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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 shares research results at Aarhus University workshop on Inequality, Democracy, and Development

UNU-WIDER Senior Research Fellow Rachel M. Gisselquist presents at the workshop on Inequality, Democracy, and Development organized by the Aarhus University Department of Political Science. Her presentation is of UNU-WIDER's new Affirmative Action...

Thu, 25 May 2023Fri, 26 May 2023
Aarhus University Department of Political Science, Nordre Ringgade 1, Aarhus, Denmark
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Workshop
The measurement and elimination of global poverty and inequalities

UNU-WIDER is represented at the Workshop on promoting and protecting economic, social, and cultural rights within the context of addressing inequalities in the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic 6–8 February by senior research fellow Rachel M...

Tue, 7 February 2023
Tempus, Palais de Nations, Geneva. Online, Geneva, Switzerland
Past event
Project workshop
Addressing group-based inequalities work in progress workshop

The UNU-WIDER project Addressing group-based inequalities holds a virtual workshop to discuss research on 'Experiences of Reform', the component of the project which offers a comparative assessment of worldwide efforts to reduce group-based...

Wed, 15 December 2021
Online, Finland
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Panel discussion
Rachel Gisselquist speaks at panel on ‘Human insecurity as a threat to human development’ at the UNDP Virtual Human Development Symposium

The United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) Office of the Human Development Report will host a virtual symposium over four days from 8-11 June on ‘A New Generation of Human Security’. Through a series of keynote addresses and panel discussions...

Thu, 10 June 2021
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Presentation
Regional identity and intergenerational resource conflict — Evidence from Guinea presented at Umea University

Dr Klarizze Puzon will present preliminary findings from a forthcoming WIDER working paper on 'Regional identity and intergenerational resource conflict — Evidence from Guinea' at a seminar organized by the Umea University School of Business and...

Wed, 2 June 2021
Umea University School of Business and Economics, Sweden
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Seminar
Who is being left behind? Closing the horizontal inequality gap

On Monday 17 May Rachel Gisselquist will join the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) Seminar Series as discussant in their event on closing the horizontal inequality gap. Find more UNU-WIDER research on horizontal ineqality here...

Mon, 17 May 2021
Online, United Kingdom
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Presentation
Regional identity and intergenerational resource conflict — Evidence from Guinea presented at PCED

Dr. Klarizze Puzon will present preliminary findings from a forthcoming working paper on 'Regional identity and intergenerational resource conflict — Evidence from Guinea' to an audience at the Philippines Center for Economic Development and the...

Thu, 15 April 2021
University of the Philippines Department of Economics, Philippines
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Presentation
Rachel Gisselquist speaks at the International Studies Association Annual Conference

Rachel M. Gisselquist will present in two sessions at the International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Conference held online. The first session will share new research with Andrea Vaccaro from the State and statebuilding in the Global South –...

Thu, 8 April 2021
Online, United States
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Presentation
Rachel Gisselquist will speak at 'Leave no one behind: moving the agenda forward'

Rachel Gisselquist has been invited to speak on a panel at 'Leave no one behind: moving the agenda forward', an online event hosted by the Overseas Development Institute. Register for the event through ODI here. Details Chair Gonzalo Hernández Licona...

Thu, 21 January 2021
Past event
Policy seminar
Political economy of ethnic inequalities and exclusion: Implications for development policy

The Chief Economist Team at the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) will host a policy seminar with UNU-WIDER Senior Research Fellow Rachel Gisselquist as a part of the SIDA Evidence for Action Seminar Series. The seminar...

Thu, 6 February 2020
SIDA headquarters, Valhallavägen 199, Stockholm, Sweden
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Panel discussion
Launch of the UNDP Human Development Report 2019
Fri, 13 December 2019
Think Corner / Tiedekulma, Yliopistonkatu 4, Helsinki, Finland
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Seminar
Ravi Pendakur on the impact of federal modern agreements on income inequality in Indigenous communities

Ravi Pendakur will present at the WIDER Seminar Series on 8 November 2019. Abstract - The impact of federal modern agreements on income inequality in Indigenous communities In Canada, modern agreements allow Indigenous groups to govern their internal...

Fri, 8 November 2019
Marina Congress Center - Baltica Meeting Room, Katajanokanlaituri 6 , Helsinki, Finland
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Lecture
MOOC: Industrial policy for the 21st century – the challenge for Africa
Mon, 9 September 2019Mon, 14 October 2019
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Workshop
UNU-WIDER and the United Nations Department for Economic and Social Affairs workshop on inequality

On 6 May 2019, UNU-WIDER will partner with the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) in organizing a workshop on inequality. The workshop will provide an opportunity to present and discuss some of the lessons learned in...

Mon, 6 May 2019
United Nations Headquarters, 46th St & 1st Ave, New York, United States
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Seminar
Rachel Gisselquist presents in an expert group meeting on inequality

UNU-WIDER Senior Research Fellow Rachel Gisselquist will give a presentation at an expert group meeting ‘Reducing Inequalities: SDG 10 Progress and Prospects’, organized by the World Bank and UN DESA in Geneva 2-3 April. The event will look at...

Tue, 2 April 2019Wed, 3 April 2019
International Conference Centre Geneva (CICG), Geneva, Switzerland
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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 2018Sat, 8 December 2018
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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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
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Lecture
John Page on industries without smokestacks
Mon, 19 November 2018
United Nations Headquarters , New York, United States
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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
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Lecture
John Page on growth, structural change and industry
Mon, 29 October 2018
Department for International Development, 22 Whitehall, Westminster, London, United Kingdom
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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 2018Fri, 25 May 2018
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6B, Helsinki, Finland
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Workshop
Authors' workshop: The Practice of Industrial Policy: Lessons for Africa
Mon, 9 March 2015Tue, 10 March 2015
Scandic Grand Marina, Katajanokanlaituri 7, Helsinki, Finland
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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...

Thu, 12 December 2013Fri, 13 December 2013
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
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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...

Fri, 15 November 2013Sat, 16 November 2013
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
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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'...

Fri, 25 October 2013
The Permanent Mission of Germany to the UN, 871 United Nations Plaza, New York, United States
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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'

Wed, 5 September 2012
World Urban Forum 6, Mostra d' Oltremare, Naples, Italy
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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...

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

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

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

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

Thu, 17 May 2012
Overseas Development Institute, 111 Westminster Bridge Road, London, United Kingdom
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Results meeting
ReCom: Democracy & Fragility

ReCom - Research and Communication on Foreign Aid programme was launched in early 2011 by the Danish International Development Agency (Danida) and the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida). Key partners of this initiative include the United...

Thu, 10 May 2012
Sida, Valhallavägen 199, Stockholm, Sweden
Past event
Lecture
Foreign Aid and Domestic Politics in Recipient Countries

How do foreign aid flows from countries belonging to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) influence domestic politics in recipient countries? In addressing this question, this lecture focuses specifically on the influence...

Thu, 10 May 2012
Stockholm University, Universitetsvägen 10, Stockholm, Sweden
Past event
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