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.

WIDER Seminar Series

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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Tony Addison and Alan Roe at 2nd UN Roundtable on Extractives

On 9 December, 2020, Tony Addison and Alan Roe, both Non-Resident Senior Research Fellows at UNU-WIDER, will be presenting at a high-level United Nations Roundtable titled "Extractive industries and sustainable development and the 2030 Agenda in...

Wed, 9 December 2020
Online, Chile
Past event
Presentation
Tony Addison and Alan Roe at 1st UN Roundtable on Extractives

On 30 October, 2020, Tony Addison and Alan Roe, both Non-Resident Senior Research Fellows at UNU-WIDER, will be presenting at a high-level United Nations Roundtable titled "Extractive Industries as an Engine for Sustainable Development: The Case of...

Fri, 30 October 2020
Past event
Project workshop
Clientelist politics and economic development
Thu, 15 October 2020Fri, 16 October 2020
Virtual, Helsinki , Finland
Past event
Panel discussion
Clientelist politics and development panel at APSA 2020 annual meeting

On 10 September UNU-WIDER will be participating in a panel at the 2020 APSA Virtual Annual Meeting & Exhibition, on the topic of Clientelist Politics and Development. The panel, chaired by UNU-WIDER's Senior Research Fellow Rachel M. Gisselquist...

Thu, 10 September 2020
Past event
Seminar
Public Forum on extractive industry and development

The Inclusive growth in Mozambique programme will host a public forum on 26 March 2019 on the topic of Extractive Industry and Development. The Chief Economist and Deputy Director of UNU-WIDER Tony Addison will give a presentation based on a major...

Tue, 26 March 2019
Complexo Pedagógico, Room 1501, Main Campus, Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo, Mozambique
Past event
Project workshop
Clientelistic politics and economic development
Fri, 1 March 2019
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Presentation
Tony Addison presents the extractives book at the OECD
Thu, 13 December 2018
OECD, Paris, France
Past event
Presentation
UNU-WIDER researchers present at a conference of IMD in Maputo
Mon, 26 November 2018
Southern Sun Hotel, Maputo, Mozambique
Past event
Presentation
Extractives in development – Tony Addison addresses UN DESA

Chief Economist and Deputy Director of UNU-WIDER, Tony Addison, is giving a presentation to the staff of UN DESA, the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, in New York on 19 November. The presentation shares findings from the UNU...

Mon, 19 November 2018
UN DESA, New York, United States
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Tony Addison and Alan Roe present at the World Bank
Fri, 16 November 2018
World Bank, Washington, DC, United States
Past event
Presentation
The future of extractive industries – Tony Addison and Alan Roe present to World Bank 1818 Society

Chief Economist and Deputy Director of UNU-WIDER, Tony Addison, and UNU-WIDER Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow, Alan Roe will visit the World Bank in Washington, DC on 15 November. They will present to the World Bank 1818 society, the World Bank...

Thu, 15 November 2018
World Bank, Washington, DC, United States
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Tony Addison and Alan Roe promote new book on extractives at the IMF
Wed, 14 November 2018
International Monetary Fund (IMF) , Washington, DC, United States
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Presentation
Extractive Industries presentation at New York’s Natural Resource Governance Institute

On Tuesday 13 November Chief Economist and Deputy Director of UNU-WIDER, Tony Addison, is giving a presentation at the Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI) in New York, addressing the NRGI staff. The presentation is linked to a new UNU-WIDER...

Tue, 13 November 2018
Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI) , New York, United States
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Tony Addison talks in Oslo at a conference on fragility, taxation, and state-building

On 8 November Chief Economist and Deputy Director of UNU-WIDER, Tony Addison, is presenting in Oslo in a conference on The New Politics of Development: Fragility, Taxation and State-building. Addison will be chairing a session on taxation and state...

Thu, 8 November 2018
Forskningsparken, Oslo, Norway
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Tony Addison presents at Norad
Wed, 7 November 2018
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad), Oslo, Norway
Past event
Presentation
Tony Addison presents at the UNCTAD World Investment Forum

On 26 October Chief Economist and Deputy Director of UNU-WIDER Tony Addison is giving a presentation in a multi-disciplinary academic conference that takes place within the UNCTAD World Investment Forum 2018 in Geneva.

Fri, 26 October 2018
Palais des Nations, Av. de la Paix, Geneva, Switzerland
Past event
Presentation
Tony Addison and Alan Roe talk extractives

Tony Addison and Alan Roe will discuss extractive industries at Oxford Policy Management seminar on 19 October

Fri, 19 October 2018
Oxford Policy Management, 52 Cornmarket Street, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Researchers from extractives project present at Chatham House
Thu, 18 October 2018
Chatham House, 10 St James’s Square, London, United Kingdom
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Panel discussion
Global Solutions Summit 2018

The Global Solutions Summit 2018, held on May 28 and 29 in Berlin, Germany was organised by the Global Solutions Initiative. The summit addressed major G20 topics including the future of work, infrastructure for sustainable development, food security...

Mon, 28 May 2018Tue, 29 May 2018
Berlin, Germany
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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 2017Fri, 23 June 2017
Camino Real Hotel, Mariano Escobedo 700, Mexico City, Mexico
Past event
Project meeting
Extractive industries and development

The project meeting on extractive industries and development brings together academics, experts, independent consultants, as well as private and public sector representatives, to discuss joint work on extractives and their relationship to sustainable...

Mon, 11 April 2016Tue, 12 April 2016
Marina Congress Center, Katajanokanlaituri 6, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Panel discussion
Foreign aid and democracy in Africa

This event will involve an in-depth analysis of how, when, and why foreign aid has either facilitated or undermined democratization in Africa. The panel discussion will be centred around the launch of the book entitled Democratic Trajectories in...

Wed, 6 November 2013
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP), 1779 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC, United States
Past event
Seminar
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
Past event
Seminar
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
Past event
Results meeting
ReCom: Democracy & Fragility

ReCom - Research and Communication on Foreign Aid programme was launched in early 2011 by the Danish International Development Agency (Danida) and the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida). Key partners of this initiative include the United...

Thu, 10 May 2012
Sida, Valhallavägen 199, Stockholm, Sweden
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Seminar
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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Project meeting
Foreign aid and democracy

Mon, 15 August 2011Tue, 16 August 2011
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
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