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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Project workshop - Forced migration and inequality: country- and city-level factors influencing refugee integration

UNU-WIDER will hold a project workshop, ‘Forced migration and inequality: country- and city-level factors influencing refugee integration’, on 4 October 2017 in Accra, Ghana. The event brings together researchers to discuss work-in-progress, and...

4 October 2017
African Regent Hotel, 237-238 Airport West, Accra, Ghana
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Addressing group-based inequalities through legal empowerment

The project workshop brings together researchers collaborating within the initiative on ‘Addressing group-based inequalities through legal empowerment’ to present and discuss their work-in-progress. It will be held on 7-8 October 2016 in Helsinki.

7 October 2016 – 8 October 2016
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
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Group-based inequalities: political implications for democratic governance

This project workshop brings together researchers collaborating within the ‘Political implications of group-based inequalities’ project to present and discuss their work-in-progress on 9-10 September in Helsinki.

9 September 2016 – 10 September 2016
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
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Group-based inequalities: Patterns and trends within and across countries

The project workshop brings together researchers collaborating within the ‘Group-based inequalities: Patterns and trends within and across countries’ project to present and discuss their work-in-progress on 16-17 June in Helsinki. The research in...

16 June 2016 – 17 June 2016
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
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