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.

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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MOOC: Industrial policy for the 21st century – the challenge for Africa
Mon, 9 September 2019Mon, 14 October 2019
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Lecture
John Page on industries without smokestacks
Mon, 19 November 2018
United Nations Headquarters , New York, United States
Past event
Lecture
John Page on growth, structural change and industry
Mon, 29 October 2018
Department for International Development, 22 Whitehall, Westminster, London, United Kingdom
Past event
Presentation
John Page presents at Transforming Rwanda: Industrial policy for the next decade
Mon, 17 September 2018Tue, 18 September 2018
Kigali Convention Centre, Kigali, Rwanda
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Presentation
Finn Tarp at the IPP International Conference 2017

The IPP International Conference 2017, ‘Development and Poverty: China and the World’, will feature speakers and participants from the West, East Asia, South Asia, Latin America, and mainland China to discuss challenges faced by countries in their...

Sat, 19 August 2017Sun, 20 August 2017
Shangri-La Hotel, Guangzhou, China
Past event
Project workshop
Towards gender equity in development
Fri, 3 February 2017Sat, 4 February 2017
University of Namur, Faculty of Economics, Social Sciences and Business Administration, Rempart de la Vierge 8, Namur, Belgium
Past event
Project workshop
Contemporary issues in gender and development
Tue, 25 October 2016Wed, 26 October 2016
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Project workshop
Gender and development

This project workshop, organized by UNU-WIDER and University of Namur, brings together researchers to discuss joint work on gender and development. The workshop will be held in Helsinki on 4 – 5 October 2016.

Tue, 4 October 2016Wed, 5 October 2016
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Project meeting
Industries without smokestacks

This project workshop on industries without smokestacks brings together researchers to discuss joint work on the industry sector and structural transformation in Africa. The workshop was held in Helsinki on 19-20 July 2016.

Tue, 19 July 2016Wed, 20 July 2016
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Presentation
Inclusion and Transformation: Examples of WIDER Research
Mon, 23 November 2015
USAID, Washington, DC, United States
Past event
Project workshop
Gender and Development workshop
Wed, 11 November 2015Thu, 12 November 2015
Faculty of Economics, University of Namur, Rempart de la Vierge 8, Namur, Belgium
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Workshop
Workshop: 'The Political Economy of Clean Energy Transitions’

The two day workshop consists of a series of presentations and meetings in which the research teams discuss their work in progress.

Thu, 27 August 2015Wed, 28 October 2015
National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, United States
Past event
Project meeting
Kick-off meeting – Gender and Development project
Wed, 6 May 2015Thu, 7 May 2015
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6 b, Helsinki, Finland
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Conference
Inclusive Growth in Africa: Measurement, Causes, and Consequences

Rapid and sustained poverty reduction requires ‘inclusive growth’ that allows people to contribute to and benefit from the development process. Africa’s economic performance has improved considerably since the 1980s and early 1990s. Nevertheless...

Fri, 20 September 2013Sat, 21 September 2013
Scandic Marina Congress Center, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
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Workshop
Growth and Poverty Project (GAPP). Technical Workshop.

A GAPP Technical Workshop will be held at TIPS in Pretoria, South Africa, from 2 to 5 April 2013 and it will bring together a group of researchers working on understanding issues of growth, inequality, and poverty in a selected number of African...

Tue, 2 April 2013Fri, 5 April 2013
TIPS, 227 Lange St, Pretoria, South Africa
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