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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Training on statistical software Stata in Myanmar

As part of the Towards inclusive development in Myanmar programme, an introductory course to Stata and to data extraction was organised for selected staff at the Central Statistical Organization (CSO) in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. Six training sessions...

Mon, 26 October 2020 – Mon, 16 November 2020
Online, Myanmar (Burma)
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Workshop
Training on Business Practice Intervention Survey in Myanmar
Mon, 24 February 2020 – Sat, 29 February 2020
Central Statistical Organization, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar (Burma)
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Workshop
Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) development: Excel workshop

As part of the research collaboration with the Central Statistical Organization (CSO) of the Ministry of Planning and Finance of Myanmar, UNU-WIDER and the Development Economics Research Group (DERG) of the University of Copenhagen, a workshop was...

Mon, 27 January 2020 – Thu, 30 January 2020
CSO, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar (Burma)
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Workshop
Inclusive development in Myanmar: Training on report writing using the MSME dataset

Using the Myanmar Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise Survey (MSME) Dataset, around 30 participants from the Central Statistical Organization of Myanmar will receive training on report writing.

Mon, 26 November 2018 – Fri, 30 November 2018
Central Statistical Organization, Naypyidaw, Myanmar (Burma)
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Inclusive development in Myanmar: KoBo Toolbox training
Mon, 12 November 2018 – Wed, 14 November 2018
Central Statistical Organization , Naypyidaw, Myanmar (Burma)
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Team workshop on how to use the provisional 2015 Myanmar SAM for economy-wide descriptive analysis and modelling analysis

In August 2018, UNU-WIDER and the Central Statistical Organization (CSO) of the Ministry of Planning and Finance of Myanmar signed an agreement to develop a Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) and to conduct economy-wide analysis using the SAM for the...

Fri, 9 November 2018 – Wed, 14 November 2018
Central Statistical Organization (CSO) Office, Naypyidaw, Myanmar (Burma)
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Inclusive development in Myanmar: Training course on sampling methodology and basic statistics
Mon, 5 November 2018 – Fri, 9 November 2018
Central Statistical Organization, Naypyidaw, Myanmar (Burma)
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Workshop
Inclusive development in Myanmar: Games Experiment Training
Mon, 2 July 2018 – Wed, 4 July 2018
Naypyidaw and Taungoo, Myanmar (Burma)
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Workshop
Inclusive development in Myanmar: Analytical Methods Training for CSO staff
Mon, 12 February 2018 – Fri, 23 February 2018
Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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SOAS Seminar on Aid and Development in Asia and Africa

Organised by School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London and the UK Office of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The panel of Speakers and Discussants includes: Ernest Aryeetey, Chairperson of the Board of UNU...

Thu, 17 February 2011 – Fri, 18 February 2011
Khalili Lecture Theater (B1), School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London, United Kingdom
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Seminar
Aid, Growth, and Development: Have We Come Full Circle?

Presentation by Finn Tarp, Director UNU-WIDER, and Tony Addison, Chief Economist and Deputy Director UNU-WIDER See working paper Working Paper 2010/96 Aid, Growth, and Development: Have We Come Full Circle?

Wed, 6 October 2010
Unit for Development Policy Planning of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, Helsinki, Finland
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Webcast: Global Crisis, More Than Just Economics

The United Nations University Office at the UN, New York is organizing a discussion as part of its Worldwide in NY Series entitled Global Crisis, More Than Just Economics with Prof. Finn Tarp, Director of the World Institute for Development Economics...

Thu, 28 January 2010
United Nations University Office at the UN, New York, United States
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