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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Agricultural development in Mozambique: trends, challenges and opportunities

The importance of the agricultural sector in the Mozambican economy, its potential to help move people out of poverty, and its vulnerability to the effects of weather shocks and climate change, place it among key policy areas in the country. However...

Wed, 8 November 2023
Maputo, Mozambique
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Seminar
Kunal Sen presents on the good job challenge at IER-Hitotsubashi

On 1 June 2023, UNU-WIDER Director Kunal Sen attends IER-Hitotsubashi University to present in the Economic Development Workshop in the Center for Economic Institutions.

Thu, 1 June 2023 14:00
Hitotsubashi University , Kunitachi, Japan
Webinar
Kunal Sen at ILO: The good jobs challenge in developing countries
Tue, 25 April 2023
International Labour Organization , Geneva, Switzerland
Past event
Lecture
Kunal Sen delivers Valedictory address at the 63rd annual ISLE conference

The Indian Society of Labour Economics (ISLE) hosts its 63rd Annual Conference in Rajiv Gandhi University, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh 1–3 March 2023. On day three (3 March) of the conference, UNU-WIDER Director, Kunal Sen delivers the Valedictory...

Fri, 3 March 2023
Rajiv Gandhi University, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, India
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Panel discussion
The good jobs challenge in developing countries – presentation at the 63rd ISLE Conference

The Indian Society of Labour Economics (ISLE) hosts its 63rd Annual Conference in Rajiv Gandhi University, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh 1–3 March 2023. On day two (2 March) of the conference, a panel discussion will explore the key findings of the...

Thu, 2 March 2023
Rajiv Gandhi University, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, India
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Presentation
Transitions out of informality and their implications for workers – Michael Danquah presents at OECD workshop

On 6 December Michael Danquah joins the OECD’s virtual workshop on: Transitions out of informality and their implications for workers. The workshop brings together the ongoing work of the OECD on the topic and invites experts in the field to learn...

Tue, 6 December 2022
Online, United States
Past event
Presentation
Kunal Sen on the good jobs challenge in developing countries - examining formality and informality with a job ladder approach

On Friday, 2 December 2022, Kunal Sen presents to an audience of researchers at the University of Sussex including visitors from the Institute for Development Studies. The presentation draws from the forthcoming book The job ladder: Transforming...

Fri, 2 December 2022
University of Sussex, United Kingdom
Past event
Presentation
UNU-WIDER hosts special session at the AERC biannual research workshop on ‘The job ladder’

As part of the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) biannual research workshop in Nairobi, Kenya, UNU-WIDER coordinates a special session on the forthcoming book The job ladder: Transforming informal work and livelihoods in developing...

Wed, 30 November 2022
Trademark Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya
Past event
Presentation
MOZMOD work presented at the Mozambique Social Protection Week

The Ministry of Gender, Child and Social Action (MGCAS) organises a Social Protection theme week in Mozambique 21-27 November 2022. During the week, on 25 November, The Mozambican Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) with Internation Labour...

Fri, 25 November 2022
Centro de Conferencias Joaquim Chissano, Maputo, Mozambique
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Seminar
CEEG Seminar Series: Economic growth of Mozambique and its interaction with the environment

On Wednesday 24 August 2022, Mônica Magaua, PhD candidate at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Eduardo Mondlane (UEM), will present her recent study on the economic growth in Mozambique and its interaction with the environment. The...

Wed, 24 August 2022
Faculty of Economics, Auditorium University of Eduardo Mondlane (UEM), Av. Julius Nyerere nr. 3453, Main Campus, Maputo, Mozambique
Past event
Seminar
Health, development, and institutional factors: the Mozambique case

On 17 August 2022, the Faculty of Economics of the University of Eduardo Mondlane (UEM) organizes the third session of the cycle of debates on institutional development and economic development in Mozambique. In this session, entitled ‘Health...

Wed, 17 August 2022
Online, Maputo, Mozambique
Past event
Seminar
CEEG Seminar Series: The role of mobile money in reducing economic inequality in Mozambique

On Wednesday 10 August 2022, Moisés Siúta, PhD candidate at the University of Cape Town, will present his recent study on the role of mobile money in reducing economic inequality in Mozambique. The seminar is part of the CEEG Seminar Series...

Wed, 10 August 2022
Faculty of Economics, Auditorium University of Eduardo Mondlane (UEM), Av. Julius Nyerere nr. 3453, Main Campus, Maputo, Mozambique
Past event
Project workshop
IGM course on poverty, inequality and growth

On 1-3 August 2022, the Inclusive growth in Mozambique (IGM) programme organizes a short course on poverty, inequality and growth, with a focus on Mozambique, for the Ministry of Economy and Finance of Mozambique (MEF). The training consists of an...

