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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WIDER Seminar Series

The WIDER Seminar Series has returned! Beginning in March, join either online or in person for the 2024 season of this exciting event series to hear the latest research in development.

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Webinar
Corruption and theft in the global oil and gas sector
18 April 2023
Online, Finland
Past event
Presentation
Research on mandatory disclosure rules presented at the University of Münster

Assistant Professor Elisa Casi-Eberhard from the Norwegian School of Economics presents a UNU-WIDER Working Paper at the University of Münster's Economic Research Seminar on 14 December 2022. The topic of Casi-Eberhard's presentation is So close and...

14 December 2022
University of Münster, Münster, Germany
Past event
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...

6 December 2022 – 9 December 2022
Gran Mareiro Hotel, Fortaleza, Brazil
Past event
Workshop
Workshop on illicit financial flows

UNU-WIDER together with the Development Economics Research Group at the University of Copenhagen (UCPH-DERG) organizes an in-person workshop on illicit financial flows (IFFs) at the University of Copenhagen on 25-26 October 2022.

25 October 2022 – 26 October 2022
University of Copenhagen, Øster Farimagsgade 5, Copenhagen, Denmark
Past event
Presentation
Research on illicit financial flows presented at the EU Tax Observatory Lunch Seminar

Assistant Professor Elisa Casi-Eberhard from the Norwegian School of Economics presents a UNU-WIDER Working Paper at the EU Tax Observatory lunch seminar on 5 October 2022. The topic of Casi-Eberhard's presentation is So close and yet so far: The...

5 October 2022
Paris School of Economics, Paris, France
Past event
Presentation
Elisa Casi-Eberhard on mandatory disclosure regimes

World Bank's hybrid conference on global tax equity is organized on 22-23 September 2022. Elisa Casi-Eberhard, a Norwegian School of Economics Assistant Professor, gives a presentation on a WIDER Working Paper at the conference. The topic of Casi...

22 September 2022 – 23 September 2022
Hybrid, United States
Past event
Presentation
Research on illicit financial flows presented at the Ninth Annual Mannheim Taxation Conference

The ninth edition of the Annual MannheimTaxation Conference takes place in person in Mannheim, Germany on 8–9 September 2022. Assistant Professor Elisa Casi-Eberhard from the Norwegian School of Economics presents a UNU-WIDER Working Paper in the...

8 September 2022 – 9 September 2022
Mannheim, Germany
Past event
Presentation
UNU-WIDER shares latest DRM research at the IIPF 2022 Conference
10 August 2022 – 12 August 2022
University of Linz, Linz, Austria
Past event
Presentation
Research on illicit financial flows presented at the Early Researchers Consortium in Accounting

The Accounting Research Groups at the UPF Barcelona School of Management (Spain), Free University of Bolzano (Italy) and University of Padua (Italy) organise the fifth edition of the Accounting Summer Camp in Barcelona on July 13-15 2022. Researcher...

13 July 2022 – 14 July 2022
UPF-BSM, Barcelona, Spain
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Project workshop
Author workshop on detecting and countering illicit financial flows

This project workshop brings together authors that were selected to produce research papers for the Detecting and countering illicit financial flows project, to discuss their papers. The workshop takes place online. Following the second call for...

22 June 2022 – 30 June 2022
Online, Denmark
Past event
Presentation
Carlos Gradín shares project findings at JICA-IPD Employment Task Force meeting at Columbia University

UNU-WIDER Research Fellow Carlos Gradín is invited to speak at the JICA-IPD Employment Task Force meeting convened by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Initiative for Policy Dialogue, Columbia University (IPD). Carlos will...

22 April 2022
Columbia University, Suite 427 91 Claremont Ave, New York, New York, United States
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Presentation
Growth 2.0: The good jobs challenge in developing countries

On 18 November Kunal Sen joins the 4th webinar of the evidence-based policy and action roundtable series by NIRDPR. The National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj hosts the event online with Kunal Sen presenting Growth 2.0: the good...

18 November 2021
Online, India
Past event
Presentation
Conference session at the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association conference

The changing nature of work and inequality project at UNU-WIDER will present recent research in a session at the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA-LAMES) Annual Meeting Bogotá 2021. About the session: The Changing Nature of...

21 October 2021
Online, 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...

12 October 2021
Online, Finland
Past event
Seminar
Luis Felipe López Calva on inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean
5 October 2021
Online, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Project workshop
Workshop on detecting and countering illicit financial flows

This project workshop brings together authors that were selected to produce research papers for the Detecting and countering illicit financial flows project, to discuss the first drafts of the papers. The workshop takes place online. Following the...

1 September 2021 – 2 September 2021
Online, Copenhagen, Denmark
Past event
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