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
9 September 2019 – 14 October 2019
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Presentation
Finn Tarp presents at the inauguration of the Institute of New Structural Economics at Peking University
13 December 2018 – 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.

7 December 2018 – 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...

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
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.

27 September 2018
Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Policy seminar
Industrialization in Africa
13 March 2017 – 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...

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
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
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

19 June 2014
International Conference Centre, Castle Rd, Accra, Ghana
Past event
Panel discussion
Foreign aid and democracy in Africa

This event will involve an in-depth analysis of how, when, and why foreign aid has either facilitated or undermined democratization in Africa. The panel discussion will be centred around the launch of the book entitled Democratic Trajectories in...

6 November 2013
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP), 1779 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC, United States
Past event
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...

24 June 2013 – 25 June 2013
Scandic Marina Congress Center, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Seminar
Donors, democracy and development - Unraveling the impact of aid in Africa

The aims of the seminar were twofold. First, the preliminary findings from an 18-month project at UNU-WIDER, which has looked at whether and how foreign aid has impacted Africa’s democratic trajectory, were presented. This research already has been...

8 June 2012
Accra, Ghana
Past event
Seminar
Foreign aid and democracy in Africa

Impact of foreign aid on the democratic trajectories of developing countries in sub-Saharan Africa.

17 May 2012
Overseas Development Institute, 111 Westminster Bridge Road, London, United Kingdom
Past event
Results meeting
ReCom: Democracy & Fragility

ReCom - Research and Communication on Foreign Aid programme was launched in early 2011 by the Danish International Development Agency (Danida) and the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida). Key partners of this initiative include the United...

10 May 2012
Sida, Valhallavägen 199, Stockholm, Sweden
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