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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CGD webinar on methane, people on the screen Extractives for Development work presented at Center for Global Development webinar
Tue, 21 November 2023
Online, United States
Past event
Webinar
Financial Benefit Sharing in the Energy Transition

UNU-WIDER and the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF) host the sevent researchers’ seminar on Extractive industries: Taxation and revenues. This online seminar, themed Financial Benefit Sharing in the...

Thu, 16 November 2023
Online, Netherlands
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
Tony Addison at the SEI and SweDev dialogue on development research

Tony Addison, UNU-WIDER Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow and Extractives for Development (E4D) – risks and opportunities project lead, joins a dialogue event The extractive industries in the developing world: dilemmas and opportunities on 19...

Tue, 19 September 2023
Online, Sweden
Past event
Panel discussion
Policy panel on war and reconstruction in Ukraine
Tue, 9 May 2023
The crypt of Helsinki Cathedral, Kirkkokatu 18, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
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
Past event
Webinar
Corruption and theft in the global oil and gas sector
Tue, 18 April 2023
Online, Finland
Past event
Webinar
Critical minerals and revenue generation

UNU-WIDER and the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF) host the sixth researchers’ seminar on Extractive industries: Taxation and revenues. This online seminar, themed Critical minerals and revenue...

Mon, 21 November 2022
Online,
Past event
Conference
Debt and innovative finance in developing countries
Thu, 27 October 2022 – Fri, 28 October 2022
Online and at Bank of Finland , Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Webinar
World energy: Looking ahead to COP27
Tue, 18 October 2022
Online, Finland
Past event
Policy workshop
Looking ahead to COP27: from climate pledges to action
Wed, 14 September 2022
Online, Finland
Past event
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
Past event
Panel discussion
Tony Addison joins a panel discussion at UNESCAP

On Thursday, 19 May 2022, 13:00-15:00 (UTC+7), UNU-WIDER non-resident senior research fellow Tony Addison presents at a moderated panel discussion entitled "Energy transition and the extractives industry in Asia-Pacific: National and Regional...

Thu, 19 May 2022
Online, Bangkok, Thailand
Past event
Project workshop
Workshop on Institutional legacies of violent conflict
Thu, 12 May 2022 – Fri, 13 May 2022
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6b, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
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
Past event
Presentation
Tony Addisson at the International Financial Architecture as a Global Public Good

Tony Addison has been invited to speak at the International Financial Architecture as a Global Public Good — an expert roundtable in support of Our Common Agenda. The event takes place online on 28 March 2022 at 9am (EST), and it will focus on...

Mon, 28 March 2022
Online, United States
Past event
Policy seminar
Tony Addison at the 17th 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 14-15 December 2021. This dialogue is part of the OECD...

Tue, 14 December 2021 – Wed, 15 December 2021
Online, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
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
Presentation
Extractives for Development work presented at Angola International Diamond Conference (AIDC)

Anton Löf, a director at RMG Consulting and a contributor in the UNU-WIDER project Extractives for Development (E4D) – risks and opportunities, joins the Angola International Diamond Conference (AIDC) as a keynote speaker. He will present a WIDER...

Thu, 25 November 2021
Saurimo, Angola
Past event
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
Past event
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
Panel discussion
COP26: Are We Ready?
Thu, 28 October 2021
Online, Finland
Past event
Presentation
Patricia Justino at 17th Annual Households in Conflict Network (HiCN) workshop

Households in Conflict Network (HiCN) organises their 17th Annual workshop on 11-12 October 2021 under the theme “Conflict, Migration, and Displacement“. UNU-WIDER's Senior Research Fellow Patricia Justino is the co-founder and co-director of the...

Mon, 11 October 2021 – Tue, 12 October 2021
Online, Germany
Past event
Presentation
Patricia Justino at the 2021 APSA Annual Meeting & Exhibition

On 29 September 2021 Patricia Justino joins a virtual roundtable ‘The Future of Civil War Studies’ at the 2021 APSA Annual Meeting & Exhibition. 117th American Political Science Association’s Annual Meeting & Exhibition will be held on 30 September...

Wed, 29 September 2021
Online, Finland
Past event
Seminar
Extractive industries: taxation and revenues III
Tue, 31 August 2021
Online, Finland
Past event
Presentation
Tony Addison at UNCTAD15 pre-event

On 23rd July, 2021, Tony Addison, Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER, presents at UNCTAD15 pre-event 'South-South Sharing of Experiences in Macro-Financial Policies for Structural Transformation'. The online event focuses on...

Fri, 23 July 2021
Online, Switzerland
Past event
Policy seminar
Tony Addison at the 16th 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 takes place online on 30 June – 2 July 2021. This dialogue is part of the OECD...

Wed, 30 June 2021 – Fri, 2 July 2021
Online, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Presentation
Patricia Justino presenting on COVID-19 and conflict dynamics at FIIA webinar

Patricia Justino will present on COVID-19 and conflict dynamics at an online event organised by the Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA) on 27 May 2021. The event, Covid-19 effects on peace and conflict dynamics – Implications for the EU...

Thu, 27 May 2021
Online, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Seminar
Extractive industries: taxation and revenues II
Wed, 26 May 2021
Online, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Presentation
Tony Addison and Alan Roe at the United Nations Global Roundtable on Extractive Industries
Tue, 25 May 2021
Online, New York, United States
Past event
Presentation
Tillman Hönig presents at the European Meeting of the Urban Economics Association

Tillman Hönig, Research Associate at UNU-WIDER, will be presenting his ongong research The Legacy of Conflict: Aggregate Evidence from Sierra Leone at the 10th European Meeting of the Urban Economics Association on 30 April 2021, 2pm CEST. His paper...

Fri, 30 April 2021
Online, Denmark
Past event
Seminar
Bruno Martorano on protests and social mobilization during the COVID-19 pandemic
Tue, 27 April 2021
Past event
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