Blog
The ins and outs of African industrialization: UNU-WIDER provides open access to a wealth of information
by
Heini Salonen
December 2018
The question ‘why is there so little industrialization in Africa?’ has been a key focus of UNU-WIDER researchers and research partners for the last...
Presentation
Aid, growth, poverty and the global context
Presentation on i) aid, growth and development: what do we know?; (ii) poverty and human development; (iii) the changing global context; and (iv) Conclusions: a post 2015 perspective. Based on UNU-WIDER's research on foreign aid (ReCom) and to...
25 March 2014
JICA Research Institute,
Tokyo,
Japan
Past event
Presentation
Aid, Growth and Africa: The changing context
Finn Tarp, Director and Tony Addison, Chief Economist - Deputy Director presented 'Aid, Growth and Africa: the Changing Context'. Presentation
28 January 2014
DFID,
London,
United Kingdom
Past event
Presentation
Apresentação dos resultados
Finn Tarp presented: INQUÉRITO AS INDÚSTRIAS MANUFACTUREIRAS 2012 (IIM 2012): APRESENTAÇÃO DOS RESULTADOS Mozambique’s Ministry for Planning and Development and in partnership with the Confederation of Economic Associations, Copenhagen University and...
23 January 2014
Maputo,
Mozambique
Past event
Panel discussion
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).
17 June 2013
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19 June 2013
World Conference Center (WCCB),
Bonn,
Germany
Past event
Presentation
Does aid increase growth?
Professor Finn Tarp made a presentation 'Does Aid Increase Growth? during a Development Policy Programme for Finnish journalists, at the Department for Communication and Culture, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Helsinki. Presentation
5 March 2013
Ministry for Foreign Affairs,
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event
Presentation
Aid, growth and development
The Danish Society for International Development and the Centre for African Studies at Copenhagen University are pleased to announce an international conference on The new Africa – no longer the hopeless continent? Presentation by Finn Tarp, Director...
2 November 2012
IDA Meeting Centre,
Kalvebod Brygge 31 – 33,
Copenhagen,
Denmark
Past event
Presentation
'Hjalp Vi? Og Hvad Nu?' (in Danish language)
Aid, Growth and Development: A presentation by Professor Finn Tarp, Director of UNU-WIDER
9 October 2012
Nationaløkonomisk Forening - The Danish Economic Society,
Copenhagen,
Denmark
Past event
Annual Lecture
WIDER Annual Lecture 8 - Rethinking Growth Strategies
This lecture, ‘Rethinking Growth Strategies’, focuses on growth because we can all agree that achieving sustained poverty reduction around the world will be practically impossible unless economic growth is achieved in poor countries.
5 November 2004
Stockholm School of Economics,
Sveavägen 65,
Stockholm,
Sweden
Past event
Blog
Prospects for a Tanzanian transformation
by
James Stewart
December 2016
Researchers, policy makers, and representatives of international institutions recently gathered in Dar es Salaam to discuss prospects for a...
Blog
How big supermarket chains in southern Africa keep out small suppliers
by
Reena das Nair
February 2017
Supermarkets are a key route to market for many suppliers of food and household consumable products. The growth of supermarket chains in southern...
Conference
Growth and development policy – new data, new approaches, and new evidence
Economies in the southern Africa region face thorny challenges when it comes to the transformation of their economies, job creation, and the need to share the benefits of growth. For the past three years, more than 100 researchers have engaged in a...
30 November 2016
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1 December 2016
Protea Hotel Fire & Ice!,
213 Thys Street,
Pretoria Menlyn,
South Africa
Past event
Workshop
Regional Research Workshop
The purpose of the workshop is to initiate a four year programme of research on opportunities to spur growth and development in the Southern Africa region. The workshop is by invitation only.
28 March 2014
Johannesburg,
South Africa
Past event