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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Sixth steering committee meeting of the Myanmar Enterprise Monitoring System (MEMS)
Tue, 17 September 2019
Central Statistical Organization (CSO) , Naypyidaw, Myanmar (Burma)
Past event
Policy seminar
Presentation of MOZMOD – a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Mozambique
Wed, 3 July 2019
Ministry of Economic and Finance, Julius Nyerere Avenue, Maputo, Mozambique
Past event
Policy seminar
Launch of UGAMOD - a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Uganda
Wed, 10 April 2019
Kampala, Uganda
Past event
Project meeting
Fifth Steering Committee Meeting of the Myanmar Enterprise Monitoring System (MEMS)

The fifth Steering Committee Meeting on Myanmar Enterprise Monitoring System (MEMS) took place on 26 March at the Central Statistical Organization (CSO) Office, Naypyidaw, Myanmar. The meeting is part of the on-going project 'Towards inclusive...

Tue, 26 March 2019
Central Statistical Organization (CSO) Office, Naypyitaw, Myanmar (Burma)
Past event
Project meeting
Agreement to develop a Social Accounting Matrix signed in Myanmar
Tue, 28 August 2018
Central Statistical Organization (CSO) Office, Naypyidaw, Myanmar (Burma)
Past event
Project meeting
Fourth Steering Committee Meeting of the Myanmar Enterprise Monitoring System (MEMS)

On 28 August, the Steering Committee meeting for the Towards inclusive development in Myanmar project met for the fourth time at the Central Statistical Organization (CSO) Office, Naypyidaw, Myanmar.

Tue, 28 August 2018
Central Statistical Organization (CSO) Office, Naypyidaw, Myanmar (Burma)
Past event
Project meeting
Third Steering Committee Meeting of the Myanmar Enterprise Monitoring System (MEMS)

On 14 March the third Steering Committee meeting for the Towards inclusive development in Myanmar project takes place at the Central Statistical Organization (CSO) Office, Naypyidaw, Myanmar.

Wed, 14 March 2018
Central Statistical Organization (CSO) Office, Naypyidaw, Myanmar (Burma)
Past event
Project meeting
Myanmar Enterprise Monitoring System (MEMS) - Stakeholder consultation on the first draft report

A stakeholder consultation with national and international policy makers for the first draft of the Myanmar Enterprise Monitoring System (MEMS) report takes place at Central Statistical Organization (CSO) Office, Naypyidaw, Myanmar on 14 March 2018.

Wed, 14 March 2018
Central Statistical Organization (CSO) , Naypyidaw, Myanmar (Burma)
Past event
Policy seminar
Launch of MicroZAMOD - a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Zambia

This event will introduce policy makers, researchers, and practitioners to MicroZAMOD, a new tax-benefit microsimulation programme which has been developed under the UNU-WIDER SOUTHMOD project, in collaboration with Zambia Institute for Policy...

Tue, 21 November 2017
Lusaka, Zambia
Past event
Policy seminar
Launch of VNMOD - a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Viet Nam

This event will introduce policy makers, researchers, and practitioners to VNMOD, a new tax-benefit microsimulation programme, which has been developed under the UNU-WIDER SOUTHMOD project, in collaboration with Hanoi-based Central Institute of...

Mon, 13 November 2017
Central Institute of Economic Management, Hanoi, Vietnam
Past event
Project meeting
Myanmar Enterprise Monitoring System (MEMS) – 2nd Steering Committee meeting
Thu, 28 September 2017
Central Statistical Organization (CSO), Naypyidaw, Myanmar (Burma)
Past event
Policy seminar
Launch of ETMOD - a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Ethiopia
Tue, 11 July 2017
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Past event
Policy seminar
Launch of GHAMOD - a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Ghana

This event will introduce policy makers, researchers, and practitioners to GHAMOD, a new tax-benefit microsimulation programme, which has been developed under the UNU-WIDER SOUTHMOD project, in collaboration with ISSER, University of Tampere, and...

Wed, 17 May 2017
Conference Centre and Library, University of Ghana at Legon, Accra, Ghana
Past event
Policy seminar
Food price policy in an era of market instability - a political economy analysis
Wed, 4 March 2015
India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, India
Past event
Project meeting
Political economy of food price policy

This was the third and final meeting of participants in the Political Economy of Food Price Policy project, which is jointly led by UNU-WIDER, Cornell University, and the University of Copenhagen and partially supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates...

Tue, 10 July 2012 – Thu, 12 July 2012
Institute of Food and Resource Economics (FOI) at University of Copenhagen, Nørregade 10, Copenhagen, Denmark
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