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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Work-in-progress meeting on tax research collaboration in Uganda

On 9 April 2024, UNU-WIDER's Domestic Revenue Mobilization (DRM) programme, financed by Norad, hosts a work-in-progress meeting in continuation of the collaborative efforts with Uganda.Master's students present their theses, highlighting recent...

Tue, 9 April 2024
Hybrid, Finland
Past event
Annual Lecture
AL27-thumbnail Globalization in crisis – confronting a new economic reality
Tue, 10 October 2023
The Gamle Festsal (Old Assembly Hall) in the Domus Academica of the University of Oslo, Karl Johans gate 47, Oslo, Norway
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Project meeting
Work-in-progress meeting on tax research collaboration in Zambia

As part of the Building up efficient and fair tax systems – lessons based on administrative tax data project, a work-in-progress meeting is held in-person between UNU-WIDER and the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) in Lusaka on 9-11 August 2023. The...

Wed, 9 August 2023 – Fri, 11 August 2023
Lusaka, Zambia
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Project meeting
Work-in-progress meeting on tax research collaboration in Zambia

As part of the Building up efficient and fair tax systems – lessons based on administrative tax data project, a work-in-progress meeting is held in-person between UNU-WIDER and the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) in Lusaka on 21 and 23 June 2023. The...

Wed, 21 June 2023 – Fri, 23 June 2023
Lusaka, Zambia
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Project meeting
Work-in-progress meeting on tax research collaboration in Tanzania

As part of the Building up efficient and fair tax systems – lessons based on administrative tax data project, a work-in progress meeting is held in-person between UNU-WIDER and the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) in Dar es Salaam 8-12 May 2023. The...

Mon, 8 May 2023 – Fri, 12 May 2023
TRA, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Project meeting
Work-in-progress meeting on tax research collaboration in Tanzania

As part of the Building up efficient and fair tax systems – lessons based on administrative tax data project, a work-in-progress meeting is held in-person between UNU-WIDER, the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) and University of Dar es Salaam in...

Thu, 17 November 2022
TRA headquarters, Dodoma, Tanzania
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Project meeting
Work-in-progress meeting on tax research collaboration in Uganda
Wed, 12 October 2022
Uganda Revenue Authority, Kampala, Uganda
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Annual Lecture
WIDER Annual Lecture 26 - In the name of progress: Will technology solve inequality?
Fri, 7 October 2022
Universidad de los Andes, Cra. 1 #18a-12, Bogotá, Colombia
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Project meeting
Work-in-progress meeting on tax research collaboration in Zambia

As part of the Building up efficient and fair tax systems – lessons based on administrative tax data project, a work-in-progress meeting is held in-person between UNU-WIDER, the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) and Zambia Institute for Policy Analysis...

Wed, 14 September 2022
ZRA, Lusaka, Zambia
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Annual Lecture
WIDER Annual Lecture 25 - Women’s struggle for land in South Asia: Can legal reforms trump social norms?
Thu, 9 December 2021
Online, Helsinki, Finland
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Project meeting
Cash Plus final meeting
Wed, 28 July 2021
Lusaka, Zambia
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Project meeting
Second Cash Plus work in progress meeting

UNU-WIDER's SOUTHMOD tax-benefit microsimulation team, in collaboration with the senior partners from Southern African Social Policy Research Insights (SASPRI) and Zambia Institute for Policy Analysis and Research (ZIPAR), as well as the...

Tue, 8 June 2021
Online, Lusaka, Zambia
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Project meeting
Cash Plus work in progress meeting

UNU-WIDER's SOUTHMOD tax-benefit microsimulation team, in collaboration with the senior partners from Southern African Social Policy Research Insights (SASPRI) and Zambia Institute for Policy Analysis and Research (ZIPAR), as well as the...

