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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African urbanization – bridging the gap to structural transformation

Urbanization has long been associated with structural transformation—the shift of workers from low-productivity sectors to high-productivity ones. This shift is crucial to fostering economic growth and reducing poverty. However, the story of African...

9 November 2023 – 10 November 2023
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
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Lecture
UNU-WIDER researchers deliver lecture on structural transformation to professionals from the African Development Bank

On 9 May 2023, Kunal Sen and Michael Danquah will give a lecture on structural transformation in sub-Saharan Africa as part of a training programme by the University of Bradford, UK. The content of the training draws from UNU-WIDER's African Cities...

9 May 2023
University of Bradford, Bradford, United Kingdom
Past event
Webinar
ACRC webinar: Understanding the economic power of Africa's cities
14 October 2022
Hybrid, Oxford Road, Manchester, United Kingdom
Past event
Panel discussion
Economic and political dynamics of Africa's emerging middle class

Economic and political dynamics of Africa's emerging middle class Robust economic growth in much of sub-Saharan Africa over the last decade is largely believed to have coincided with an expanding middle class. According to some estimates, the region...

23 June 2014 – 26 June 2014
Bonn, Germany
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Project meeting
Africa's Emerging Middle-Class as a side event at the African Studies Association Conference

Africa's Emerging Middles Class project meeting was held as a side event at the African Studies Association Conference.

23 November 2013
Baltimore, United States
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