The world at crossroads – securing the future generations

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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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Bangkok - Unsplash - Nick van den Berg The developer’s dilemma – discussion event with ESCAP
Tue, 26 September 2023
ESCAP, Theatre, UNCC, Rajadamnern Nok Avenue Khwaeng Bang Khun Phrom, Phra Nakhon, Bangkok, Thailand
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Presentation
Rachel M. Gisselquist speaks at BTI Symposium on Countering Democratic Erosion

Rachel M. Gisselquist speaks at the BTI Symposium on Countering Democratic Erosion: Resilience, Depolarization and Inclusion organized by the Bertelsmann Foundation. Her participation in the event will include dissemination of key findings from UNU...

Thu, 21 September 2023 – Fri, 22 September 2023
Landgut Stober, Behnitzer Dorfstraße 27-31, Nauen, Germany
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Panel discussion
Unpacking the developer's dilemma – panel discussion at ISID
Fri, 24 February 2023
Vasant Kunj Institutional Area, New Delhi, India
Past event
Workshop
The measurement and elimination of global poverty and inequalities

UNU-WIDER is represented at the Workshop on promoting and protecting economic, social, and cultural rights within the context of addressing inequalities in the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic 6–8 February by senior research fellow Rachel M...

Tue, 7 February 2023
Tempus, Palais de Nations, Geneva. Online, Geneva, Switzerland
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Panel discussion
The developer's dilemma: special session in the Jobs for Development Conference
Thu, 15 December 2022
Cape Town, South Africa
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Presentation
The developer’s dilemma – hybrid event at UN DESA

On Wednesday 28 September, Kunal Sen attends the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) office in New York to present key findings and policy lessons from the new Open Acess UNU-WIDER book, The developer’s dilemma.

Wed, 28 September 2022
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Seminar
Inequality, institutions, and their impacts on social cooperation with Smriti Sharma and Saurabh Singhal
Tue, 21 September 2021
Online, Finland
Past event
Project workshop
Workshop for the @Equal project
Tue, 21 September 2021
Online, United States
Past event
Presentation
Rachel Gisselquist will speak at 'Leave no one behind: moving the agenda forward'

Rachel Gisselquist has been invited to speak on a panel at 'Leave no one behind: moving the agenda forward', an online event hosted by the Overseas Development Institute. Register for the event through ODI here. Details Chair Gonzalo Hernández Licona...

Thu, 21 January 2021
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Workshop
Authors' workshop: The developer’s dilemma: structural transformation, inequality, and inclusive growth
Tue, 10 September 2019
The Sukosol Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand
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Results meeting
Aid and the Social Sectors

See working papers and policy briefs presented at our ReCom results meeting on aid and social sectors in Stockholm 13 March, 2013. Here you can also find videos from the day as well as a summary of what was said.

Wed, 13 March 2013
Sida, Valhallavägen 199, Stockholm, Sweden
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Seminar
Development Effectiveness: New Ideas, New Challenges

UNU-WIDER Seminar on Development Effectiveness: New Ideas, New Challenges at the Development Policy Department of MFA Finland what works for development and what could work what experiences can be transferred between countries and what are the...

Thu, 19 January 2012
Katajanokanlaituri 3, Helsinki, Finland
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Conference
Foreign Aid: Research and Communication (ReCom)

Contact person UNU-WIDER focal points: Finn Tarp, Director Tony Addison, Chief Economist and Deputy Director Project Assistant: Janis Vehmaan-Kreula Media contact: Lorraine Telfer-Taivainen lorraine(at)wider.unu.edu Photo gallery of the event: http:/...

Fri, 30 September 2011 – Sat, 1 October 2011
Scandic Marina Congress Center, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
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