-WIDER at IIPF Conference 2023
Mon, 14 August 2023 – Wed, 16 August 2023
Utah State University, Logan, United States
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Presentation
UNU-WIDER at the 2023 Nordic Conference in Development Economics
Tue, 13 June 2023 – Thu, 15 June 2023
School of Business, Economics and Law, Vasagatan 1, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Panel discussion
Policy panel on war and reconstruction in Ukraine
Tue, 9 May 2023
The crypt of Helsinki Cathedral, Kirkkokatu 18, Helsinki, Finland
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Workshop
Research workshop on war and reconstruction in Ukraine

From 8–9 May 2023, UNU-WIDER holds a research workshop bringing together an international group of researchers with expertise in conflict and peacebuilding to discuss new research that can support policymakers’ discussions on the stabilization...

Mon, 8 May 2023 – Tue, 9 May 2023
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
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Presentation
Roosa Lambin and Milla Nyyssölä on examining Tanzanian health policies through a gender lens

The Innovation, Knowledge and Development (IKD) group of The Open University organises a one-day webinar on International Women's Day. The topic of the webinar is Health and care at the crossroads: evidencing gender impacts, campaigning for equality...

Wed, 8 March 2023
Online, United Kingdom
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Project workshop
SA-TIED technical workshop on the strengths and limitations of long-term structural models
Mon, 28 November 2022
Development Bank of South Africa Head Office in Midrand, 1258 Lever Rd, Headway Hill, Midrand, South Africa
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Policy seminar
Tony Addison at the 18th Plenary Meeting of the OECD Policy Dialogue on Natural Resource-based Development

Tony Addison represents UNU-WIDER as one of the invited partner organizations and institutions in the OECD’s Policy Dialogue on Natural Resources Development, which will take place online on 27-28 June 2022. This dialogue is part of the OECD Strategy...

Mon, 27 June 2022 – Tue, 28 June 2022
Online, Helsinki, Finland
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Project workshop
Workshop on Institutional legacies of violent conflict
Thu, 12 May 2022 – Fri, 13 May 2022
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6b, Helsinki, Finland
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Seminar
Samwel J. Kabote and Jires Tunguhole on the determinants of clove exports in Zanzibar

Samwel J. Kabote and Jires Tunguhole give a presentation on 10 December at 10-11am (UTC+2) as part of the Sustainable development solutions for Tanzania – strengthening research to achieve SDGs project. The presentation is held as a webinar, in...

Fri, 10 December 2021
Online, Finland
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Presentation
Roosa Lambin and Milla Nyyssölä on social policy trajectories and women in Tanzania

The virtual conference Social Policy in Africa is organized 22-24 November 2021 by University of South Africa (UNISA) in the City of Tshwane in South Africa. On 22 November researchers Roosa Lambin and Milla Nyyssölä give a presentation in the...

Mon, 22 November 2021
online, South Africa
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Presentation
Ayu Pratiwi and Milla Nyyssölä on land rights and inter-generational resource allocations in Tanzania

On 17 November 2021 Turku University researcher Ayu Pratiwi and UNU-WIDER Research Associate Milla Nyyssölä give a presentation at the weekly online seminar of the Labour Institute for Economic Research. The topic of their presentation is A long-term...

Wed, 17 November 2021
online, Finland
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Seminar
Violence, Inequality, and Growth in Latin America

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Finland organise a special seminar on Violence, Inequality...

Tue, 16 November 2021
Ministry for Foreign Affairs , Helsinki, Finland
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Project workshop
WWII and the legacies of fascism in Europe

As part of the UNU-WIDER project Institutional legacies of violent conflict, project contributors under Theme A1: WWII and the legacies of fascism in Europe come together on 4 November 2021 at 3pm to present and discuss their research papers in...

Thu, 4 November 2021
Online, Finland
Past event
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