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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The WIDER Seminar Series has returned! Beginning in March, join either online or in person for the 2024 season of this exciting event series to hear the latest research in development.

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Brian Levy and Alan Hirsch on the challenge of economic inclusion in South Africa
Tue, 2 November 2021
Online, Helsinki, Finland
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Training on secure data and metadata management

SA-TIED held a 4-day online course on secure data and metadata management. The online course was designed for data managers at data centres responsible for restricted-access data in government agencies, universities, and research institutions –...

Mon, 2 August 2021Thu, 5 August 2021
Online, Helsinki, Finland
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Training on data analysis using R

SA-TIED held a 3-day online course on introduction to data analysis using R. The aim of the course was to build the capacity of South African officials to manage and use economic data to carry out policy-relevant research in their day-to-day work for...

Mon, 21 June 2021Wed, 23 June 2021
Online, Helsinki, Finland
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Rod Crompton and Heinrich Bohlmann on Petrol Price Regulation
Tue, 19 January 2021
Online, South Africa
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Serena Merrino on wage inequality under inflation-targeting in South Africa
Wed, 2 December 2020
Online, South Africa
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Online introduction to SAMOD, a South African tax-benefit microsimulation model
Wed, 22 July 2020Mon, 31 August 2020
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Research that matters - stakeholder workshop
Thu, 15 November 2018
Protea Hotel, 1141 Burnett Street, Hatfield, Pretoria, South Africa
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Donors, democracy and development - Unraveling the impact of aid in Africa

The aims of the seminar were twofold. First, the preliminary findings from an 18-month project at UNU-WIDER, which has looked at whether and how foreign aid has impacted Africa’s democratic trajectory, were presented. This research already has been...

Fri, 8 June 2012
Accra, Ghana
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Foreign aid and democracy in Africa

Impact of foreign aid on the democratic trajectories of developing countries in sub-Saharan Africa.

Thu, 17 May 2012
Overseas Development Institute, 111 Westminster Bridge Road, London, United Kingdom
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Two steps forward, one step back? Progress, setbacks, and possibilities for democratization in Africa

UN Edutainment is a monthly seminar for everyone interested in international relations and the United Nations. Arranged by Finnish Model United Nations (FinMUN) together with the students' UN-association in Helsinki (HYKY).

Wed, 18 April 2012
Eurooppasali, Helsinki, Finland
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