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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WIDER Seminar Series

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UNU-WIDER shares latest DRM research at the IIPF 2022 Conference
Wed, 10 August 2022 – Fri, 12 August 2022
University of Linz, Linz, Austria
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Presentation
ECUAMOD model presented in Quito
Wed, 11 December 2019 – Fri, 13 December 2019
The Department of Quantitative Economics of the Faculty of Science of the National Polytechnic School, Av. Ladrón de Guevara 253, Quito, Ecuador
Past event
Presentation
SOUTHMOD model presented in Turin
Mon, 21 October 2019 – Fri, 1 November 2019
International Training Centre of the ILO, Viale Maestri del Lavoro, 10, Turin, Italy
Past event
Lecture
MOOC: Industrial policy for the 21st century – the challenge for Africa
Mon, 9 September 2019 – Mon, 14 October 2019
Past event
Policy seminar
Presentation of MOZMOD – a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Mozambique
Wed, 3 July 2019
Ministry of Economic and Finance, Julius Nyerere Avenue, Maputo, Mozambique
Past event
Policy seminar
Launch of UGAMOD - a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Uganda
Wed, 10 April 2019
Kampala, Uganda
Past event
Presentation
Finn Tarp delivers keynote at the Annual Congress of the Economic Society of Tanzania

Professor Finn Tarp, Director of UNU-WIDER will give a keynote presentation at the Annual Congress of the Economic Society of Tanzania, which will be held in Dar es Salaam on 7-8 December 2018.

Fri, 7 December 2018 – Sat, 8 December 2018
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Past event
Lecture
John Page on natural resources and industrialization

On 30 November, John Page will give a presentation on natural resources and industrialization at an event co-organized by UONGOZI and UNU-WIDER at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. This event is part of a series of lectures delivered by...

Fri, 30 November 2018
University of Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Past event
Lecture
John Page on industries without smokestacks
Mon, 19 November 2018
United Nations Headquarters , New York, United States
Past event
Presentation
Jukka Pirttilä presents at microsimulation seminar in Helsinki

Professor Jukka Pirttilä, UNU-WIDER Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow, presented at a microsimulation seminar organized by the Ministry of Finance of Finland on 31 October 2018. The goal of the seminar was to discuss the recent research done by...

Wed, 31 October 2018
Säätytalo, Snellmaninkatu 9-11, Helsinki, Finland
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Lecture
John Page on the drivers of industrial location

On 30 October, John Page gives a presentation on the drivers of industrial location at the London School of Economics. This event is part of a series of lectures delivered by Brookings Institution Senior Fellow and UNU-WIDER Non-Resident Senior...

Tue, 30 October 2018
London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton St, London, United Kingdom
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
Policy seminar
Launch of MicroZAMOD - a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Zambia

This event will introduce policy makers, researchers, and practitioners to MicroZAMOD, a new tax-benefit microsimulation programme which has been developed under the UNU-WIDER SOUTHMOD project, in collaboration with Zambia Institute for Policy...

Tue, 21 November 2017
Lusaka, Zambia
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Policy seminar
Launch of VNMOD - a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Viet Nam

This event will introduce policy makers, researchers, and practitioners to VNMOD, a new tax-benefit microsimulation programme, which has been developed under the UNU-WIDER SOUTHMOD project, in collaboration with Hanoi-based Central Institute of...

Mon, 13 November 2017
Central Institute of Economic Management, Hanoi, Vietnam
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Presentation
Tax capacity in developing countries and development finance institutions

The development of international tax regulation and tax avoidance are important topics in the contemporary development debate. On the morning of 1 September around 25 people including staff members from FINNFUND, representatives from civil society...

Fri, 1 September 2017
Finnfund, Uudenmaa Katu , Helsinki, Finland
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Policy seminar
Launch of ETMOD - a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Ethiopia
Tue, 11 July 2017
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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