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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African urbanization – bridging the gap to structural transformation

Urbanization has long been associated with structural transformation—the shift of workers from low-productivity sectors to high-productivity ones. This shift is crucial to fostering economic growth and reducing poverty. However, the story of African...

9 November 2023 – 10 November 2023
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
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Lecture
UNU-WIDER researchers deliver lecture on structural transformation to professionals from the African Development Bank

On 9 May 2023, Kunal Sen and Michael Danquah will give a lecture on structural transformation in sub-Saharan Africa as part of a training programme by the University of Bradford, UK. The content of the training draws from UNU-WIDER's African Cities...

9 May 2023
University of Bradford, Bradford, United Kingdom
Past event
Webinar
ACRC webinar: Understanding the economic power of Africa's cities
14 October 2022
Hybrid, Oxford Road, Manchester, United Kingdom
Past event
Workshop
Unemployment in Tunisia: What do we know? Where do we go? Tunis, Tunisia

The African Development Bank, the African Development Institute and UNU-WIDER, in collaboration with the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and the Ministry of Employment and Vocational Training, organize a workshop on the subject...

10 April 2012
African Development Bank, Les Berges Du Lac II, Tunis, Tunisia
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Conference
Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture

Announcement of International Conference: Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture. (484.02 kilobytes) Climatic constraints play a predominant role in the performance of national agricultures and their capacity to support economic growth and assure...

6 December 2011 – 7 December 2011
Institut Agronomique et Vétérinaire Hassan II, Madinat Al Irfane, Rabat, Morocco
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Workshop
Climate Change Impacts on Moroccan Agriculture

Jointly sponsored by the Moroccan Academy of Sciences and UNU-WIDER.

20 January 2011 – 21 January 2011
Rabat, Morocco
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