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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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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Photo of two factory chimneys with steam coming out of them against a blue sky. Connecting the productivity challenge with development policies in Latin America and the Caribbean
Wed, 13 March 2024
Raúl Prebisch Hall, ECLAC, Av. Dag Hammarskjöld 3477, Vitacura, Santiago de Chile, Chile
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Towards peace and decent work in Africa: Accelerating progress on the SDGs
Thu, 26 October 2023
UNECA, United Nations Conference Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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UN HQ Accelerating progress towards fairer societies
Wed, 4 October 2023
United Nations Headquarters, Room CR 11, 405 E 45th St, New York, New York, United States
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Bangkok - Unsplash - Frida Aguilar Estrada Accelerating progress towards decent work and fairer societies – joint event with ESCAP
Tue, 26 September 2023
ESCAP, CR-4, UNCC, Rajadamnern Nok Avenue Khwaeng Bang Khun Phrom, Phra Nakhon, Bangkok, Thailand
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Policy panel on war and reconstruction in Ukraine
Tue, 9 May 2023
The crypt of Helsinki Cathedral, Kirkkokatu 18, Helsinki, Finland
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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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Unpacking the developer's dilemma – panel discussion at ISID
Fri, 24 February 2023
Vasant Kunj Institutional Area, New Delhi, India
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The developer's dilemma: special session in the Jobs for Development Conference
Thu, 15 December 2022
Cape Town, South Africa
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Fiscal States panel at APSA 2022 annual meeting

On 16 September 2022 UNU-WIDER is organising a panel at the 2022 American Political Science Association’s (APSA) Annual Meeting & Exhibition on the topic of Fiscal States in Developing Countries: Origins and Developmental Implications. The panel...

Fri, 16 September 2022
Palais de congrés de Montréal , Montreal, Canada
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Addressing group-based inequalities presents at the APSA 2022 annual meeting

On 17 September 2022 UNU-WIDER is organising a panel at the 2022 American Political Science Association’s (APSA) Annual Meeting & Exhibition on the topic of Addressing ethnic inequality: Experiences of reform. The panel, chaired by UNU-WIDER Senior...

Tue, 6 September 2022
Palais de congrés de Montréal , Montreal, Canada
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Tony Addison joins a panel discussion at UNESCAP

On Thursday, 19 May 2022, 13:00-15:00 (UTC+7), UNU-WIDER non-resident senior research fellow Tony Addison presents at a moderated panel discussion entitled "Energy transition and the extractives industry in Asia-Pacific: National and Regional...

Thu, 19 May 2022
Online, Bangkok, Thailand
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Social mobility in the Global South – beyond poverty and inequality reduction

A new book, Social Mobility in Developing Countries: Concepts, Methods, and Determinants, produced by UNU-WIDER and edited by Vegard Iversen, Anirudh Krishna, and Kunal Sen and published by Oxford University Press offers students, researchers, and...

Wed, 6 April 2022
University of Greenwich Stockwell Street, 10 Stockwell St. - Room LT 0004, East Greenwich, London, United Kingdom
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UNU-WIDER at ISA 2022 Annual Convention

UNU-WIDER Senior Research Fellow Patricia Justino and Research Associate Rute Martins Caeiro join in a virtual panel discussion Trust and Governance in Unstable Democracies on 29 March 2022 14:00 - 15:30 (UTC-5) as part of the International Studies...

Tue, 29 March 2022
Online, Nashville, United States
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Developing Fiscal States in Africa
Thu, 2 December 2021
Online, France
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Développer les États fiscaux en Afrique
Thu, 2 December 2021
Virtuelle, France
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Rachel Gisselquist at Finland's Development Policy Days 2021

Rachel M. Gisselquist joins a panel discussion at the annual Development Policy Days event hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Finland. The event is held 9-10 November 2021 both online and at Finlandia Hall, Helsinki from 8:30 – 16:30. Rachel...

