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
Mon, 9 September 2019 – Mon, 14 October 2019
Past event
Lecture
John Page on industrial policy
Tue, 4 December 2018
African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), Nairobi, Kenya
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 growth, structural change and industry
Mon, 29 October 2018
Department for International Development, 22 Whitehall, Westminster, London, United Kingdom
Past event
Lecture
Industrial policy and structural transformation of Uganda – Lecture series: Beyond Manufacturing: Structural Change in Africa Reconsidered, by John Page
Fri, 21 September 2018
ESAMI Amphitheatre, Bombo Road, Kampala, Uganda
Past event
Presentation
John Page presents at Transforming Rwanda: Industrial policy for the next decade
Mon, 17 September 2018 – Tue, 18 September 2018
Kigali Convention Centre, Kigali, Rwanda
Past event
Project workshop
Towards gender equity in development
Fri, 3 February 2017 – Sat, 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
Tue, 25 October 2016 – Wed, 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.

Tue, 4 October 2016 – Wed, 5 October 2016
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Project meeting
Industries without smokestacks

This project workshop on industries without smokestacks brings together researchers to discuss joint work on the industry sector and structural transformation in Africa. The workshop was held in Helsinki on 19-20 July 2016.

Tue, 19 July 2016 – Wed, 20 July 2016
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Project workshop
Gender and Development workshop
Wed, 11 November 2015 – Thu, 12 November 2015
Faculty of Economics, University of Namur, Rempart de la Vierge 8, Namur, Belgium
Past event
Project meeting
Kick-off meeting – Gender and Development project
Wed, 6 May 2015 – Thu, 7 May 2015
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6 b, 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...

Thu, 12 December 2013 – Fri, 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...

Fri, 15 November 2013 – Sat, 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'...

Fri, 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'

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