Mon, 1 August 2022Wed, 3 August 2022
Online, Maputo, Mozambique
Past event
Project workshop
IGM course on poverty analysis, inequality and growth

On 27–29 July 2022, the Inclusive growth in Mozambique (IGM) programme organizes a course on recent trends in poverty, inequality and growth at the University of Eduardo Mondlane (UEM). The training is given by Vincenzo Salvucci, Assistant Professor...

Wed, 27 July 2022Fri, 29 July 2022
Online, Maputo, Mozambique
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Seminar
CEEG Seminar Series: Data availability for research

On Wednesday 29 of June 2022, Dr. Firmino Guliche, researcher and lecturer at the Faculty of Economics, Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM), will give a presentation on 'Data availability for research'. The seminar is part of the CEEG Seminar Series...

Wed, 29 June 2022
Faculty of Economics, Auditorium University of Eduardo Mondlane (UEM), Av. Julius Nyerere nr. 3453, Main Campus, Maputo, Mozambique
Past event
Presentation
UNU-WIDER researchers join UNDESA 2022 virtual expert group meeting

During 27-30 June UNU-WIDER researchers, Michael Danquah and Simone Schotte join the expert group meeting hosted virtually by Division for Inclusive Social Development, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) on Creating full and...

Mon, 27 June 2022Thu, 30 June 2022
Online,
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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 2022Thu, 16 June 2022
Economicum, Arkadiankatu 7, Helsinki, Finland
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Seminar
CEEG Seminar Series: Bankruptcy prediction model for the banking sector in Mozambique

On Wednesday 1 June 2022, Reis Castigo Intupo, PhD candidate at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Eduardo Mondlane (UEM), will present his recent study entitled ‘Bankruptcy prediction model for the banking sector in Mozambique’. The...

Wed, 1 June 2022
Faculty of Economics, Auditorium University of Eduardo Mondlane (UEM), Av. Julius Nyerere nr. 3453, Main Campus, Maputo, Mozambique
Past event
Seminar
Sustainable cities discussion forum: SDG8
Tue, 31 May 2022
Helsinki City Hall, Pohjoisesplanadi 11-13, Helsinki, Finland
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Seminar
CEEG Seminar Series: From mining to cryptocurrency exchanges

On Wednesday 25 May 2022, Celestino Joanguete, UEM, will discuss the opportunities and risks of cryptocurrencies in his presentation entitled ‘From mining to cryptocurrency exchanges’. The seminar is part of the CEEG Seminar Series, organized under...

Wed, 25 May 2022
Faculty of Economics, Auditorium University of Eduardo Mondlane (UEM), Av. Julius Nyerere nr. 3453, Main Campus, Maputo, Mozambique
Past event
Seminar
Institutions and the performance of the agricultural sector in Mozambique

On 11 May 2022, the Faculty of Economics of the University of Eduardo Mondlane (UEM) organizes the second session of the cycle of debates on institutional performance and economic development in Mozambique. In this session, entitled ‘Institutions and...

Wed, 11 May 2022
Online, Maputo, Mozambique
Past event
Seminar
CEEG Seminar Series: The effect of macroeconomic factors on illicit financial flows from the natural resource sector in Mozambique

On Wednesday 4 May 2022, Rafael da Cruz Macamo, CIC BATA (Centro de Iniciativas para la Cooperacion), will present a recent study entitled ‘The Effect of Macroeconomic Factors on Illicit Financial Flows from the Natural Resource Sector in Mozambique’...

Wed, 4 May 2022Thu, 5 May 2022
Faculty of Economics, Auditorium University of Eduardo Mondlane (UEM), Av. Julius Nyerere nr. 3453, Main Campus, Maputo, Mozambique
Past event
Seminar
CEEG Seminar Series: The impact of COVID-19 on the nutrition of Mozambican families and children

On Wednesday 20 April 2022, 12:00-15:00 (UTC+2), Margherita Squarcina, PhD student at the University of Florence, will present her ongoing study entitled 'The impact of COVID-19 on the nutrition of Mozambican families and children'. The seminar is...

Wed, 20 April 2022
Online, Av. Julius Nyerere nr. 3453, Main Campus, Maputo, Mozambique
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Seminar
CEEG Seminar Series: A spatial analysis of poverty in Mozambique

On Wednesday 6 April 2022, 12:00-13:00 (UTC+2), Isa Chiconela, independent researcher, will present her recent study in progress entitled 'Spatial analysis of poverty in Mozambique'. The seminar is part of the CEEG Seminar Series, organized under the...

