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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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Image: Imani Nsamila / UNU-WIDER UNU-WIDER DRM research presented at the 8th Annual Congress of the African Tax Research Network
29 August 2023 – 31 August 2023
Johari Rotana Hotel, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Webinar
Tax effort revisited: How much tax can low-income countries expect to collect?
13 September 2022
Online, Finland
Past event
Lecture
Abrams M.E. Tagem delivers lecture at the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies

On Friday, 13 May 2022 9:00-10:30 (UTC+2), Abrams M.E. Tagem will deliver a lecture at the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies. The lecture, entitled "The Government Revenue Dataset," will be attended by audience is mostly...

13 May 2022
Online, Vienna, Austria
Past event
Project workshop
Workshop: Data for tax revenue mobilisation
28 April 2022
Online, Helsinki , Finland
Past event
Presentation
UNU-WIDER at the International Economics Association World Congress 2017

This year the International Economic Association held its World Conference in Mexico City. The five day event, held from 19th to 23rd of June, featured a huge variety of sessions on many of the key economic issues of the day, as well as keynotes by...

19 June 2017 – 23 June 2017
Camino Real Hotel, Mariano Escobedo 700, Mexico City, Mexico
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Project workshop
Towards gender equity in development
3 February 2017 – 4 February 2017
University of Namur, Faculty of Economics, Social Sciences and Business Administration, Rempart de la Vierge 8, Namur, Belgium
Past event
Project workshop
Contemporary issues in gender and development
25 October 2016 – 26 October 2016
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Project workshop
Gender and development

This project workshop, organized by UNU-WIDER and University of Namur, brings together researchers to discuss joint work on gender and development. The workshop will be held in Helsinki on 4 – 5 October 2016.

4 October 2016 – 5 October 2016
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
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Project workshop
Gender and Development workshop
11 November 2015 – 12 November 2015
Faculty of Economics, University of Namur, Rempart de la Vierge 8, Namur, Belgium
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Project meeting
Kick-off meeting – Gender and Development project
6 May 2015 – 7 May 2015
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6 b, Helsinki, Finland
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