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Vincent Leyaro on inter and intra industry trade effects of East Africa custom union in TanzaniaVincent Leyaro gave a presentation on 27 May 2020, as part of the Sustainable development solutions for Tanzania – strengthening research to achieve SDGs project. The presentation was held as a webinar. Abstract – Inter and intra...
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Vincent Leyaro on distributional impacts of lowering the value-added tax rate for standard rated items in TanzaniaVincent Leyaro gave a presentation on 20 May 2020, as part of the Sustainable development solutions for Tanzania – strengthening research to achieve SDGs project. The presentation was held as a webinar. Abstract - Assessing the distributional...
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Amrita Saha on trade, technology and absorptive capacity of Tanzanian textiles and apparel companiesAmrita Saha gave a presentation on 20 May 2020, as part of the Sustainable development solutions for Tanzania – strengthening research to achieve SDGs project. The presentation was held as a webinar. Abstract - Trade, technology and absorptive...
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Bethuel Kinuthia on input subsidy schemes and agricultural productivity in TanzaniaBethuel Kinuthia gave a presentation on 13 May 2020, as part of the Sustainable development solutions for Tanzania – strengthening research to achieve SDGs project. The presentation was held as a webinar. Abstract - The impact of input subsidy...
Seminar
Andrea Vaccaro on comparing cross-national measures of state capacityAndrea Vaccaro gave a presentation for the UNU-WIDER staff on 29 April 2020. The presentation was held as a webinar. Summary: Comparing cross-national measures of state capacity In the last few decades research on state capacity, its causes, and its...
Seminar
POSTPONED: Rajeev Goel on corruption beyond the glass ceiling - do women entrepreneurs perceive corruption differently?Rajeev Goel will present at the WIDER Seminar Series on 20 April Abstract – Corruption beyond the glass ceiling: do women entrepreneurs perceive corruption differently? Adding to the corruption-gender nexus, this paper contributes across...
Project workshop
Inequality and governance in unstable democracies – the mediating role of trust: 2nd Annual WorkshopMore than 30 participants attended the 2nd annual workshop for ‘Trust and Governance’ project, held virtually on the 16th and 17th April 2020. The workshop was initially set to be held in Colombia but had to be moved to a virtual...
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POSTPONED: Marcela Ibanez on the intrinsic value of decision making - evidence from a bargaining experiment in EgyptMarcela Ibanez will present at the WIDER Seminar Series on 18 March Absract - The intrinsic value of decision making: Evidence from a bargaining experiment in Egypt This paper uses an experimental approach to examine the causal effect of social norms...
Panel discussion
Inclusive growth in Mozambique programme researcher joins panel discussion on Mozambican labour marketSam Jones, UNU-WIDER Research Fellow, took part in a panel discussion on the national labour market hosted by Televisão de Moçambique.
Seminar
Jeffrey Hammer on one hundred homes - a visual survey of wealth and poverty in IndiaJeffrey Hammer will present at the WIDER Seminar Series on 12 March Abstract - One hundred homes - a visual survey of wealth and poverty in India In 2018, a multi-disciplinary team from India and four other countries collected expenditure data,...
Seminar
Marijke Verpoorten on aggrieved artisanal miners in Eastern CongoMarijke Verpoorten will present at the WIDER Seminar Series on 11 March Abstract - Would you fight? We asked aggrieved artisanal miners in Eastern Congo To meet the rising demand for minerals, mining companies have ventured into conflict-affected...
Workshop
Third training on TAZMOD - a tax-benefit microsimulation model for TanzaniaAs part of the SOUTHMOD project, the national team at University of Dar es Salaam in collaboration with UNU-WIDER, and Southern African Social Policy Research Insights ( SASPRI ) will organize a training event on the TAZMOD model. This third...
Lecture
Deepak Nayyar lecture at LSE on Resurgent AsiaThe lecture will analyse the phenomenal transformation of Asia, which would have been difficult to imagine, let alone predict, fifty years ago. In doing so, it provides an analytical narrative of this remarkable story of economic development,...
Seminar
Osman Ouattara on temperature shocks and inflation - are there any ramifications?
Policy seminar
Findings from recent research based on Ugandan administrative tax data