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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MOOC: Industrial policy for the 21st century – the challenge for Africa
9 September 2019 – 14 October 2019
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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.

7 December 2018 – 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...

30 November 2018
University of Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Past event
Lecture
John Page on industries without smokestacks
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...

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
29 October 2018
Department for International Development, 22 Whitehall, Westminster, London, United Kingdom
Past event
Seminar
John Page on Industrialization in Africa
12 September 2018
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6A, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Project workshop
Authors' workshop - Natural resources, structural change and industrial development in Africa
24 May 2018 – 25 May 2018
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6B, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Workshop
Authors' workshop: The Practice of Industrial Policy: Lessons for Africa
9 March 2015 – 10 March 2015
Scandic Grand Marina, Katajanokanlaituri 7, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Project meeting
Good aid in hard places: Learning from what has worked in fragile contexts

Governance & Fragility Governance has become a major concern for both donors and aid recipient countries since the late 1980s. Very poor quality governance is also one of the defining characteristics of state fragility, and social unrest and violence...

12 December 2013 – 13 December 2013
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Project meeting
Aid and institution-building in fragile states: Lessons from comparative cases

Governance & Fragility Governance has become a major concern for both donors and aid recipient countries since the late 1980s. Very poor quality governance is also one of the defining characteristics of state fragility, and social unrest and violence...

15 November 2013 – 16 November 2013
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Seminar
Fragility and aid - What works?

A better understanding of what works – and what does not work – in fragile contexts is central to the success of international development efforts. As the 'Report of the High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda'...

25 October 2013
The Permanent Mission of Germany to the UN, 871 United Nations Plaza, New York, United States
Past event
Seminar
Urban Governance and Service Delivery in Africa - The Role of National Policies, Institutions, and Politics

UNU-WIDER jointly hosted a networking event with the African Centre for Cities on 'Urban Governance and Service Delivery in Africa: The Role of National Policies, Institutions, and Politics'

5 September 2012
World Urban Forum 6, Mostra d' Oltremare, Naples, Italy
Past event
Seminar
Donors, democracy and development - Unraveling the impact of aid in Africa

The aims of the seminar were twofold. First, the preliminary findings from an 18-month project at UNU-WIDER, which has looked at whether and how foreign aid has impacted Africa’s democratic trajectory, were presented. This research already has been...

8 June 2012
Accra, Ghana
Past event
Seminar
Urban Governance and Service Delivery in Africa

This seminar emphasized the role of governance structures and institutions for addressing these opportunities and constraints.

5 June 2012
African Centre for Cities at the University of Cape Town, Capte Town, South Africa
Past event
Seminar
Foreign aid and democracy in Africa

Impact of foreign aid on the democratic trajectories of developing countries in sub-Saharan Africa.

17 May 2012
Overseas Development Institute, 111 Westminster Bridge Road, London, United Kingdom
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