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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Workshop on the MicroZAMOD update in Zambia

Members of the International Labour Organization, Zambia Institute for Policy Analysis and Research (ZIPAR), UNU-WIDER's SOUTHMOD team, and the Zambia Statistics Agency (ZAMSTATS) meet in Livingstone, Zambia to further develop Zambia's tax and...

Mon, 27 May 2024 08:00 – Thu, 30 May 2024 17:00
Protea Hotel, Livingstone, Zambia, Zambia
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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
Conference
20th Annual Nordic Conference in Development Economics

The 20th Nordic Conference in Development Economics (NCDE 2022) will be held in Helsinki on June 15-16, 2022. This yearly conference serves as a meeting point for development economists active in the Nordic countries, but is also targeted more...

Wed, 15 June 2022 – Thu, 16 June 2022
Economicum, Arkadiankatu 7, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Workshop
Third training on TAZMOD - a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Tanzania

As part of the SOUTHMOD project, the national team at University of Dar es Salaam in collaboration with UNU-WIDER, and Southern African Social Policy Research Insights (SASPRI) will organize a training event on the TAZMOD model. This third training...

Mon, 9 March 2020 – Wed, 11 March 2020
ILO Office, Kazi House, Maktaba Street, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Past event
Presentation
ECUAMOD model presented in Quito
Wed, 11 December 2019 – Fri, 13 December 2019
The Department of Quantitative Economics of the Faculty of Science of the National Polytechnic School, Av. Ladrón de Guevara 253, Quito, Ecuador
Past event
Workshop
Third training on MicroZAMOD – a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Zambia
Tue, 3 December 2019 – Thu, 5 December 2019
Legacy Lodge & Conference Centre, Meanwood Ibex Hill, Lusaka, Zambia
Past event
Policy workshop
GHAMOD policy workshop 2019

Recent research results from analyses using the GHAMOD tax-benefit microsimulation model will be presented in Ghana to policymakers and the interested research community on 1 November. The policy workshop is a part of the SOUTHMOD project.

Fri, 1 November 2019
The Institute of Statistical, Social, and Economic Research at the University of Ghana, 74 Legon, Botanical Gardens Rd., Accra, Ghana
Past event
Presentation
SOUTHMOD model presented in Turin
Mon, 21 October 2019 – Fri, 1 November 2019
International Training Centre of the ILO, Viale Maestri del Lavoro, 10, Turin, Italy
Past event
Project workshop
Third training round on ECUAMOD – a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Ecuador
Mon, 29 July 2019 – Wed, 31 July 2019
Instituto de Altos Estudios Nacionales, Av. Río Amazonas N37-271 and Villalengua, Quito, Ecuador
Past event
Project workshop
Third training on MOZMOD – a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Mozambique
Wed, 3 July 2019 – Fri, 5 July 2019
Ministry of Economic and Finance, Julius Nyerere Avenue, Maputo, Mozambique
Past event
Policy seminar
Presentation of MOZMOD – a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Mozambique
Wed, 3 July 2019
Ministry of Economic and Finance, Julius Nyerere Avenue, Maputo, Mozambique
Past event
Project workshop
2019 SOUTHMOD workshop
Thu, 6 June 2019 – Fri, 7 June 2019
Park Inn by Radisson Cape Town Newlands, 10 Hemlock Street Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa
Past event
Project workshop
UGAMOD Training - a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Uganda

The goal of this event is to give potential users of the model comprehensive training on the structure and use of the tax-benefit microsimulation model for Uganda, UGAMOD. As well as providing an overview of the model, the event will include several...

Wed, 10 April 2019 – Fri, 12 April 2019
Kampala, Uganda
Past event
Policy seminar
Launch of UGAMOD - a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Uganda
Wed, 10 April 2019
Kampala, Uganda
Past event
Lecture
John Page on industrial policy
Tue, 4 December 2018
African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), Nairobi, Kenya
Past event
Workshop
Second training on VNMOD – a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Viet Nam

As part of the SOUTHMOD project, the country team at the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM), together with Dr Toon Vanheukelom from KU Leuven, will deliver a training course for government officials, researchers, and other stakeholders...

Mon, 26 November 2018 – Wed, 28 November 2018
Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM), 68 Phan Đinh Phung, Hanoi, Vietnam
Past event
Presentation
Jukka Pirttilä presents at microsimulation seminar in Helsinki

Professor Jukka Pirttilä, UNU-WIDER Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow, presented at a microsimulation seminar organized by the Ministry of Finance of Finland on 31 October 2018. The goal of the seminar was to discuss the recent research done by...

