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
Tue, 28 January 2014
DFID,
London,
United Kingdom
Past event
Presentation
Climate change and economic development in Africa
Africa: Climate Change and Economic Development Climate Change and Economic Development in Africa is the theme of the 38th plenary session of the African Economic Research Consortium’s (AERC) Biannual Research Workshop 2013.The session will feature...
Sun, 2 June 2013
Arusha,
Tanzania
Past event
Presentation
Learning to compete: Accelerating industrial development in Africa
Presentation Please refer to the Research page for more information. Learning to Compete (L2C): Accelerating Industrial Development in Africa
Tue, 8 January 2013
DFID,
London,
United Kingdom
Past event
Seminar
African economic growth: Productivity, policy syndromes and the importance of institutions
Speaker Augustin Kwasi Fosu, Deputy Director of UNU-WIDER. Recent evidence from an exhaustive political-economy study of growth of African economies – the Growth Project of the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) - suggests that ‘policy...
Tue, 9 October 2012
Seminar Room 3-4, Economicum,
Arkadiankatu 7,
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event
Conference
Development challenges in Africa in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic
Thu, 11 February 2021
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Fri, 12 February 2021
Online,
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event
Presentation
SOUTHMOD presented at a UNU-WIDER conference
UNU-WIDER organized a two-day online conference on the impact of COVID-19 pandemic in Africa on 11-12 February 2021. The preliminary results of an ongoing SOUTHMOD study were presented on the second day of the conference. The conference Development...
Fri, 12 February 2021
Past event
Presentation
Learning to Compete: What did we learn?
UNU-WIDER Director Finn Tarp presents the book 'Made in Africa' in a Special Session at the AERC Biannual Research Workshop.
Wed, 1 June 2016
Safari Park Hotel,
P.O Box 45038 A2,
Nairobi,
Kenya
Past event
Presentation
Roosa Lambin and Milla Nyyssölä on social policy trajectories and women in Tanzania
The virtual conference Social Policy in Africa is organized 22-24 November 2021 by University of South Africa (UNISA) in the City of Tshwane in South Africa. On 22 November researchers Roosa Lambin and Milla Nyyssölä give a presentation in the...
Mon, 22 November 2021
online,
South Africa
Past event
Project meeting
Industries without smokestacks
This project workshop on industries without smokestacks brings together researchers to discuss joint work on the industry sector and structural transformation in Africa. The workshop was held in Helsinki on 19-20 July 2016.
Tue, 19 July 2016
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Wed, 20 July 2016
UNU-WIDER,
Katajanokanlaituri 6 B,
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event
Presentation
The root causes of large scale forced migration
Director Finn Tarp made a contribution on international migration in a policy seminar hosted by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland.
Wed, 24 August 2016
Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland,
Laivastokatu 22,
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event
Panel discussion
Economic and political dynamics of Africa's emerging middle class
Economic and political dynamics of Africa's emerging middle class Robust economic growth in much of sub-Saharan Africa over the last decade is largely believed to have coincided with an expanding middle class. According to some estimates, the region...
Mon, 23 June 2014
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Thu, 26 June 2014
Bonn,
Germany
Past event
Panel discussion
Global Development Network 15th Annual Development Conference: Structural Transformation in Africa and Beyond
UNU-WIDER Special Session: Thursday 19 June, 2014, 16:00-17:30 Lessons from UNU-WIDER research: Research and Communication on Foreign Aid; Development Under Climate Change; and Learning to Compete
Thu, 19 June 2014
International Conference Centre,
Castle Rd,
Accra,
Ghana
Past event
Seminar
Oxford Handbook of Africa and Economics
Peking University National School of Development, UNU-WIDER, African Development Bank and World Bank meeting of contributors to the Oxford Handbook of Africa and Economics.
Sun, 8 December 2013
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Tue, 10 December 2013
Peking University National School of Development,
5 Yiheyuan Rd,
Haidian, Beijing,
China
Past event
Presentation
Aid to Africa and the Changing Context
Peking University National School of Development, UNU-WIDER, African Development Bank and World Bank meeting of contributors to the Oxford Handbook of Africa and Economics, Beijing, China. Presented by Finn Tarp, Director of UNU-WIDER. Presentation
Sun, 8 December 2013
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Tue, 10 December 2013
Peking University National School of Development,
5 Yiheyuan Rd,
Haidian, Beijing,
China
Past event
Project meeting
Africa's Emerging Middle-Class as a side event at the African Studies Association Conference
Africa's Emerging Middles Class project meeting was held as a side event at the African Studies Association Conference.
Sat, 23 November 2013
Baltimore,
United States
Past event