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António Cruz presents at NOVAFRICA seminar seriesOn 7 November António Cruz will give a presentation within the NOVAFRICA seminar series of Nova School of Business and Economics in the New University of Lisbon (Universidade Nova de Lisboa). The presentation is based on a WIDER working paper...
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Tony Addison presents at Norad
Project workshop
Inclusive development in Myanmar: Training course on sampling methodology and basic statistics
Presentation
Tony Addison presents at the UNCTAD World Investment ForumOn 26 October Chief Economist and Deputy Director of UNU-WIDER Tony Addison is giving a presentation in a multi-disciplinary academic conference that takes place within the UNCTAD World Investment Forum 2018 in Geneva.
Seminar
Habtamu Ali Beshir on the impacts of contemporaneous and early life price shocks on human capital productionOn October 24 Habtamu Ali Beshir, PhD Candidate, Lancaster University, will present his research. Abstract: Impacts of contemporaneous and early life price shocks on human capital production The effect of economic shocks on human capital is...
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Tony Addison and Alan Roe talk extractivesTony Addison and Alan Roe will discuss extractive industries at Oxford Policy Management seminar on 19 October
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Researchers from extractives project present at Chatham House
Seminar
Lilian Korir on the nexus between food insecurity, vulnerability and resilience: evidence from KenyaOn 18 October, Lilian Korir, PhD Candidate, University of Lincoln, will present her research. Abstract - The nexus between food insecurity, vulnerability and resilience: evidence from Kenya Food insecurity remains a major global concern,...
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Sam Jones reviews the likely impacts of the fourth industrial revolution on low-income African countriesUNU-WIDER Research Fellow, Sam Jones, gave a presentation at a public seminar at the University of Helsinki on the possible impacts of the fourth industrial revolution on African countries, using examples from Mozambique. The event, ‘Human...
Project workshop
Using administrative tax data for research in Uganda: meeting of project collaboratorsThe workshop brought together around 20 participants, including researchers and staff members from the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), UNU-WIDER, the Southern African Social Policy Research Institute (SASPRI), and the University of Makerere to...
Seminar
David Escamilla-Guerrero on Self-selection of Mexican Emigrants in the presence of random shocks: Evidence from the Panic of 1907On 10 October David Escamilla-Guerrero, PhD Candidate, London School of Economics and Political Science, will present on the evolution of self-selection patterns of Mexican emigrants. Abstract: Self-selection of Mexican Emigrants in the presence of...
Workshop
Kunal Sen's presentation features as keynote address at Western Sydney University workshopWestern Sydney University will host an international workshop on security, peace and development on 5 October 2018.
Presentation
Finn Tarp presents at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs FinlandOn 27 September 2018 UNU-WIDER Director Finn Tarp will give a presentation on development and poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Unit for Development Finance and Private Sector Cooperation.
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Maureen Were presents at AERC workshop in KenyaThe final review workshop for the African Economic research Consortium (AERC) research project rethinking regional integration in Africa for inclusive and sustainable development took place in Nairobi, Kenya, on 24-25 September. Maureen Were, UNU-...
Lecture
Industrial policy and structural transformation of Uganda – Lecture series: Beyond Manufacturing: Structural Change in Africa Reconsidered, by John Page
Seminar
WIDER Seminar Series - Sam Jones on what it means to be poor - Investigating the qualitative–quantitative divide in Mozambique