Wed, 31 October 2018
Säätytalo, Snellmaninkatu 9-11, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Project workshop
Using administrative tax data for research in Uganda: meeting of project collaborators

The workshop brought together around 20 participants, including researchers and staff members from the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), UNU-WIDER, the Southern African Social Policy Research Institute (SASPRI), and the University of Makerere to...

Wed, 17 October 2018 – Thu, 18 October 2018
Uganda Revenue Authority, Plot M193/M194, Nakawa Industrial Area, , Kampala, Uganda
Past event
Workshop
Second training on TAZMOD – a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Tanzania
Tue, 10 July 2018 – Thu, 12 July 2018
International Labour Organization (ILO), Azikiwe St, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
Past event
Panel discussion
Redistribución de ingreso y el rol de los impuestos y las transferencias monetarias en América Latina

El Instituto Mundial para la Investigación de Economía del Desarrollo de la Universidad de las Naciones Unidas (UNU-WIDER) junto con el equipo de EUROMOD del Instituto de Investigación Social y Económica (ISER) de la Universidad de Essex y el...

Thu, 5 July 2018 – Fri, 6 July 2018
IAEN – Plataforma Gubernamental Financiera, Quito, Ecuador
Past event
Panel discussion
Income redistribution and the role of tax-benefit systems in Latin America
Thu, 5 July 2018 – Fri, 6 July 2018
IAEN – Plataforma Gubernamental Financiera, Quito, Ecuador
Past event
Workshop
Second training round on ECUAMOD – a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Ecuador

This is the second training event on the ECUAMOD model, which will provide participants with comprehensive training to use the tax-benefit microsimulation model effectively. It is targeted for existing and potential new users of the model at...

Mon, 2 July 2018 – Wed, 4 July 2018
Instituto de Altos Estudios Nacionales, Av. Río Amazonas N37-271 and Villalengua, Quito, Ecuador
Past event
Workshop
Second training round on GHAMOD – a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Ghana
Tue, 26 June 2018 – Thu, 28 June 2018
Accra, Ghana
Past event
Workshop
Second training round on MOZMOD – a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Mozambique

This is the second training event on the MOZMOD model, which will provide participants with comprehensive training to use the tax-benefit microsimulation model effectively. It is targeted for existing and potential new users of the model at...

Tue, 29 May 2018 – Thu, 31 May 2018
Hotel Montebelo Indy Maputo Congress, Rua Macombe Nogueira-Nongue R1373 Sommerschield, 1100 Maputo, Mozambique
Past event
Workshop
Training event: Enhanced analysis with MicroZAMOD, a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Zambia
Tue, 22 May 2018 – Thu, 24 May 2018
Legacy Lodge & Conference Centre, Meanwood Ibex Hill, Lusaka, Zambia
Past event
Policy workshop
Training on MicroZAMOD – a tax-benefit microsimulation for Zambia

The purpose of this event is to introduce participants to MicroZAMOD, with a view to promoting its use within government for evidence-based policy-making. Training is directed to potential users of the model. As well as providing an overview of the...

Tue, 21 November 2017 – Thu, 23 November 2017
Lusaka, Zambia
Past event
Policy seminar
Launch of MicroZAMOD - a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Zambia

This event will introduce policy makers, researchers, and practitioners to MicroZAMOD, a new tax-benefit microsimulation programme which has been developed under the UNU-WIDER SOUTHMOD project, in collaboration with Zambia Institute for Policy...

Tue, 21 November 2017
Lusaka, Zambia
Past event
Project workshop
Training on VNMOD – a tax-benefit microsimulation for Viet Nam

The purpose of this event is to introduce participants to VNMOD, with a view to promoting its use within government for evidence-based policy-making. Training is directed to potential users of the model. As well as providing an overview of the model...

Mon, 13 November 2017 – Wed, 15 November 2017
Central Institute of Economic Management, Hanoi, Vietnam
Past event
Policy seminar
Launch of VNMOD - a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Viet Nam

This event will introduce policy makers, researchers, and practitioners to VNMOD, a new tax-benefit microsimulation programme, which has been developed under the UNU-WIDER SOUTHMOD project, in collaboration with Hanoi-based Central Institute of...

