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
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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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Workshop
Structural change in developing countries – ETD project workshop part 3

On 26 January 2023, commissioned research from the Economic Transformation Database (ETD) project is presented at the third and final workshop. The research aims to improve our understanding of structural transformation —how it varies, why it varies...

Thu, 26 January 2023
Online, Helsinki, Finland
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Workshop
Structural change in developing countries – ETD project workshop part 2

On 24 January 2023, commissioned research from the Economic Transformation Database (ETD) project is presented at the second of three workshops. The research aims to improve our understanding of structural transformation —how it varies, why it varies...

Tue, 24 January 2023
Online, Helsinki, Finland
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Presentation
UNU-WIDER at the 44th meeting of the Brazilian Econometric Society

On 6-9 December 2022, UNU-WIDER joins the 44th meeting of the Brazilian Econometric Society (SBE). On Thursday 8 December, the programme includes a special session on ‘Inequality and development’ featuring recent research from UNU-WIDER's WIID and...

Tue, 6 December 2022 – Fri, 9 December 2022
Gran Mareiro Hotel, Fortaleza, Brazil
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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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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
Project workshop
World Income Inequality Database (WIID) authors' workshop

UNU-WIDER's World Income Inequality Database research project holds a virtual workshop that brings together researchers selected under the project's open call for research proposals. The selected papers fulfill a project aim to improve understanding...

Mon, 4 July 2022 – Tue, 5 July 2022
Virtual, Finland
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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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Policy workshop
World Income Inequality Database project presents at the OECD's DAC Community of Practice on Poverty and Inequalities

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) Development Assistance Committee (DAC) Community of Practice on Poverty and Inequalities (CoP-PI) hosts several thematic dialogues between researchers and practitioners on embedding...

Fri, 25 March 2022
Online, United States
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Workshop
Carlos Gradín at the UN-ESCAP Expert Group Meetings on Building Forward Fairer

The United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) holds a 3-day virtual conference to convene experts on social and economic policy for an inclusive recovery and inclusive development. The Expert Group Meetings invite speakers...

Fri, 3 December 2021
Online, Bangkok, Thailand
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Seminar
Brian Levy and Alan Hirsch on the challenge of economic inclusion in South Africa
Tue, 2 November 2021
Online, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Lecture
IEA seminar — Digital Technologies: Limits and Opportunities for Economic Development

A discussion featuring Dani Rodrik, Daren Acemoglu, Mahdi Ghodsi, Kunal Sen, Albert Park, and Haroon Bhorat. These leading economists discuss the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the role of technology in shaping welfare outcomes in developing...

Tue, 12 October 2021
Online, 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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