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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Miguel Nino-Zarazua and Rachel Gisselquist presenting to Finland's Development Policy Committee

Miguel Niño-Zarazúa, Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER, and Rachel M. Gisselquist, Senior Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER are presenting to the Development Policy Committee of Finland on 2 September 2021 at 14:00 (UTC+3). The subject of...

Thu, 2 September 2021
Online, Finland
Past event
Project workshop
Clientelist politics and economic development
Thu, 15 October 2020Fri, 16 October 2020
Virtual, Helsinki , Finland
Past event
Panel discussion
Clientelist politics and development panel at APSA 2020 annual meeting

On 10 September UNU-WIDER will be participating in a panel at the 2020 APSA Virtual Annual Meeting & Exhibition, on the topic of Clientelist Politics and Development. The panel, chaired by UNU-WIDER's Senior Research Fellow Rachel M. Gisselquist...

Thu, 10 September 2020
Past event
Lecture
MOOC: Industrial policy for the 21st century – the challenge for Africa
Mon, 9 September 2019Mon, 14 October 2019
Past event
Project workshop
Clientelistic politics and economic development
Fri, 1 March 2019
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Presentation
Ministry for Foreign Affairs hosts farewell lecture by Finn Tarp
Mon, 17 December 2018
Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, Arppeanum Auditorio Snellmanninkatu 3-5, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Presentation
Finn Tarp presents at the inauguration of the Institute of New Structural Economics at Peking University
Thu, 13 December 2018Sat, 15 December 2018
Peking University, Beijing, China
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 2018Sat, 8 December 2018
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Past event
Seminar
Rachel Gisselquist delivers keynote address at Academy of Finland Seminar

On 26 November 2018 Rachel Gisselquist presents a keynote address on development research for impact, at an event hosted by the Academy of Finland. The event, Research to Make Impact!, will launch the Academy Programme for development research, a...

Mon, 26 November 2018
Academy of Finland, Helsinki, Finland
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
Presentation
Finn Tarp presents at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs Finland

On 27 September 2018 UNU-WIDER Director Finn Tarp will give a presentation on development and poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Unit for Development Finance and Private Sector Cooperation.

Thu, 27 September 2018
Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Policy seminar
Industrialization in Africa
Mon, 13 March 2017Tue, 14 March 2017
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
Past event
Conference
Growth and development policy – new data, new approaches, and new evidence

Economies in the southern Africa region face thorny challenges when it comes to the transformation of their economies, job creation, and the need to share the benefits of growth. For the past three years, more than 100 researchers have engaged in a...

Wed, 30 November 2016Thu, 1 December 2016
Protea Hotel Fire & Ice!, 213 Thys Street, Pretoria Menlyn, South Africa
Past event
Conference
TIPS Annual Forum 2016 - Industrialisation and the Mining Economy
Tue, 14 June 2016Wed, 15 June 2016
School of Tourism and Hospitality, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park Bunting Road Campus, Bunting Road, Johannesburg, South Africa
Past event
Lecture
A new analytical frontier: firm-level analysis using SARS administrative record data

The lecture introduced and described South African Revenue Service (SARS) tax administrative record data based on company and individual records. An important element of economic growth and transformation relates to the characteristics, determinants...

Mon, 6 June 2016
Wits Business School, 2 St David’s Place, Johannesburg, South Africa
Past event
Workshop
Technical workshop on measurement of productivity

The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) hosted a small technical workshop on the measurement of productivity on 6 June in Pretoria, South Africa.

Mon, 6 June 2016
South African Reserve Bank, 370 Helen Joseph Street , Pretoria, South Africa
Past event
Policy seminar
Policy seminar - ‘Made in Africa: Learning to Compete in Industry’

UNU-WIDER and Trinity College Dublin co-organize a policy seminar on the new book ‘Made in Africa: Learning to Compete in Industry’, on Africa Day, 25 May 2016, at Trinity College, Dublin. The launch brings together development experts, academics...

Wed, 25 May 2016
TriSS seminar room, 6th floor, Arts building, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
Past event
Lecture
Global oil markets: Current developments and future prospects
Tue, 26 April 2016
Wits Business School, 2 St David's Place, Johannesburg, South Africa
Past event
Policy workshop
Energy issues and implications for macrostability

This policy workshop on 'Energy issues and implications for macrostability' is organized by UNU-WIDER together with the National Treasury of South Africa, the South African Reserve Bank, and the National Planning Commission on 22 April 2016 in...

Fri, 22 April 2016
South African Reserve Bank, Pretoria, South Africa
Past event
Seminar
Made in Africa: Learning to compete in industry - Book launch and panel discussion
Tue, 12 April 2016
The Brookings Institution, Falk Auditorium, 1775 Massachusetts Ave, Washington, DC, United States
Past event
Presentation
Presentation to the Finnish Development Policy Committee

Members of Finland’s Development Policy Committee visited UNU-WIDER on 15 March 2016.

Tue, 15 March 2016
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Project meeting
Biofuel growth opportunities in Southern Africa

UNU-WIDER and The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) co-organized a project coordination meeting on the Biofuel growth opportunities in Southern Africa project on 22 January 2016 in Pretoria. The aim was for the researchers...

Fri, 22 January 2016
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Meiring Naude Rd, Pretoria, South Africa
Past event
Policy seminar
Firm level analysis
Thu, 21 January 2016
Linton House, Pretoria, South Africa
Past event
Presentation
Inclusion and Transformation: Examples of WIDER Research
Mon, 23 November 2015
USAID, Washington, DC, United States
Past event
Policy seminar
Policy symposium: South Africa in Africa
Tue, 6 October 2015
Development Bank of Southern Africa, Midrand, South Africa
Past event
Seminar
Oxford Companion to the Economics of South Africa
Tue, 11 August 2015
Sheraton Hotel , 643 Cnr Stanza Bopape/Wessels St Arcadia, Pretoria, South Africa
Past event
Conference
TIPS Annual Forum 2015 - Regional Industrialization and Integration
Tue, 14 July 2015Wed, 15 July 2015
Wits Club, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Past event
Presentation
Lessons from ReCom in a post-2015 perspective

ReCom (Research and Communication on Foreign Aid) occupied a key role in UNU-WIDER’s 2010-13 work programme addressing the triple crisis: Finance, Food and Climate Change. Some 240 ReCom studies were prepared during a period of 3-years by around 300...

Wed, 8 October 2014
SIDA, Valhallavägen 199, Stockholm, Sweden
Past event
Panel discussion
Global Development Network 15th Annual Development Conference: Structural Transformation in Africa and Beyond

UNU-WIDER Special Session: Thursday 19 June, 2014, 16:00-17:30 Lessons from UNU-WIDER research: Research and Communication on Foreign Aid; Development Under Climate Change; and Learning to Compete

Thu, 19 June 2014
International Conference Centre, Castle Rd, Accra, Ghana
Past event
Presentation
Does development aid work?

Presentation to the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Finnish Parliament on Aid Effectiveness. See slides here.

Mon, 5 May 2014
Parliament house, Mannerheimintie 30, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Presentation
Group visit by students from University of Tampere

Group visit by students of University of Tampere, Finland, for briefing on UNU-WIDER's mandate and research, particularly ongoing research work within the project on Foreign Aid: Research and Communications.

Tue, 1 April 2014
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
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