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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Bangkok - Unsplash - Nick van den Berg The developer’s dilemma – discussion event with ESCAP
Tue, 26 September 2023
ESCAP, Theatre, UNCC, Rajadamnern Nok Avenue Khwaeng Bang Khun Phrom, Phra Nakhon, Bangkok, Thailand
Past event
Panel discussion
Unpacking the developer's dilemma – panel discussion at ISID
Fri, 24 February 2023
Vasant Kunj Institutional Area, New Delhi, India
Past event
Panel discussion
The developer's dilemma: special session in the Jobs for Development Conference
Thu, 15 December 2022
Cape Town, South Africa
Past event
Presentation
The developer’s dilemma – hybrid event at UN DESA

On Wednesday 28 September, Kunal Sen attends the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) office in New York to present key findings and policy lessons from the new Open Acess UNU-WIDER book, The developer’s dilemma.

Wed, 28 September 2022
Past event
Workshop
Authors' workshop: The developer’s dilemma: structural transformation, inequality, and inclusive growth
Tue, 10 September 2019
The Sukosol Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand
Past event
Lecture
MOOC: Industrial policy for the 21st century – the challenge for Africa
Mon, 9 September 2019 – Mon, 14 October 2019
Past event
Lecture
John Page on industries without smokestacks
Mon, 19 November 2018
United Nations Headquarters , New York, United States
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
Lecture
Industrial policy and structural transformation of Uganda – Lecture series: Beyond Manufacturing: Structural Change in Africa Reconsidered, by John Page
Fri, 21 September 2018
ESAMI Amphitheatre, Bombo Road, Kampala, Uganda
Past event
Presentation
John Page presents at Transforming Rwanda: Industrial policy for the next decade
Mon, 17 September 2018 – Tue, 18 September 2018
Kigali Convention Centre, Kigali, Rwanda
Past event
Project meeting
Industries without smokestacks

This project workshop on industries without smokestacks brings together researchers to discuss joint work on the industry sector and structural transformation in Africa. The workshop was held in Helsinki on 19-20 July 2016.

Tue, 19 July 2016 – Wed, 20 July 2016
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
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
Seminar
Policy responses to food price volatility

Between 2007 and 2008, world governments made decisions that, in conjunction with extreme weather events, turned an already alarming food supply and demand situation into a global food price crisis. This begs the question: How do governments make...

Mon, 2 February 2015
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC, United States
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
Past event
Workshop
Second project workshop of the political economy of food price policy

Collaborating Institutions in this project were Cornell University and the University of Copenhagen. Please refer to the research page for more information: The Political Economy of Food Price Policy.

Fri, 24 February 2012 – Sat, 25 February 2012
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Menelik II Ave, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Past event
Workshop
The political economy of food price policy

Please refer to the The Political Economy of Food Price Policy project page for more information.

Mon, 4 April 2011 – Tue, 5 April 2011
Institute of Food and Resource Economics (FOI) at University of Copenhagen, Nørregade 10, Copenhagen, Denmark
Past event
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