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
Clientelist politics and economic development
15 October 2020 – 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...

10 September 2020
Past event
Lecture
MOOC: Industrial policy for the 21st century – the challenge for Africa
9 September 2019 – 14 October 2019
Past event
Project workshop
Clientelistic politics and economic development
1 March 2019
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Lecture
John Page on industries without smokestacks
19 November 2018
United Nations Headquarters , New York, United States
Past event
Lecture
John Page on growth, structural change and industry
29 October 2018
Department for International Development, 22 Whitehall, Westminster, London, United Kingdom
Past event
Lecture
Industrial policy and structural transformation of Uganda – Lecture series: Beyond Manufacturing: Structural Change in Africa Reconsidered, by John Page
21 September 2018
ESAMI Amphitheatre, Bombo Road, Kampala, Uganda
Past event
Presentation
John Page presents at Transforming Rwanda: Industrial policy for the next decade
17 September 2018 – 18 September 2018
Kigali Convention Centre, Kigali, Rwanda
Past event
Project meeting
Industries without smokestacks

This project workshop on industries without smokestacks brings together researchers to discuss joint work on the industry sector and structural transformation in Africa. The workshop was held in Helsinki on 19-20 July 2016.

19 July 2016 – 20 July 2016
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
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