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UNU-WIDER experts in key role in global roundtable process on extractives
Over the past eight months, various heads of state, ministers, and other stakeholders from around the world have participated in a dialogue to discuss the pressing issues and the future of the extractives sector. UNU-WIDER researchers Tony Addison...
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Seminar
Extractive industries: taxation and revenues II
26 May 2021
Online, Helsinki, Finland
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Presentation
Tony Addison at the Challenge of Financing for Development - Pre & Post CoVID-19
Tony Addison has been invited to speak at a side event of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Forum on Financing for Development , also known as the FfD Forum. The side event, titled The Challenge of Financing for Development - Pre &...
13 April 2021
Online, Egypt
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Presentation
Tony Addison and Alan Roe at 5th UN Roundtable on Extractives
On 15 March, 2021, Tony Addison and Alan Roe , both Non-Resident Senior Research Fellows at UNU-WIDER, will be presenting at a high-level United Nations Roundtable titled ' Extractive industries and sustainable development and the 2030 Agenda in...
15 March 2021
Online, Lebanon
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Presentation
Tony Addison and Alan Roe at 4th UN Roundtable on Extractives
On 4 February, 2021, Tony Addison and Alan Roe , both Non-Resident Senior Research Fellows at UNU-WIDER, will be presenting at a high-level United Nations Roundtable titled " Extractive industries and sustainable development and the 2030 Agenda...
4 February 2021
Online, Thailand
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Presentation
Tony Addison and Alan Roe at 3rd UN Roundtable on Extractives
On 20 January, 2021, Tony Addison adn Alan Roe, both Non-Resident Senior Research Fellows at UNU-WIDER, will be presenting at a high-level United Nations Roundtable titled "Extractive industries and sustainable development in the UNECE region".
20 January 2021
Online, Geneva, Switzerland
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Presentation
Tony Addison at Basel Peace Forum 2021
On 20 January, 2021, Tony Addison , Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER, will be presenting at the Basel Peace Forum 2021. In his presentation, he will address the following questions: What are the implications of the low-carbon...
20 January 2021
Online, Switzerland
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Presentation
Tony Addison and Alan Roe at 2nd UN Roundtable on Extractives
On 9 December, 2020, Tony Addison and Alan Roe , both Non-Resident Senior Research Fellows at UNU-WIDER, will be presenting at a high-level United Nations Roundtable titled " Extractive industries and sustainable development and the 2030 Agenda...
9 December 2020
Online, Chile
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Presentation
Tony Addison at Financing Natural Capital seminar
On 23-24 November, 2020, Tony Addison , Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER, will be presenting at a seminar titled "Financing Natural Capital: Policies for Value Chain Development in Natural Resources in Post COVID-19 Africa...
23 November 2020 – 24 November 2020
Online
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Project workshop
Extractive Industries: Taxation and Revenues
5 November 2020
Zoom, Finland
Past event
Presentation
Tony Addison and Alan Roe at 1st UN Roundtable on Extractives
On 30 October, 2020, Tony Addison and Alan Roe , both Non-Resident Senior Research Fellows at UNU-WIDER, will be presenting at a high-level United Nations Roundtable titled " Extractive Industries as an Engine for Sustainable Development: The...
30 October 2020
Past event
Working Paper
Pandemics and their impact on oil and metal prices
We examine the effect of pandemics on selected commodity prices—in particular, those of zinc, copper, lead, and oil...
Pandemic Commodities Prices
Working Paper
Discerning trends in international metal prices in the presence of non-stationary volatility
Modelling the underlying long-run trend of metal prices is important, given that selected metals are a source of income for many countries...
Market prices Volatility
Working Paper
COVID-19: macroeconomic dimensions in the developing world
The COVID-19 pandemic represents an unprecedented global crisis. The task for economic policy is to help keep people alive, enterprises afloat, and households out of poverty. The pandemic has macroeconomic dimensions...
Commodities COVID-19 Debt