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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Webinar
Corruption and theft in the global oil and gas sector
Tue, 18 April 2023
Online, Finland
Past event
Presentation
Research on mandatory disclosure rules presented at the University of Münster

Assistant Professor Elisa Casi-Eberhard from the Norwegian School of Economics presents a UNU-WIDER Working Paper at the University of Münster's Economic Research Seminar on 14 December 2022. The topic of Casi-Eberhard's presentation is So close and...

Wed, 14 December 2022
University of Münster, Münster, Germany
Past event
Workshop
Workshop on illicit financial flows

UNU-WIDER together with the Development Economics Research Group at the University of Copenhagen (UCPH-DERG) organizes an in-person workshop on illicit financial flows (IFFs) at the University of Copenhagen on 25-26 October 2022.

Tue, 25 October 2022 – Wed, 26 October 2022
University of Copenhagen, Øster Farimagsgade 5, Copenhagen, Denmark
Past event
Presentation
Research on illicit financial flows presented at the EU Tax Observatory Lunch Seminar

Assistant Professor Elisa Casi-Eberhard from the Norwegian School of Economics presents a UNU-WIDER Working Paper at the EU Tax Observatory lunch seminar on 5 October 2022. The topic of Casi-Eberhard's presentation is So close and yet so far: The...

Wed, 5 October 2022
Paris School of Economics, Paris, France
Past event
Presentation
Elisa Casi-Eberhard on mandatory disclosure regimes

World Bank's hybrid conference on global tax equity is organized on 22-23 September 2022. Elisa Casi-Eberhard, a Norwegian School of Economics Assistant Professor, gives a presentation on a WIDER Working Paper at the conference. The topic of Casi...

Thu, 22 September 2022 – Fri, 23 September 2022
Hybrid, United States
Past event
Presentation
Research on illicit financial flows presented at the Ninth Annual Mannheim Taxation Conference

The ninth edition of the Annual MannheimTaxation Conference takes place in person in Mannheim, Germany on 8–9 September 2022. Assistant Professor Elisa Casi-Eberhard from the Norwegian School of Economics presents a UNU-WIDER Working Paper in the...

Thu, 8 September 2022 – Fri, 9 September 2022
Mannheim, Germany
Past event
Presentation
UNU-WIDER shares latest DRM research at the IIPF 2022 Conference
Wed, 10 August 2022 – Fri, 12 August 2022
University of Linz, Linz, Austria
Past event
Presentation
Research on illicit financial flows presented at the Early Researchers Consortium in Accounting

The Accounting Research Groups at the UPF Barcelona School of Management (Spain), Free University of Bolzano (Italy) and University of Padua (Italy) organise the fifth edition of the Accounting Summer Camp in Barcelona on July 13-15 2022. Researcher...

Wed, 13 July 2022 – Thu, 14 July 2022
UPF-BSM, Barcelona, Spain
Past event
Project workshop
Author workshop on detecting and countering illicit financial flows

This project workshop brings together authors that were selected to produce research papers for the Detecting and countering illicit financial flows project, to discuss their papers. The workshop takes place online. Following the second call for...

Wed, 22 June 2022 – Thu, 30 June 2022
Online, Denmark
Past event
Project workshop
Workshop on detecting and countering illicit financial flows

This project workshop brings together authors that were selected to produce research papers for the Detecting and countering illicit financial flows project, to discuss the first drafts of the papers. The workshop takes place online. Following the...

Wed, 1 September 2021 – Thu, 2 September 2021
Online, Copenhagen, Denmark
Past event
Project workshop
Detecting and countering illicit financial flows - 2nd network meeting

As part of the Detecting and countering illicit financial flows project, we have established an informal network of leading international researchers working on the topic of international tax and illicit financial flows. The second meeting of the...

Wed, 3 March 2021
Online, Denmark
Past event
Project workshop
Detecting and countering illicit financial flows - 1st network meeting
Thu, 12 November 2020
Online, Denmark
Past event
Lecture
John Page on industrial policy
Tue, 4 December 2018
African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), Nairobi, Kenya
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
Workshop
Climate change impacts and adaptation options in South Africa

Workshop organized by the South African National Biodiversity Institute to discuss climate change impacts and adaptation options in South Africa.

Tue, 26 March 2013 – Wed, 27 March 2013
Cape Town, South Africa
Past event
Workshop
Climate Change Modelling of Biophysical Impacts

The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) and the Institute of Statistical, Social, and Economic Research (ISSER), University of Ghana organized a two-day workshop on 'Modelling the Biophysical...

