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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Panel discussion
A UNU-WIDER special panel on inequality — measurement, implications, and influencing change
28 February 2020
House of Science and Letters, Kirkkokatu 6, Helsinki, Finland
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Workshop
Research collaboration on Ugandan administrative tax data

UNU-WIDER organized a two-day work-in-progress workshop jointly with Uganda Revenue Authority (URA). The workshop was an internal meeting with collaborators contributing to research activities in Uganda related to increasing the use of the tax...

23 October 2019 – 24 October 2019
Uganda Revenue Authority premises, Plot M193/M194, Nakawa industrial area, Kampala, Uganda
Past event
Workshop
UNU-WIDER and the United Nations Department for Economic and Social Affairs workshop on inequality

On 6 May 2019, UNU-WIDER will partner with the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) in organizing a workshop on inequality. The workshop will provide an opportunity to present and discuss some of the lessons learned in...

6 May 2019
United Nations Headquarters, 46th St & 1st Ave, New York, United States
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Panel discussion
Open dialogue on inequality in the 21st century
29 March 2019
Ex-Press Bar, Third Floor of the General Assembly, United Nations Headquarters, 1st Avenue at 46th Street, New York, United States
Past event
Presentation
Measuring Inequality in the 21st Century

The Human Development Report Office, LIS, the Stone Center at the City University of New York (CUNY), UNU-WIDER and the World Inequality Lab will host a symposium on Measuring Inequality in the 21st Century. The 2-day event will be held 28-29 March...

28 March 2019 – 29 March 2019
United Nations Headquarters , New York, United States
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Project workshop
Work-in-progress workshop: Tax-benefit microsimulation analysis

UNU-WIDER is organizing a project workshop to discuss research papers currently being written on tax-benefit microsimulation analysis under the SOUTHMOD – simulating tax and benefit policies for development project.

14 June 2018
UNU-WIDER Library, Katajanokanlaituri 6B, Helsinki, Finland
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Project workshop
SOUTHMOD workshop 2018

Under the SOUTHMOD – simulating tax and benefit policies for development project UNU-WIDER is organizing a workshop for project contributors. The workshop is an opportunity for representatives of the country teams from Ecuador, Ethiopia, Ghana...

13 June 2018
UNU-WIDER Library, Katajanokanlaituri 6B, Helsinki, Finland
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Presentation
Understanding global and local inequalities: An EU - AFD initiative

The recently established Research Facility on Inequalities is funded by the European Commission under its Development Cooperation Instrument. The Research Facility on Inequalities is implemented by Agence Française de Développement (AFD). This new...

15 January 2018
Le Mistral, Nelson Mandela Auditorium, 3 Place Louis-Armand, 75012 Paris, France
Past event
Seminar
Tax and development - setting the agenda
1 November 2016
Sustainability room, UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6, Helsinki, Finland
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Project workshop
Training course for SOUTHMOD model building

UNU-WIDER arranged a training course on building tax-benefit microsimulation models for researchers and data experts engaged in the new SOUTHMOD - Simulating tax and benefit policies for development project that aims to build new microsimulation...

29 February 2016 – 4 March 2016
Kopanong Hotel and Conference Centre, 243 Glen Gory Road, Benoni, South Africa
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Policy workshop
Using tax administration data for research purposes

UNU-WIDER and International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD) organize a policy workshop on ‘Using tax administration data for research purposes’ in Addis Ababa, on 9 February 2016. The workshop brings together officials from tax authorities...

9 February 2016
Capital Hotel, Hailegebresilasse Avenue, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Project meeting
UNU-WIDER Symposium - The political economy of social protection in developing countries
8 February 2016 – 10 February 2016
Hilton Mexico City Reforma, Avenida Juárez 70, Cuauhtemoc, Centro, Mexico City, Mexico
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Seminar
Inequality - Trends worldwide and in India
22 January 2016
Juniper Hall at India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, Delhi, India
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Seminar
World Food Day seminar: Food security, social protection, and living soils
29 October 2015
University of Helsinki Main Building, room 12 (3rd floor), Fabianinkatu 33, Helsinki, Finland
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