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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Bruno Martorano on Social movements and preferences for redistribution
30 April 2024 15:00 – 30 April 2024 16:00
Hybrid, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
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Nicole Hassoun on Measuring population health: avoiding discrimination
11 April 2024
Hybrid, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
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Andrea Vaccaro on how (the lack of) state experience shapes today’s fragile states
20 March 2024
Hybrid, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
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Man working, Zambia, search image. Image: Jean Mandela / UNU-WIDER LDC5 Monitor – Defining its scope and uses
7 March 2024
Online, Helsinki, Finland
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Kunal Sen on Varieties of Structural Transformation – SOAS Seminar series

Kunal Sen joins the SOAS Economics Seminar Series to present insights from the book Varieties of Structural Transformation.One of the key features of modern economic growth is the process of structural transformation, which is the movement of workers...

29 February 2024
SOAS, University of London main building, RB01, 10 Thornhaugh St, London, United Kingdom
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Nadine Riedel on the effectiveness of countermeasures against multinational tax avoidance
29 November 2023
Hybrid, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
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Gabriela Zapata Román on The motherhood effect on women's labour trajectories: preliminary results
15 November 2023
Hybrid, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
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Stefan Leeffers on the effect of information on flood preparedness in urban Mozambique
25 October 2023
Hybrid, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
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Iván Torre on Educational mobility in Europe and Central Asia
19 October 2023
Hybrid, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
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Varieties of structural transformation seminar by Kunal Sen

On 27 September Kunal Sen attends the The Faculty of Economics of Thammasat University in Pranakorn, Bangkok, to deliver a seminar titled 'Varieties of structural transformation'. The presentation draws on the UNU-WIDER project exploring the old and...

27 September 2023
Bangkok, Thailand
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Paulo Santos presents evidence on the agricultural origins of prejudice from multiple Asian societies
20 September 2023
Hybrid, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
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Saumik Paul on Construction productivity and relative prosperity
13 September 2023
Hybrid, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
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Sefa Kwami Awaworyi Churchill on Temperature, climate change and household financial behaviour: evidence from Vietnam
14 June 2023
Hybrid, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
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Michael Palmer presents Can information improve the uptake of disability benefits?
14 June 2023
Hybrid, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
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Yusi Ouyang on Fighting poverty to promote growth
8 June 2023
Finland
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William Ferguson on A theory of triadic power with applications to leadership, collective action, and institutional evolution
7 June 2023
Hybrid, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
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