Tue, 9 November 2021Wed, 10 November 2021
Helsinki, Finland
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COP26: Are We Ready?
Thu, 28 October 2021
Online, Finland
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Kunal Sen at the 7th World Investment Forum

During the 7th World Investment Forum 18–22 October, UNU-WIDER Director, Kunal Sen, joins the Academic Track opening plenary: ‘Setting the future research and policy agenda on international investment and development’. Academic Track is organized in...

Mon, 18 October 2021
Online, Switzerland
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UNU-WIDER researchers join UNDESA virtual expert group meeting on Inclusive and resilient recovery from COVID-19 for sustainable livelihoods, well-being and dignity for all

During 29-30 July and 2-3 August UNU-WIDER researchers, Michael Danquah and Annalenna Oppel join the expert group meeting hosted virtually by Division for Inclusive Social Development, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) in...

Thu, 29 July 2021Tue, 3 August 2021
Online, United States
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Rachel Gisselquist speaks at panel on ‘Human insecurity as a threat to human development’ at the UNDP Virtual Human Development Symposium

The United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) Office of the Human Development Report will host a virtual symposium over four days from 8-11 June on ‘A New Generation of Human Security’. Through a series of keynote addresses and panel discussions...

Thu, 10 June 2021
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How to get inclusive growth started in fragile contexts
Wed, 9 June 2021
Online, Helsinki, Finland
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Patricia Justino at What Works Global Summit 2020

On October 30, 2020, UNU-WIDER's Senior Research Fellow Patricia Justino will be taking part in a panel discussion at What Works Global Summit 2020. The topic of the panel is "In fragile situations, which interventions strengthen intergroup social...

Fri, 30 October 2020
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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...

Thu, 10 September 2020
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Kunal Sen joins panel at virtual conference on implications of the COVID-19 crisis for labour and employment in India

The Institute for Human Development jointly with International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Indian Society of Labour Economics (ISLE) is organising a virtual conference on implications of the Covid-19 crisis for labour and employment in India...

Mon, 8 June 2020Tue, 9 June 2020
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Inclusive growth in Mozambique programme researcher joins panel discussion on Mozambican labour market

Sam Jones, UNU-WIDER Research Fellow, took part in a panel discussion on the national labour market hosted by Televisão de Moçambique.

Tue, 17 March 2020
Grande Debate, Televisão de Moçambique, Maputo, Mozambique
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A UNU-WIDER special panel on inequality — measurement, implications, and influencing change
Fri, 28 February 2020
House of Science and Letters, Kirkkokatu 6, Helsinki, Finland
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Asian Transformations panel discussion at India International Centre

On 23 December, Professor Deepak Nayyar, editor of Asian Transformations, led a panel discussion on the recent publication at the India International Centre in New Delhi. The book, Asian Transformations: An Inquiry into the Development of Nations...

Mon, 23 December 2019
India International Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, India
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Human Development Report 2019 - Launch event in Helsinki

The UNDP Human Development Report 2019 focuses on inequalities in the twenty-first century and how they weaken social cohesion and economic growth, and damage people’s trust in government, institutions, and in each other. The Finnish launch, hosted...

Fri, 13 December 2019
Tiedekulma (Think Corner), Helsinki, Finland
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Launch of the UNDP Human Development Report 2019
Fri, 13 December 2019
Think Corner / Tiedekulma, Yliopistonkatu 4, Helsinki, Finland
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Oxford University Press hosts a conversation on Resurgent Asia

Over 250 people attended the launch of the new open access book Resurgent Asia at the Oxford University Press headquarters in New Delhi on 27 November. The event featured a presentation by author, Professor Deepak Nayyar, and was followed by an...

