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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Tax and development workshop
Wed, 26 April 2023 – Thu, 27 April 2023
Kampala, Uganda
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Conference
Debt and innovative finance in developing countries
Thu, 27 October 2022 – Fri, 28 October 2022
Online and at Bank of Finland , Helsinki, Finland
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Seminar
Launch of the Uganda Revenue Authority secure research lab
Thu, 19 May 2022
Protea Hotel by Marriott, Kampala, Uganda
Past event
Project workshop
Work-in-progress meeting on tax research collaboration in Tanzania

As part of the Building up efficient and fair tax systems – lessons based on administrative tax data project, a work-in progress meeting was held in-person between UNU-WIDER and the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) in Dar es Salaam 9 May 2022. The...

Mon, 9 May 2022
TRA Headquarters, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Seminar
Extractive industries: taxation and revenues V

A fifth researcher seminar on the topic of extractives and domestic revenue mobilisation will be held on 27 April 2022 from 16:00-18:00 (UTC +3). The event, "Fiscal Regime Reforms in the Extractives Sector," will be hosted jointly by UNU-WIDER and...

Wed, 27 April 2022
Online, Helsinki, Finland
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Project workshop
Work-in-progress meeting on tax research collaboration in Tanzania

As part of the Building up efficient and fair tax systems – lessons based on administrative tax data project, a work-in progress meeting was held online between UNU-WIDER, Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) and Department of Economics of the University...

Fri, 10 December 2021
Online, Tanzania
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Seminar
Extractive industries: taxation and revenues IV

A fourth research seminar on extractives and domestic revenue mobilisation titled Extractive Industries: Taxation and Revenues takes place on 9 December 2021 at 3pm Helsinki time (UTC +2). The online event is hosted jointly by UNU-WIDER and the...

Thu, 9 December 2021
Online, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Project workshop
Work-in-progress meeting on tax research collaboration in Uganda

As part of the Building up efficient and fair tax systems – lessons based on administrative tax data project, a work-in progress meeting was held online between UNU-WIDER and Uganda Revenue Authority (URA). The topics discussed in this meeting...

Tue, 7 December 2021 – Wed, 8 December 2021
Online, Kampala, Uganda
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Project workshop
Work-in-progress meeting on tax research collaboration in Zambia

As part of the Building up efficient and fair tax systems – lessons based on administrative tax data project, a work-in progress meeting was held online between UNU-WIDER, Zambia Institute for Policy Analysis & Research (ZIPAR) and Zambia Revenue...

Tue, 12 October 2021
Online, Lusaka, Zambia
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Seminar
Extractive industries: taxation and revenues III
Tue, 31 August 2021
Online, Finland
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Seminar
Extractive industries: taxation and revenues II
Wed, 26 May 2021
Online, Helsinki, Finland
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Project workshop
Tax and development workshop

The Tax and Development workshop will bring together researchers, tax experts and practitioners to exchange experiences on using administrative tax data in their respective countries for research purposes. The event will be attended by 40 experts...

Tue, 11 May 2021
Online, Helsinki, Finland
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Project workshop
Extractive Industries: Taxation and Revenues
Thu, 5 November 2020
Zoom, Finland
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