Seminar
The political economy of green growth
Finn Tarp, Director of UNU-WIDER delivered a seminar on 'The Political Economy of Green Growth' as part of the TCD/UCD Development Research Seminar Series 2012 organised by the Trinity International Development Initiative (TIDI) at Trinity College...
23 March 2012
Dublin,
Ireland
Past event
Lecture
Food security and global environmental change
Invited Guest Lecturer, Aziz Karimov, Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER. The lecture introduces food security concept and its four dimensions. It also describes food system approach which can help better understand the interactions between Food Security...
15 November 2011
University of Jyväskylä,
Jyväskylä,
Finland
Past event
Policy seminar
Tony Addison at the 17th Plenary Meeting of the OECD Policy Dialogue on Natural Resource-based Development
Tony Addison represents UNU-WIDER as one of the invited partner organizations and institutions in the OECD’s Policy Dialogue on Natural Resources Development, which will take place online on 14-15 December 2021. This dialogue is part of the OECD...
14 December 2021
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15 December 2021
Online,
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event
Policy seminar
Tony Addison at the 16th Plenary Meeting of the OECD Policy Dialogue on Natural Resource-based Development
Tony Addison represents UNU-WIDER as one of the invited partner organizations and institutions in the OECD’s Policy Dialogue on Natural Resources Development, which takes place online on 30 June – 2 July 2021. This dialogue is part of the OECD...
30 June 2021
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2 July 2021
Online,
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event
Policy seminar
Tony Addison at the 18th Plenary Meeting of the OECD Policy Dialogue on Natural Resource-based Development
Tony Addison represents UNU-WIDER as one of the invited partner organizations and institutions in the OECD’s Policy Dialogue on Natural Resources Development, which will take place online on 27-28 June 2022. This dialogue is part of the OECD Strategy...
27 June 2022
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28 June 2022
Online,
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event
Presentation
Aid, Environment and Climate Change
The Director of UNU-WIDER Finn Tarp gave a presentation on 'Aid, Environment and Climate Change' in Helsinki during the joint IDB-NDF seminar on Innovative Climate Financing Mechanisms at the Nordic Development Fund, Helsinki. Presentation
4 November 2013
Nordic Development Fund,
Uudenmaankatu 16,
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event
Results meeting
Aid and our changing environment
Development aid funds have in recent years shifted focus significantly towards climate change; but massive challenges are yet to be overcome in how we allocate and design aid initiatives in an effective manner to effectively address the continuing...
4 June 2013
Sida,
Valhallavägen 199,
Stockholm,
Sweden
Past event
Seminar
SOAS Seminar on Aid and Development in Asia and Africa
Organised by School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London and the UK Office of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The panel of Speakers and Discussants includes: Ernest Aryeetey, Chairperson of the Board of UNU...
17 February 2011
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18 February 2011
Khalili Lecture Theater (B1), School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS),
London,
United Kingdom
Past event
Seminar
Aid, Growth, and Development: Have We Come Full Circle?
Presentation by Finn Tarp, Director UNU-WIDER, and Tony Addison, Chief Economist and Deputy Director UNU-WIDER See working paper Working Paper 2010/96 Aid, Growth, and Development: Have We Come Full Circle?
6 October 2010
Unit for Development Policy Planning of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland,
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event
Lecture
Aid, Growth, and Development
The question of foreign aid's impact on economic growth and development is highly controversial and excites polarised opinions. Optimistic views of aid are exemplified by those of Jeffrey Sachs, who calls for a doubling of worldwide aid flows as a...
19 May 2010
Bergen Resource Centre for International Development, Juss II,
Jekteviksbakken 31,
Bergen,
Norway
Past event
Seminar
Webcast: Global Crisis, More Than Just Economics
The United Nations University Office at the UN, New York is organizing a discussion as part of its Worldwide in NY Series entitled Global Crisis, More Than Just Economics with Prof. Finn Tarp, Director of the World Institute for Development Economics...
28 January 2010
United Nations University Office at the UN,
New York,
United States
Past event
Presentation
For or Against Official Development Assistance?
In this event, international development scholar Finn Tarp, will explore the highly controversial topic of aid and its effectiveness in light of recent bestsellers on the subject such as Dambisa Moyo's Dead Aid and Paul Colliers's The Bottom Billion...
19 April 2010
UN Headquarters, New York. Conference room 6, Temporary North Lawn Building,
New York,
United States
Past event