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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Inequality in China – Authors’ workshop

On 15 May 2018, authors from the ‘Inequality in the Giants’ project’s China component meet in Beijing to discuss draft research papers.

Tue, 15 May 2018
Beijing Normal University (BNU), Meeting room 3, Jing Shi Xue Tang, Beijing, China
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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...

Tue, 13 February 2018
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6B, Helsinki, Finland
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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...

Tue, 7 November 2017Wed, 8 November 2017
Center for Economic Management (CIEM), 68 Phan Đinh Phung - Ba Dinh, Hanoi, Vietnam
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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'
Tue, 7 November 2017
Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM), 68 Phan Dinh Phung Str., Hanoi, Vietnam
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Policy seminar
Engagement on strategies to overcome inequality in South Africa

While South Africa in many ways outperforms other African nations, rising inequality continues to act as a barrier to achieving economic transformation and equitable growth. This two-day event in Pretoria sets out to disseminate research on...

Thu, 1 June 2017Fri, 2 June 2017
Kievits Kroon Country Estate, Pretoria, South Africa
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Policy seminar
Growth, structural transformation, and rural change in Viet Nam

Policy makers, researchers, and students of development will gather on 4 May 2017 in Hanoi to discuss the new UNU-WIDER book, Growth, Structural Transformation, and Rural Change in Viet Nam: A Rising Dragon on the Move.

Thu, 4 May 2017
Main Hall, Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM), 68 Phan Dinh Phung Str., Ba Dinh, Hanoi, Vietnam
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Policy seminar
Launching the Viet Nam 2012 Social Accounting Matrix (SAM)
Wed, 16 November 2016
Conference room D, CIEM, 68, Phan Dinh Phung, Hanoi, Vietnam
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Policy seminar
Growth, Structural Transformation, and Rural Change in Vietnam: A Rising Dragon on the Move
Wed, 5 August 2015
Central Institute for Economic Management, Main Hall, 68 Phan Dinh Phung Str. Ba Dinh, Hanoi, Vietnam
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