Mon, 26 April 2021
Online, Lusaka, Zambia
Past event
Annual Lecture
WIDER Annual Lecture 24 - UN at 75: slow death or new direction?
Mon, 26 October 2020
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Annual Lecture
WIDER Annual Lecture 23 - Informality: addressing the Achilles heel of social protection in Latin America
Wed, 30 October 2019
The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Maison de la Paix, Chemin Eugène-Rigot 2, Geneva, Switzerland
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Project meeting
Sixth steering committee meeting of the Myanmar Enterprise Monitoring System (MEMS)
Tue, 17 September 2019
Central Statistical Organization (CSO) , Naypyidaw, Myanmar (Burma)
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Project meeting
Fifth Steering Committee Meeting of the Myanmar Enterprise Monitoring System (MEMS)

The fifth Steering Committee Meeting on Myanmar Enterprise Monitoring System (MEMS) took place on 26 March at the Central Statistical Organization (CSO) Office, Naypyidaw, Myanmar. The meeting is part of the on-going project 'Towards inclusive...

Tue, 26 March 2019
Central Statistical Organization (CSO) Office, Naypyitaw, Myanmar (Burma)
Past event
Annual Lecture
WIDER Annual Lecture 22 - The political economy of structural transformation: has democracy failed African economies?
Fri, 14 September 2018
Europaea hall, Marina Congress Centre, Katajanokanlaituri 6A, Helsinki, Finland
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Project meeting
Agreement to develop a Social Accounting Matrix signed in Myanmar
Tue, 28 August 2018
Central Statistical Organization (CSO) Office, Naypyidaw, Myanmar (Burma)
Past event
Project meeting
Fourth Steering Committee Meeting of the Myanmar Enterprise Monitoring System (MEMS)

On 28 August, the Steering Committee meeting for the Towards inclusive development in Myanmar project met for the fourth time at the Central Statistical Organization (CSO) Office, Naypyidaw, Myanmar.

Tue, 28 August 2018
Central Statistical Organization (CSO) Office, Naypyidaw, Myanmar (Burma)
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Project meeting
Third Steering Committee Meeting of the Myanmar Enterprise Monitoring System (MEMS)

On 14 March the third Steering Committee meeting for the Towards inclusive development in Myanmar project takes place at the Central Statistical Organization (CSO) Office, Naypyidaw, Myanmar.

Wed, 14 March 2018
Central Statistical Organization (CSO) Office, Naypyidaw, Myanmar (Burma)
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Project meeting
Myanmar Enterprise Monitoring System (MEMS) - Stakeholder consultation on the first draft report

A stakeholder consultation with national and international policy makers for the first draft of the Myanmar Enterprise Monitoring System (MEMS) report takes place at Central Statistical Organization (CSO) Office, Naypyidaw, Myanmar on 14 March 2018.

Wed, 14 March 2018
Central Statistical Organization (CSO) , Naypyidaw, Myanmar (Burma)
Past event
Project meeting
Authors meeting for Asian Transformation project

Authors for the Volume II of the book published under the Asian Transformations project meet in Hanoi, Vietnam on 9 – 10 March 2018 to discuss first drafts of the book’s chapters.

Fri, 9 March 2018 – Sat, 10 March 2018
Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM), Building D, 68 Phan Đinh Phung - Ba Dinh, Hanoi, Vietnam
Past event
Annual Lecture
WIDER Annual Lecture 21 - How are people poor? Measuring global progress towards zero poverty and the SDGs
Tue, 24 October 2017
Marina Congress Center, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
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Project meeting
Myanmar Enterprise Monitoring System (MEMS) – 2nd Steering Committee meeting
Thu, 28 September 2017
Central Statistical Organization (CSO), Naypyidaw, Myanmar (Burma)
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Project meeting
Consultation on VARHS 2016 findings
Thu, 4 May 2017
Main Hall, Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM), 68 Phan Dinh Phung Str., Ba Dinh, Hanoi, Vietnam
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Project meeting
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.

Fri, 7 October 2016 – Sat, 8 October 2016
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
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Project meeting
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.

Fri, 9 September 2016 – Sat, 10 September 2016
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
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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.

Tue, 19 July 2016 – Wed, 20 July 2016
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Project meeting
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...