Wed, 27 November 2019
India International Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, India
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Open dialogue on inequality in the 21st century
Fri, 29 March 2019
Ex-Press Bar, Third Floor of the General Assembly, United Nations Headquarters, 1st Avenue at 46th Street, New York, United States
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Income redistribution and the role of tax-benefit systems in Latin America
Thu, 5 July 2018Fri, 6 July 2018
IAEN – Plataforma Gubernamental Financiera, Quito, Ecuador
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Redistribución de ingreso y el rol de los impuestos y las transferencias monetarias en América Latina

El Instituto Mundial para la Investigación de Economía del Desarrollo de la Universidad de las Naciones Unidas (UNU-WIDER) junto con el equipo de EUROMOD del Instituto de Investigación Social y Económica (ISER) de la Universidad de Essex y el...

Thu, 5 July 2018Fri, 6 July 2018
IAEN – Plataforma Gubernamental Financiera, Quito, Ecuador
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Global Solutions Summit 2018

The Global Solutions Summit 2018, held on May 28 and 29 in Berlin, Germany was organised by the Global Solutions Initiative. The summit addressed major G20 topics including the future of work, infrastructure for sustainable development, food security...

Mon, 28 May 2018Tue, 29 May 2018
Berlin, Germany
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Public services at grassroots level in Africa [in Finnish]
Sat, 26 May 2018
Taiga-lava (Kansallisteatterin lavaklubi), Läntinen Teatterikuja 1, Helsinki, Finland
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Economic and political dynamics of Africa's emerging middle class

Economic and political dynamics of Africa's emerging middle class Robust economic growth in much of sub-Saharan Africa over the last decade is largely believed to have coincided with an expanding middle class. According to some estimates, the region...

Mon, 23 June 2014Thu, 26 June 2014
Bonn, Germany
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Global Development Network 15th Annual Development Conference: Structural Transformation in Africa and Beyond

UNU-WIDER Special Session: Thursday 19 June, 2014, 16:00-17:30 Lessons from UNU-WIDER research: Research and Communication on Foreign Aid; Development Under Climate Change; and Learning to Compete

Thu, 19 June 2014
International Conference Centre, Castle Rd, Accra, Ghana
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Foreign aid and democracy in Africa

This event will involve an in-depth analysis of how, when, and why foreign aid has either facilitated or undermined democratization in Africa. The panel discussion will be centred around the launch of the book entitled Democratic Trajectories in...

Wed, 6 November 2013
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP), 1779 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC, United States
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Conference session in The Future of Growth – Economic Values and the Media

'The Future of Growth – Economic Values and the Media' is the issue of the sixth Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum from 17-19 June 2013 at the World Conference Center Bonn (WCCB).

Mon, 17 June 2013Wed, 19 June 2013
World Conference Center (WCCB), Bonn, Germany
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Joint UNU-WIDER, UNU-MERIT, AND UNIDO panel discussion, incorporating book launch: The past, present, and future of economic development via industrialization

Over the last two centuries, the experiences of the first wave of industrialized countries in Europe and the US, and the more recent experiences of the East Asian Tigers, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, China, India, and Vietnam, have illustrated the...

Thu, 11 April 2013
London School of Economics and Political Science, Wolfson Theatre, London, United States
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Development success: Strategies and lessons from more advanced countries and the developing world

Video: panel discussion which took place on Monday 18 March 2013 in Oxford: http://fsmevents.com/csae/session6/ What lessons can be learnt from developed countries that might be useful for developing and emerging economies? With an emphasis on long...

Mon, 18 March 2013
Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre, St. Catherine’s College, Manor Road, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Latin American urban development into the 21st century: Towards a renewed perspective on the city

The 20th century witnessed global processes of urbanization on an unprecedented scale, to the extent that more than half of the world's population now lives in urban areas for the first time in human history. Latin America is the developing world's...

Fri, 26 October 2012
Senate Room, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Economies in transition: The long-run view

Chair: Erik Berglof, Chief Economist, EBRD Speakers: Professor Gérard Roland, University of California, Berkeley. Dr Rania Al-Mashat, Assistant Sub-Governor and Head of Monetary Policy Department, Central Bank of Egypt. Professor Roland, editor of...

Tue, 19 June 2012
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, One Exchange Square, London, United Kingdom
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