Wed, 6 April 2022
Online, Av. Julius Nyerere nr. 3453, Main Campus, Maputo, Mozambique
Past event
Project workshop
IGM training on GIS and use of satellite data

The use of geographic information systems (GIS) in social sciences is becoming increasingly important for understanding complex issues with a spatial dimension. This short course, organized under the Inclusive growth in Mozambique (IGM) programme...

Tue, 5 April 2022Fri, 8 April 2022
Online, Maputo, Mozambique
Past event
Project workshop
IGM Basic STATA training

The Inclusive growth in Mozambique (IGM) programme organizes a five-day basic course on STATA during 28 March and 1 April 2022. STATA is a statistical analysis software used to analyse data patterns. The course aims to introduce participants to the...

Mon, 28 March 2022Fri, 1 April 2022
Online, Maputo, Mozambique
Past event
Project workshop
IGM training of IIM survey enumerators

During 21–25 March 2022, the Inclusive growth in Mozambique (IGM) programme organizes a training for survey enumerators hired to carry out the 2022 round of the Survey of Mozambican Manufacturing Firms (IIM 2022). The training consists of a detailed...

Mon, 21 March 2022Fri, 25 March 2022
Online, Maputo, Mozambique
Past event
Project workshop
IGM training on designing enterprise surveys training

The Inclusive growth in Mozambique (IGM) programme organizes, on 17 March 2022, a one-day training on designing enterprise surveys. Topics covered include sampling of formal and informal firms, survey design (finding and measuring variables of...

Thu, 17 March 2022
Online, Maputo, Mozambique
Past event
Seminar
CEEG Seminar: Buying security with charity

What is the role of security concerns of Western countries in conditioning Official Development Assistance (ODA) in Africa? How have the dynamics of relations between donors and sub-Saharan countries evolved since 1961 when ODA was first defined...

Wed, 16 March 2022
Online, 141 Av. Marginal, Maputo 1100, Maputo, Mozambique
Past event
Seminar
Economic development and institutions – perceptions and bottlenecks

On 15 March 2022, the Faculty of Economics of the University of Eduardo Mondlane (UEM) organizes an event launching a cycle of debates on institutional performance and economic development in Mozambique. The event, entitled ‘Economic Development and...

Tue, 15 March 2022
Online, Av. Julius Nyerere nr. 3453, Main Campus, Maputo, Mozambique
Past event
Seminar
CEEG Seminar Series: Determinants of gender differences in employment among youth in the cities of Beira and Maputo

On Wednesday 9 March 2022, Paul Jasper, researcher at Oxford Policy Management (OPM), and Ivan Manhique, Independent consultant, will present a recent study in progress entitled 'Determinants of gender differences in employment among youth in the...

Wed, 9 March 2022
Faculty of Economics, Auditorium University of Eduardo Mondlane (UEM), Av. Julius Nyerere nr. 3453, Main Campus, Maputo, Mozambique
Past event
Presentation
Eva-Maria Egger presents IGM research at Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland online seminar

On 1 March 2022, Eva-Maria Egger, UNU-WIDER Research Fellow and Resident Advisor of the Inclusive growth in Mozambique (IGM) programme based at the Ministry of Economy and Finance of Mozambique, shared recent research produced under the IGM programme...

Tue, 1 March 2022
Online, Maputo, Mozambique
Past event
Seminar
CEEG Seminar Series: The economic recession in Mozambique

On Wednesday 23 February 2022, Michael Sambo, Researcher at IESE, will present a recent study entitled The economic recession in Mozambique: Was it COVID-19? – A look from the external sector. The seminar is part of the CEEG Seminar Series, organized...

Wed, 23 February 2022
Faculty of Economics, Auditorium University of Eduardo Mondlane (UEM), Av. Julius Nyerere nr. 3453, Main Campus, Maputo, Mozambique
Past event
Seminar
CEEG Seminar Series: Informed job entry

On Wednesday 26 January 2022, Ricardo Santos, UNU-WIDER Research Fellow, will present a recent study on the role of information on wages and unemployment on the entry into the Mozambican labour market. The seminar pertains to the CEEG Seminar Series...

Wed, 26 January 2022
Faculty of Economics, Auditorium University of Eduardo Mondlane (UEM), Main Campus Av. Julius Nyerere nr. 3453, Maputo, Mozambique
Past event
Presentation
Eva-Maria Egger and Sam Jones present IGM research at Canadian High Commission

On 24 January 2022, Eva-Maria Egger and Sam Jones, UNU-WIDER Research Fellows and researchers of the Inclusive growth in Mozambique programme (IGM), present recent IGM research at the Canadian High Commission in Mozambique. The hybrid event is...

Mon, 24 January 2022
Online, Maputo, Mozambique
Past event
Presentation
Simone Schotte on the labor market impact of COVID-19 lockdowns: evidence from Ghana

On 15 December 2021 UNU-WIDER Research Associate Simone Schotte presents at the weekly online seminar of the Labour Institute for Economic Research. The topic of her presentation is The labor market impact of COVID-19 lockdowns: evidence from Ghana...

