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...
2 June 2013
Arusha,
Tanzania
Past event
Panel discussion
Joint UNU-WIDER, UNU-MERIT, AND UNIDO panel discussion, incorporating book launch: The past, present, and future of economic development via industrialization
Over the last two centuries, the experiences of the first wave of industrialized countries in Europe and the US, and the more recent experiences of the East Asian Tigers, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, China, India, and Vietnam, have illustrated the...
11 April 2013
London School of Economics and Political Science, Wolfson Theatre,
London,
United States
Past event
Presentation
Does aid contribute to economic development?
Presentation UNU-WIDER and research on foreign aid. A large and comprehensive, joint research, documentation and communications initiative.
4 April 2013
African Development Bank,
Tunis,
Tunisia
Past event
Project workshop
Virtual workshop on the changing nature of work and inequality
The changing nature of work and inequality project will hold a workshop online to discuss research in progress on 24-26 March via Zoom. The original workshop to be convened in Tunis, Tunisia has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Country...
24 March 2020
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26 March 2020
Online,
United States
Past event
Lecture
Social Mobility in Developing Countries: Pathways for Research and Policy
Kunal Sen gives a keynote address at the Annual Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) Conference on Development (ABCD) 2021. The keynote address, on the topic of 'Social Mobility in Developing Countries: Pathways for Research and Policy'...
3 December 2021
Lakeshore Hotel,
House no. 46 Gulshan 2,
Dhaka,
Bangladesh
Past event
Seminar
Oxford Companion to the Economics of South Africa
11 August 2015
Sheraton Hotel ,
643 Cnr Stanza Bopape/Wessels St Arcadia,
Pretoria,
South Africa
Past event
Policy workshop
World Income Inequality Database project presents at the OECD's DAC Community of Practice on Poverty and Inequalities
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) Development Assistance Committee (DAC) Community of Practice on Poverty and Inequalities (CoP-PI) hosts several thematic dialogues between researchers and practitioners on embedding...
25 March 2022
Online,
United States
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...
23 June 2014
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26 June 2014
Bonn,
Germany
Past event
Presentation
Introduction to VARHS in-depth studies and study on happiness
Presentation - Introduction Presentation - Study
21 November 2013
CIEM,
68 Phan Đình Phùng, Quận Ba Đình,
Hanoi,
Vietnam
Past event
Policy seminar
Inequality and Development – trends and policies
Powerpoint presentation UNU-WIDER policy seminar on “Inequality and Development - trends and policies” at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland. The seminar will look at current trends in inequality, the relationship between development and...
26 September 2014
Valopiha, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland,
Katajanokanlaituri 3,
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event