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.

Fri, 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...

Wed, 28 September 2022
Online, Germany
Past event
Seminar
Ashwini Deshpande and Janneke Pieters on women’s work
Tue, 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.

Wed, 1 September 2021 – Fri, 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.

Fri, 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...

Wed, 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...

Fri, 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
Tue, 15 December 2020
Past event
Project workshop
Women's work – Routes to social and economic empowerment
Thu, 19 November 2020 – Thu, 3 December 2020
Virtual, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Workshop
World Bank webinar on women’s work with Maria C. Lo Bue
Mon, 20 January 2020
Past event
Lecture
MOOC: Industrial policy for the 21st century – the challenge for Africa
Mon, 9 September 2019 – Mon, 14 October 2019
Past event
Project workshop
Women’s work
Fri, 22 February 2019
University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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
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
Seminar
John Page on Industrialization in Africa
Wed, 12 September 2018
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6A, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Project workshop
Authors' workshop - Natural resources, structural change and industrial development in Africa
Thu, 24 May 2018 – Fri, 25 May 2018
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6B, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
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 2017 – Sun, 20 August 2017
Shangri-La Hotel, Guangzhou, China
Past event
Presentation
Inclusion and Transformation: Examples of WIDER Research
Mon, 23 November 2015
USAID, Washington, DC, United States
Past event
Workshop
Authors' workshop: The Practice of Industrial Policy: Lessons for Africa
Mon, 9 March 2015 – Tue, 10 March 2015
Scandic Grand Marina, Katajanokanlaituri 7, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
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 2013 – Sat, 21 September 2013
Scandic Marina Congress Center, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
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 2013 – Fri, 5 April 2013
TIPS, 227 Lange St, Pretoria, South Africa
Past event
Project meeting
Growth and Poverty Project (GAPP). Second authors' meeting.

The second project meeting of the research programme called Reconciling Africa’s Growth, Poverty and Inequality Trends': Growth and Poverty Project (GAPP). The GAPP brings together researchers from leading African and international universities and...

Mon, 28 January 2013 – Wed, 30 January 2013
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Project meeting
Growth and Poverty Project (GAPP). Lead Authors' meeting

UNU-WIDER will launch a new two-year research programme called Reconciling Africa’s Growth, Poverty and Inequality Trends': Growth and Poverty Project (GAPP). The GAPP will bring together researchers from leading African and international...

Fri, 2 March 2012 – Sat, 3 March 2012
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
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