Mon, 11 June 2012
ISSER, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
Past event
Seminar
Development Strategy and Policy Analysis on The Economics (and Politics) Behind South Africa’s Carbon Tax

South Africa announced in February 2012 that it will introduce a carbon tax to reduce the country’s high levels of greenhouse gas emissions and assist in the global effort to curb climate change. This makes South Africa one of the first countries...

Tue, 3 April 2012
UN DESA, New York, United States
Past event
Presentation
Meeting of environment specialists from the Nordic Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Development Agencies

The meeting was convened by the Department for Development Policy at Finland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. UNU-WIDER presented an overview of its research and training activities in the area of climate change, and received comments from Nordic...

Tue, 31 January 2012
Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Seminar
Biofuels, Poverty and Gender in Mozambique and Tanzania

For some, biofuels is a development opportunity that could generate economic growth and create jobs in the Africa's often-underperforming rural economies. For others, biofuels is yet another example of 'foreign land-grabbing' in Africa that could...

Wed, 18 January 2012
Ruhr Graduate School in Economics, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
Past event
Workshop
AERC and UNU-WIDER Curriculum on Development in the area of Climate Change

United Nations University – World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) and the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) host a project on Climate Change. This workshop organized in Nairobi is to discuss and compile a curriculum...

Thu, 1 December 2011 – Fri, 2 December 2011
Nairobi, Kenya
Past event
Lecture
A one week course on the 'Economics of Climate Change' in Cape Town, South Africa

UNU-WIDER in collaboration with the African Economics Research Consortium (AERC) will hold a one week course on the 'Economics of Climate Change' at the School of Economics, University of Cape Town, South Africa. African and international lecturers...

Sat, 25 June 2011 – Wed, 29 June 2011
School of Economics, Cape Town, South Africa
Past event
Lecture
Project Activity — A three week online course on the 'The Science of Climate Change and Biophysical Modeling'

UNU-WIDER, in collaboration with the African Economics Research Consortium (AERC), held a three week online course on the 'The Science of Climate Change and Biophysical Modeling'. International lecturers introduced course participants to the science...

Wed, 27 April 2011 – Wed, 18 May 2011
Past event
Workshop
Development under Climate Change

UNU-WIDER's Development under Climate Change project held its second workshop at the University of Colorado, Boulder, USA.

Mon, 11 April 2011 – Fri, 15 April 2011
University of Colorado, Boulder, United States
Past event
Presentation
Climate change and economic development

James Thurlow, Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER gave a guest lecture on Cllimate Change and Economic Development' at the Master's course on Growth and Development at the University of Tampere.

Tue, 22 March 2011
University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
Past event
Presentation
Sustainable development in a period of climate change

The lecture was held by Per Pinstrup-Andersen and Finn Tarp, and the focus was on sustainable development of developing countries in a time of climate change.

Mon, 31 January 2011
Copenhagen, Denmark
Past event
Seminar
Green Growth in Development

In anticipation of the Rio+20 Preparatory Meetings scheduled for March 2011, the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and UNU-WIDER jointly hosted a workshop to discuss the potential benefits and limitations of Green Growth for developing countries.

Wed, 15 December 2010
Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Seminar
UNU-WIDER and HECER autumn seminar on climate change adaptation and fair trade agriculture

Adapting to Climate Change: An Integrated Biophysical and Economic Assessment for Mozambique by James Thurlow & Impacts of Fair Trade in Coffee: Impacts on the Global Coffee Markets by Pertti Haaparanta.

Thu, 18 November 2010
Seminar Room 3-4, Economicum, Arkadiankatu 7, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Seminar
Climate change and low-income countries

Approaches for analysing the implications of climate change and appropriate policy responses from the perspective of low-income economies will be presented drawing on detailed country work conducted in Bangladesh, Ghana, Ethiopia, Mozambique...

Mon, 18 October 2010
UN University Office at the United Nations, 2 United Nations Plaza (44th St between 1st & 2nd Ave), New York, United States
Past event
Workshop
Systematic analysis of climate resilient development (SACReD)

The principal objective of the workshop was to evaluate the implications of climate change for developing countries including impacts, adaptation policies, mitigation policies, and their interactions with appropriate development strategies.

Thu, 7 October 2010 – Fri, 8 October 2010
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), 2033 K Street NW, Washington, United States
Past event
Presentation
Development under climate change

The conference brought together researchers from developed and developing countries to exchange ideas and strengthen research cooperation.

Thu, 2 September 2010 – Fri, 3 September 2010
Development Bank of Southern Africa, 1258 Lever Rd, Midrand, South Africa
Past event
Seminar
Climate change uncertainty and adaptation policy

Professor Arndt presented recent approaches developed for analyzing the implications of climate change and appropriate policy responses.

Mon, 10 May 2010
Bergen Resource Centre for International Development, Jekteviksbakken 31, Bergen, Norway
Past event
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