The world at crossroads – securing the future generations

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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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Deepak Nayyar lecture at LSE on Resurgent Asia

The lecture will analyse the phenomenal transformation of Asia, which would have been difficult to imagine, let alone predict, fifty years ago. In doing so, it provides an analytical narrative of this remarkable story of economic development...

Wed, 4 March 2020
LSE Lecture Theatre, Centre Building, LSE, 1 Charing Cross, Westminster, London, United Kingdom
Past event
Lecture
Delhi School of Economics lecture on economic development in Asia, by Deepak Nayyar

On 14 January Professor Deepak Nayyar will attend the Delhi School of Economics to give a lecture on ‘Economic development in Asia: Learning from half a century of transformation’. The lecture draws from his recently published book, Resurgent Asia...

Tue, 14 January 2020
Department of Economics, Delhi School of Economics, Delhi, India
Past event
Panel discussion
Asian Transformations panel discussion at India International Centre

On 23 December, Professor Deepak Nayyar, editor of Asian Transformations, led a panel discussion on the recent publication at the India International Centre in New Delhi. The book, Asian Transformations: An Inquiry into the Development of Nations...

Mon, 23 December 2019
India International Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, India
Past event
Panel discussion
Oxford University Press hosts a conversation on Resurgent Asia

Over 250 people attended the launch of the new open access book Resurgent Asia at the Oxford University Press headquarters in New Delhi on 27 November. The event featured a presentation by author, Professor Deepak Nayyar, and was followed by an...

Wed, 27 November 2019
India International Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, India
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Seminar
Asia's remarkable transformation and rise: lessons for latecomers to, and laggards in, development

On 13 November, Professor Deepak Nayyar will deliver a lecture at the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) based on his newly released book, Resurgent Asia. Gunnar Myrdal published his magnum opus Asian Drama in 1968, to...

Thu, 14 November 2019
Sida , Valhallavägen 199 , Stockholm, Sweden
Past event
Lecture
Economic development in Asia: Learning from a half-century of transformations
Wed, 13 November 2019
IIES, A822, Universitetsvägen 10, 114 18 , Stockholm, Sweden
Past event
Lecture
MOOC: Industrial policy for the 21st century – the challenge for Africa
Mon, 9 September 2019 – Mon, 14 October 2019
Past event
Presentation
Finn Tarp presents at the inauguration of the Institute of New Structural Economics at Peking University
Thu, 13 December 2018 – Sat, 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 2018 – Sat, 8 December 2018
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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
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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
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
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Project workshop
Authors’ workshop on Asian Transformation

Authors for the Volume II of the book published under the Asian Transformations project meet in Shanghai, China on 29-30 June 2018 to discuss the book's chapters final drafts.

Fri, 29 June 2018 – Sat, 30 June 2018
Fudan University, 600 Guoquan Road, Shanghai, 200433, China
Past event
Presentation
Asian transformation – an inquiry into the development of nations
Mon, 16 April 2018
United Nations Headquarters, 405 East 42nd Street, New York 10017, United States
Past event
Project meeting
Authors meeting for Asian Transformation project

Authors for the Volume II of the book published under the Asian Transformations project meet in Hanoi, Vietnam on 9 – 10 March 2018 to discuss first drafts of the book’s chapters.

Fri, 9 March 2018 – Sat, 10 March 2018
Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM), Building D, 68 Phan Đinh Phung - Ba Dinh, Hanoi, Vietnam
Past event
Policy seminar
Industrialization in Africa
Mon, 13 March 2017 – Tue, 14 March 2017
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
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
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
Inclusion and Transformation: Examples of WIDER Research
Mon, 23 November 2015
USAID, Washington, DC, United States
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
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Conference
L2C – Learning to Compete: Industrial Development and Policy in Africa

The first of the two 2013 UNU-WIDER Development Conferences will be held on 24‑25 June in Helsinki, Finland. The conference titled ‘L2C – Learning to Compete: Industrial Development and Policy in Africa’ builds on the research from the collaborative...

Mon, 24 June 2013 – Tue, 25 June 2013
Scandic Marina Congress Center, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Project meeting
Learning to Compete

Project meeting: Learning to Compete. Please refer to the Research page for more information: Learning to Compete (L2C): Accelerating Industrial Development in Africa

Wed, 22 February 2012 – Thu, 23 February 2012
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Conference
Nordic Conference in Development Economics 2011 (NCDE11)

Contact person Christel Brink Hansen, University of Copenhagen Christel.Brink.Hansen@econ.ku.dk NCDE 2011 Conference Programme (52.68 kilobytes) The Development Economics Research Group (DERG) at the University of Copenhagen and the United Nations...

Mon, 20 June 2011 – Tue, 21 June 2011
University of Copenhagen, Nørregade 10, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Project meeting
Learning to Compete: Accelerating Industrial Development in Africa

Fri, 27 May 2011 – Sat, 28 May 2011
Nairobi, Kenya
Past event
Project meeting
Learning to Compete: Accelerating Industrial Development in Africa

Tue, 22 February 2011 – Wed, 23 February 2011
UNU-WIDER, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Seminar
Should Africa Industrialize?

The United Nations University Office at the United Nations is organizing a discussion as part of the UNU Worldwide In New York Series entitled 'Should Africa Industrialize?' presented by John Page, External Project Director at the UNU World Institute...

Thu, 17 February 2011
UN Headquarters, New York, United States
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