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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UNU-WIDER at the American Economic Association's Annual Meeting

Research from the Women's work – routes to economic and social empowerment project is presented at one of the largest annual gatherings of leading economists in the world.

6 January 2023
New Orleans Marriot, Preservation Hall Studio, 555 Canal St, New Orleans, United States
Past event
Presentation
Nanak Kakwani’s legacy on the study of income inequality, poverty, and tax progressivity - Launch of the Special Issue of the Journal of Income Distribution

The Journal of Income Distribution has annouced a special issue in honor of Professor Nanak Kakwani’s contribution to the study of income inequality, poverty and tax progressivity. Professor Nanak Kakwani made important contributions at the...

28 September 2022
Online, Germany
Past event
Seminar
Ashwini Deshpande and Janneke Pieters on women’s work
8 March 2022
Online, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Conference
Better Jobs for Development 2021

The 5th annual Jobs and Development conference takes place online 1-3 September.

1 September 2021 – 3 September 2021
Online, Warsaw,
Past event
Presentation
Panel on the ‘Structure and drivers of the quantity and quality of women’s work in Latin America’ at the 29th Annual International Association for Feminist Economics

The UNU-WIDER project on ‘Women’s work — routes to economic and social empowerment’ presents at the 29th IAFFE Annual Conference, held virtually between 22 – 25 June 2021.

25 June 2021
Online, Finland
Past event
Presentation
Eva-Maria Egger to present evidence on reducing employment gender gaps in low- and middle-income countries

Eva-Maria Egger will present evidence on reducing employment gender gaps in low- and middle-income countries at a virtual brown-bag seminar hosted by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Malawi on Wednesday 19 May 2021. The...

19 May 2021
Past event
Seminar
Kunal Sen at WEDGE/EMERGE "Interrogating Gender" Seminar

Kunal Sen speaks at the WEDGE and EMERGE programme's first web-based discussion on gender equality and data. The discussion explores what we measure in labor force surveys, what we do not count, and how decisions regarding measurement shape policy...

22 January 2021
Online, United States
Past event
Seminar
UNU-WIDER researchers present research on maternal employment and children's outcomes at World Bank seminar
15 December 2020
Past event
Project workshop
Women's work – Routes to social and economic empowerment
19 November 2020 – 3 December 2020
Virtual, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Workshop
World Bank webinar on women’s work with Maria C. Lo Bue
20 January 2020
Past event
Project workshop
Women’s work
22 February 2019
University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
Past event
Project workshop
Waves of VARHS data

Researchers will meet in Helsinki on 15-16 February 2018 to discuss their work arising from a recent UNU-WIDER call for papers for detailed economic analysis of the Viet Nam Access to Rural Households Survey (VARHS) dataset. The meeting provides a...

13 February 2018
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6B, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Project workshop
Project workshop - Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises in Viet Nam

Researchers and policy makers met in Hanoi on 7-8 November 2017 to discuss ongoing work on micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises based on the latest data available from the Viet Nam SME survey. With a significant share of the country’s labour...

7 November 2017 – 8 November 2017
Center for Economic Management (CIEM), 68 Phan Đinh Phung - Ba Dinh, Hanoi, Vietnam
Past event
Policy seminar
Policy Seminar - Launch of the report 'Characteristics of the Vietnamese rural economy: Evidence from a 2016 rural household survey in 12 provinces of Viet Nam'
7 November 2017
Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM), 68 Phan Dinh Phung Str., Hanoi, Vietnam
Past event
Presentation
UNU-WIDER at the International Economics Association World Congress 2017

This year the International Economic Association held its World Conference in Mexico City. The five day event, held from 19th to 23rd of June, featured a huge variety of sessions on many of the key economic issues of the day, as well as keynotes by...

19 June 2017 – 23 June 2017
Camino Real Hotel, Mariano Escobedo 700, Mexico City, Mexico
Past event
Project meeting
Consultation on VARHS 2016 findings
4 May 2017
Main Hall, Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM), 68 Phan Dinh Phung Str., Ba Dinh, Hanoi, Vietnam
Past event
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