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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UNU-WIDER at UN Youth of Finland's Youth Peace Week: Young voices in peace research

UNU-WIDER takes part in UN Youth of Finland's Youth Peace Week 21 September 2023. In partnership with UN Youth of Finland and Saferglobe, UNU-WIDER organizes Young voices in peace research.

Thu, 21 September 2023
Huolintatalo, Pasilankatu 2, 00101, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Panel discussion
Policy panel on war and reconstruction in Ukraine
Tue, 9 May 2023
The crypt of Helsinki Cathedral, Kirkkokatu 18, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Workshop
Research workshop on war and reconstruction in Ukraine

From 8–9 May 2023, UNU-WIDER holds a research workshop bringing together an international group of researchers with expertise in conflict and peacebuilding to discuss new research that can support policymakers’ discussions on the stabilization...

Mon, 8 May 2023 – Tue, 9 May 2023
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Project workshop
Workshop on Institutional legacies of violent conflict
Thu, 12 May 2022 – Fri, 13 May 2022
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6b, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Seminar
Violence, Inequality, and Growth in Latin America

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Finland organise a special seminar on Violence, Inequality...

Tue, 16 November 2021
Ministry for Foreign Affairs , Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Project workshop
WWII and the legacies of fascism in Europe

As part of the UNU-WIDER project Institutional legacies of violent conflict, project contributors under Theme A1: WWII and the legacies of fascism in Europe come together on 4 November 2021 at 3pm to present and discuss their research papers in...

Thu, 4 November 2021
Online, Finland
Past event
Presentation
Patricia Justino at 17th Annual Households in Conflict Network (HiCN) workshop

Households in Conflict Network (HiCN) organises their 17th Annual workshop on 11-12 October 2021 under the theme “Conflict, Migration, and Displacement“. UNU-WIDER's Senior Research Fellow Patricia Justino is the co-founder and co-director of the...

Mon, 11 October 2021 – Tue, 12 October 2021
Online, Germany
Past event
Presentation
Patricia Justino at the 2021 APSA Annual Meeting & Exhibition

On 29 September 2021 Patricia Justino joins a virtual roundtable ‘The Future of Civil War Studies’ at the 2021 APSA Annual Meeting & Exhibition. 117th American Political Science Association’s Annual Meeting & Exhibition will be held on 30 September...

Wed, 29 September 2021
Online, Finland
Past event
Presentation
Miguel Nino-Zarazua and Rachel Gisselquist presenting to Finland's Development Policy Committee

Miguel Niño-Zarazúa, Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER, and Rachel M. Gisselquist, Senior Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER are presenting to the Development Policy Committee of Finland on 2 September 2021 at 14:00 (UTC+3). The subject of...

Thu, 2 September 2021
Online, Finland
Past event
Presentation
Patricia Justino presenting on COVID-19 and conflict dynamics at FIIA webinar

Patricia Justino will present on COVID-19 and conflict dynamics at an online event organised by the Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA) on 27 May 2021. The event, Covid-19 effects on peace and conflict dynamics – Implications for the EU...

Thu, 27 May 2021
Online, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Presentation
Tillman Hönig presents at the European Meeting of the Urban Economics Association

Tillman Hönig, Research Associate at UNU-WIDER, will be presenting his ongong research The Legacy of Conflict: Aggregate Evidence from Sierra Leone at the 10th European Meeting of the Urban Economics Association on 30 April 2021, 2pm CEST. His paper...

Fri, 30 April 2021
Online, Denmark
Past event
Seminar
Bruno Martorano on protests and social mobilization during the COVID-19 pandemic
Tue, 27 April 2021
Past event
Presentation
Patricia Justino briefs Swedish aid agency on aid in autocracies and fragile countries

On 4 February 2020, UNU-WIDER's Senior Research Fellow Patricia Justino will be giving a presentation at an event organised by Sweden’s government agency for development cooperation Sida as part of their Department for Africa’s planning days. The...

Thu, 4 February 2021
Online, Stockholm, Sweden
Past event
Presentation
Patricia Justino at 16th Annual Households in Conflict Network (HiCN) workshop

Households in Conflict Network (HiCN) is organising their 16th Annual workshop on 10-11 November 2020. UNU-WIDER's Senior Research Fellow Patricia Justino is the co-founder and co-director of the HiCN and will co-host the conference. The event will...

Tue, 10 November 2020 – Wed, 11 November 2020
Virtual, Germany
Past event
Project workshop
Clientelist politics and economic development
Thu, 15 October 2020 – Fri, 16 October 2020
Virtual, Helsinki , Finland
Past event
Panel discussion
Clientelist politics and development panel at APSA 2020 annual meeting

On 10 September UNU-WIDER will be participating in a panel at the 2020 APSA Virtual Annual Meeting & Exhibition, on the topic of Clientelist Politics and Development. The panel, chaired by UNU-WIDER's Senior Research Fellow Rachel M. Gisselquist...