Wed, 15 December 2021
Online, Finland
Past event
Presentation
Growth 2.0: The good jobs challenge in developing countries

On 18 November Kunal Sen joins the 4th webinar of the evidence-based policy and action roundtable series by NIRDPR. The National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj hosts the event online with Kunal Sen presenting Growth 2.0: the good...

Thu, 18 November 2021
Online, India
Past event
Presentation
Kunal Sen delivers lecture in CESS-DGS special series

On Thursday 28 October at 15:00 (UCT+5:30) UNU-WIDER Director Kunal Sen joins the CESS-DGS Special Lecture Series on Development Themes. The lecture will draw from UNU-WIDER research on COVID-19, and in particular, from the project Transforming...

Thu, 28 October 2021
India
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Presentation
SOUTHMOD work presented at the Mozambique Social Protection Week

The Ministry of Gender, Child and Social Action (MGCAS) organises a Social Protection theme week in Mozambique 11-15 October 2021. During the week, on 15 October, The Mozambican Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) with Internation Labour...

Fri, 15 October 2021
Radisson Blu, Mozambique
Past event
Presentation
Sam Jones presents IGM’s work to Finnish MPs during virtual visit to Mozambique

On 30 June 2021, Sam Jones, UNU-WIDER Research Fellow and IGM Resident Advisor, join a virtual two-hour visit of the Finnish Members of the Parliament to Mozambique. Speaking in the opening session of the online visit, Jones will provide the 45 tour...

Wed, 30 June 2021
Online, Maputo, Mozambique
Past event
Presentation
Ricardo Santos presents IGM paper on Mozambique’s vulnerability to natural shocks in IEA World Congress 2021

On 30 June 2021, Ricardo Santos, UNU-WIDER Research Fellow, participates in the World Congress 2021 of the International Economic Association (IEA) by presenting an IGM paper on the vulnerability of Mozambique to natural shocks. The paper is among...

Wed, 30 June 2021
Online, Bali, Indonesia
Past event
Presentation
Simone Schotte presents research on COVID-19 impacts in Ghana at ICDE

During the 2021 International Conference in Development Economics (ICDE) Simone Schotte joins parallel session C4 on COVID-19 to present a recent WIDER Working Paper co-authored with Michael Danquah, Robert Osei and Kunal Sen, ‘The labour market...

Wed, 30 June 2021Fri, 2 July 2021
Online, France
Past event
Presentation
Simone Schotte presents at the Third International Conference on Globalization and Development

The Research Training Group ‘Globalization and Development’ (GlaD) organises an international conference to be held from 5-6 July, 2021. Simone Schotte joins parallel B.2 Labour Markets to present a recent WIDER Working Paper co-authored with Michael...

Tue, 29 June 2021
Online, Germany
Past event
Presentation
UNU-WIDER at WEAI Annual Conference

The 96th Western Economic Association International (WEAI) Annual Conference takes place online across 27 June to 1 July. This year’s programme includes a session chaired by Tim Gindling, Climbing the job ladder? Informal and formal work in a dynamic...

Mon, 28 June 2021
Online, Los Angeles, United States
Past event
Presentation
Ricardo Santos presents findings in a report for Ministry of Labour and Social Security of Mozambique

On 24 June 2021, the Ministry of Labour and Social Security of Mozambique (MITSS) launches the final report of the Survey on the School-to-Work Transition of Technical and Vocational Training Graduates in Mozambique. The report, produced under the...

Thu, 24 June 2021
CPI University of Eduardo Mondlane, Main Campus Avenida Julius Nyerere, Complexo Pedagógico, Auditorium 2502 , Maputo, Mozambique
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Presentation
Vincenzo Salvucci presents at RCSIP workshop on measuring effects of COVID-19 on poverty, inequality and mobility

On 10 June 2021, Vincenzo Salvucci, Researcher at the Inclusive growth in Mozambique programme, will share the findings of a recent WIDER Working Paper ‘The impact of COVID-19 on consumption poverty in Mozambique’ at a one-day workshop organized by...

Tue, 22 June 2021
Centre for Globalization Research (CGR) Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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Seminar
Sam Jones and Finn Tarp discuss effective development cooperation at GPEDC webinar

On 17 June 2021, two researchers of the Inclusive growth in Mozambique (IGM) programme, Sam Jones, UNU-WIDER Research Fellow, and Finn Tarp, Professor of Development Economics at the University of Copenhagen and non-resident senior Research Fellow...

Thu, 17 June 2021Fri, 17 June 2022
Online, Maputo, Mozambique
Past event
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