Mon, 13 November 2017
Central Institute of Economic Management, Hanoi, Vietnam
Past event
Policy workshop
First training on TAZMOD – a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Tanzania
Mon, 18 September 2017 – Wed, 20 September 2017
ILO Office, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
Past event
Presentation
Tax capacity in developing countries and development finance institutions

The development of international tax regulation and tax avoidance are important topics in the contemporary development debate. On the morning of 1 September around 25 people including staff members from FINNFUND, representatives from civil society...

Fri, 1 September 2017
Finnfund, Uudenmaa Katu , Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Policy workshop
Training on ETMOD – a tax-benefit microsimulation for Ethiopia
Tue, 11 July 2017 – Thu, 13 July 2017
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Past event
Policy seminar
Launch of ETMOD - a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Ethiopia
Tue, 11 July 2017
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Past event
Project workshop
Tax benefit reforms: microsimulation in developing countries
Tue, 4 July 2017
Maputo, Mozambique
Past event
Policy workshop
First training on MOZMOD – a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Mozambique
Wed, 28 June 2017 – Fri, 30 June 2017
Past event
Presentation
UNU-WIDER at the International Economics Association World Congress 2017

This year the International Economic Association held its World Conference in Mexico City. The five day event, held from 19th to 23rd of June, featured a huge variety of sessions on many of the key economic issues of the day, as well as keynotes by...

Mon, 19 June 2017 – Fri, 23 June 2017
Camino Real Hotel, Mariano Escobedo 700, Mexico City, Mexico
Past event
Policy workshop
Training on GHAMOD - a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Ghana

This event will provide potential users of the GHAMOD model with comprehensive training. As well as providing an overview of the model, the event will include a number of case studies. Attendees will leave with an appreciation of how to navigate and...

Wed, 17 May 2017 – Fri, 19 May 2017
Balme library, University of Ghana at Legon, Accra, Ghana
Past event
Policy seminar
Launch of GHAMOD - a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Ghana

This event will introduce policy makers, researchers, and practitioners to GHAMOD, a new tax-benefit microsimulation programme, which has been developed under the UNU-WIDER SOUTHMOD project, in collaboration with ISSER, University of Tampere, and...

Wed, 17 May 2017
Conference Centre and Library, University of Ghana at Legon, Accra, Ghana
Past event
Seminar
ECUAMOD training - A tax-benefit microsimulation model for Ecuador

A training course for ECUAMOD, the Ecuadorian tax-benefit microsimulation model, was held at the Instituto de Altos Estudios Nacionales (IAEN) in Quito on 21-23 February 2017. Participants included representatives from a wide spread of government...

Tue, 21 February 2017 – Thu, 23 February 2017
Instituto de Altos Estudios Nacionales, Quito, Ecuador
Past event
Presentation
Social protection in development

Improving the social protection of the poor and vulnerable is a global concern and co-operation is needed at all levels. As part of efforts to build dialogue and to better support social protection in developing countries, Jukka Pirttilä presented on...

Tue, 17 January 2017 – Wed, 18 January 2017
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Bonn, Germany
Past event
Presentation
An introduction to NAMOD, a Namibian Tax-Benefit Microsimulation Model

Researchers and civil servants from ministries in Namibia will gather on 11-13 October to learn about NAMOD, a tax-benefit microsimulation model for the country. The aim of the training event – organized by UNU-WIDER and SASPRI, and supported and...

Tue, 11 October 2016 – Thu, 13 October 2016
UNICEF Namibia, UN House, 38-44 Stein Street, Klein Windhoek, Windhoek, Namibia
Past event
Project workshop
SOUTHMOD – simulating tax and benefit policies for development
Mon, 10 October 2016 – Tue, 11 October 2016
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Presentation
A tax-benefit model for Ghana
Mon, 5 September 2016
University of Essex, Essex, United Kingdom
Past event
Workshop
Tax and benefit micro-simulation modeling in Tanzania

UNU-WIDER, the Department of Economics of the University of Dar es Salaam and Southern African Social Policy Research Insights (SASPRI) is co-organizing a workshop on tax and benefit micro-simulation modeling in Tanzania on 28 July 2016, in Dar es...

Thu, 28 July 2016
University of Dar es Salaam, Council Chamber, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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
Project workshop
Training course for SOUTHMOD model building

UNU-WIDER arranged a training course on building tax-benefit microsimulation models for researchers and data experts engaged in the new SOUTHMOD - Simulating tax and benefit policies for development project that aims to build new microsimulation...

Mon, 29 February 2016 – Fri, 4 March 2016
Kopanong Hotel and Conference Centre, 243 Glen Gory Road, Benoni, South Africa
Past event
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