Thu, 10 September 2020
Past event
Project workshop
Clientelistic politics and economic development
Fri, 1 March 2019
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Presentation
Ministry for Foreign Affairs hosts farewell lecture by Finn Tarp
Mon, 17 December 2018
Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, Arppeanum Auditorio Snellmanninkatu 3-5, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Seminar
Rachel Gisselquist delivers keynote address at Academy of Finland Seminar

On 26 November 2018 Rachel Gisselquist presents a keynote address on development research for impact, at an event hosted by the Academy of Finland. The event, Research to Make Impact!, will launch the Academy Programme for development research, a...

Mon, 26 November 2018
Academy of Finland, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Presentation
Presentation to the Finnish Development Policy Committee

Members of Finland’s Development Policy Committee visited UNU-WIDER on 15 March 2016.

Tue, 15 March 2016
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Presentation
Lessons from ReCom in a post-2015 perspective

ReCom (Research and Communication on Foreign Aid) occupied a key role in UNU-WIDER’s 2010-13 work programme addressing the triple crisis: Finance, Food and Climate Change. Some 240 ReCom studies were prepared during a period of 3-years by around 300...

Wed, 8 October 2014
SIDA, Valhallavägen 199, Stockholm, Sweden
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
Past event
Presentation
Does development aid work?

Presentation to the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Finnish Parliament on Aid Effectiveness. See slides here.

Mon, 5 May 2014
Parliament house, Mannerheimintie 30, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Presentation
Group visit by students from University of Tampere

Group visit by students of University of Tampere, Finland, for briefing on UNU-WIDER's mandate and research, particularly ongoing research work within the project on Foreign Aid: Research and Communications.

Tue, 1 April 2014
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Results meeting
Aid for Gender Equality

In recent decades, aid donors have recognised that gender equality and women’s empowerment are central to improving living standards, well-being, and economic growth. This insight has led to a fourfold increase in the flows of foreign aid toward...

Mon, 16 December 2013
Eigtveds Pakhus, Asiatisk Plads 2 G, Copenhagen, Denmark
Past event
Project meeting
Good aid in hard places: Learning from what has worked in fragile contexts

Governance & Fragility Governance has become a major concern for both donors and aid recipient countries since the late 1980s. Very poor quality governance is also one of the defining characteristics of state fragility, and social unrest and violence...

Thu, 12 December 2013 – Fri, 13 December 2013
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Presentation
Research presentation: ReCom – what works in Foreign Aid

The Director of UNU-WIDER, Finn Tarp and Rachel Gisselquist, Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER, gave a presentation 'ReCom – what works in Foreign Aid' at The Finnish Foreign Ministry’s Planning Day of the Ministry’s Advisory Unit. View and download...

Thu, 31 October 2013
Finnish Foreign Ministry, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Presentation
Research presentation: Does Aid Increase Growth

The Director of UNU-WIDER, Finn Tarp, gave a presentation 'Does Aid Increase Growth' at The Finnish Foreign Ministry’s Development Policy Program. View and download presentation slides Finn Tarp: Does aid increase growth

Thu, 31 October 2013
Finnish Foreign Ministry, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Seminar
Fragility and aid - What works?

A better understanding of what works – and what does not work – in fragile contexts is central to the success of international development efforts. As the 'Report of the High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda'...

Fri, 25 October 2013
The Permanent Mission of Germany to the UN, 871 United Nations Plaza, New York, United States
Past event
Results meeting
Challenges in Fragility and Governance

Since the mid-1990s foreign aid has become increasingly concerned with fragility and governance. Given the acknowledgement of the role of the state in providing the conditions for peace, progress and prosperity, foreign aid has concentrated much...

Wed, 23 October 2013
Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), Charlottehaven, 10 Hjørringgade, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark
Past event
Presentation
Research presentation: Aid, Growth and Poverty post-2015, Seoul, South Korea

The 7th Seoul ODA International Conference (SOIC). The Director of UNU-WIDER, Finn Tarp, presented a paper on Aid, Growth and Poverty post-2015 during the conference. View and download presentation slides Aid, Growth and Poverty post-2015

Tue, 8 October 2013
The Seoul ODA International Conference, Seoul, South Korea
Past event
Presentation
The role of agriculture in the development process. Maputo, Mozambique

Presentation: The role of agriculture in the development process. Maputo, Mozambique. Download presentation slides Finn Tarp presentation 2013-09-04.pdf

Wed, 4 September 2013
OMR Conference, Maputo, Mozambique
Past event
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