Thu, 16 June 2016 – Fri, 17 June 2016
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
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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 2016 – Tue, 12 April 2016
Marina Congress Center, Katajanokanlaituri 6, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Annual Lecture
WIDER Annual Lecture 20 - Direct interventions against poverty in poor places
Wed, 23 March 2016
Stockholm School of Economics, Aula, Sveavägen 65 (entrance from Bertil Ohlins gata), Stockholm, Sweden
Past event
Project meeting
UNU-WIDER Symposium - The political economy of social protection in developing countries
Mon, 8 February 2016 – Wed, 10 February 2016
Hilton Mexico City Reforma, Avenida Juárez 70, Cuauhtemoc, Centro, Mexico City, Mexico
Past event
Project meeting
Biofuel growth opportunities in Southern Africa

UNU-WIDER and The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) co-organized a project coordination meeting on the Biofuel growth opportunities in Southern Africa project on 22 January 2016 in Pretoria. The aim was for the researchers...

Fri, 22 January 2016
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Meiring Naude Rd, Pretoria, South Africa
Past event
Annual Lecture
WIDER Annual Lecture 19 - Three Decades of Change in Development
Sat, 19 September 2015
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Project meeting
Kick-off meeting – Gender and Development project
Wed, 6 May 2015 – Thu, 7 May 2015
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6 b, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Annual Lecture
WIDER Annual Lecture 18 - Managing Structural Transformation Post-2015
Tue, 18 November 2014
Dag Hammarskjold Library Auditorium, New York, United States
Past event
Project meeting
Good aid in hard places: Learning from what has worked in fragile contexts

Governance & Fragility Governance has become a major concern for both donors and aid recipient countries since the late 1980s. Very poor quality governance is also one of the defining characteristics of state fragility, and social unrest and violence...

Thu, 12 December 2013 – Fri, 13 December 2013
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Project meeting
Africa's Emerging Middle-Class as a side event at the African Studies Association Conference

Africa's Emerging Middles Class project meeting was held as a side event at the African Studies Association Conference.

Sat, 23 November 2013
Baltimore, United States
Past event
Project meeting
Aid and institution-building in fragile states: Lessons from comparative cases

Governance & Fragility Governance has become a major concern for both donors and aid recipient countries since the late 1980s. Very poor quality governance is also one of the defining characteristics of state fragility, and social unrest and violence...

Fri, 15 November 2013 – Sat, 16 November 2013
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Project meeting
Experimental and non-experimental methods to study government performance

In recent years, field experiments using randomized trials have gained increasing popularity in the field of development economics. In particular, scholars have argued strongly for their use as the best means of identifying ‘what works’ in foreign...

Tue, 22 October 2013 – Wed, 23 October 2013
New York University, New York, United States
Past event
Annual Lecture
WIDER Annual Lecture 17 - Egalitarian Principles
Thu, 19 September 2013
Europaea Hall, Marina Congress Centre, Katajanokanlaituri 6 A, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Project meeting
Experimental and non-experimental methods to study government performance: contributions and limits

In recent years, field experiments using randomized trials have gained increasing popularity in the field of development economics. In particular, scholars have argued strongly for their use as the best means of identifying ‘what works’ in foreign...

Thu, 22 August 2013 – Fri, 23 August 2013
New York University, New York, United States
Past event
Project meeting
Policymakers' responses to food price crises

Policymakers' responses to food price crises: Results from a 14-Country political economy study

Thu, 2 May 2013
International Food Policy Research Institute , 2033 K Street, NW, Washington, DC, United States
Past event
Project meeting
Growth and Poverty Project (GAPP). Second authors' meeting.

The second project meeting of the research programme called Reconciling Africa’s Growth, Poverty and Inequality Trends': Growth and Poverty Project (GAPP). The GAPP brings together researchers from leading African and international universities and...

Mon, 28 January 2013 – Wed, 30 January 2013
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Annual Lecture
WIDER Annual Lecture 16 - The folk and the formula
Thu, 27 September 2012
House of Nobility, Ritarikatu 1, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Project meeting
Gender equality theme meeting

This planning meeting is for the project team members, and is by personal invitation only. For more information on this research, please see the research page

Thu, 12 July 2012 – Fri, 13 July 2012
Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Project meeting
Political economy of food price policy

This was the third and final meeting of participants in the Political Economy of Food Price Policy project, which is jointly led by UNU-WIDER, Cornell University, and the University of Copenhagen and partially supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates...

Tue, 10 July 2012 – Thu, 12 July 2012
Institute of Food and Resource Economics (FOI) at University of Copenhagen, Nørregade 10, Copenhagen, Denmark
Past event
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