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
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
Workshop
Workshop – The National Treasury and UNU-WIDER
Tue, 7 February 2017
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Wed, 8 February 2017
National Treasury, Republic of South Africa,
240 Madiba Street,
South Africa
Past event
Project
Tax policy reform in developing countries
Theme: 2004-05
See publications for work connected to this project.
Project
Long-term development in the CFA-zone countries of Sub-Saharan Africa
Theme: 2002-03
Members of the CFA-zone enjoy currency convertibility, fiscal and monetary policies which are more prudent than SSA as a whole, and a large amount of financial and technical assistance. These advantages do not appear, however, to have resulted in...
Project
Building African capacity for policy simulation
Theme: 1985-97
With the introduction of Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) and Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), governments in Africa and other developing countries have been under great pressure to devise effective policies that will reduce poverty and...
Project
Institutional capabilities, reform ownership and development in SSA
Theme: 2000-01
Past policies, an erroneous approach to adjustment, and 'geography' are repeatedly cited as explanations for Africa's poor performance. But, weaknesses in the institutional capacity of the African State may be as important. In particular, economic...
Project
Underdevelopment, transition & reconstruction (UTR) in SSA
Theme: 1998-99
The development prospects in SSA are particularly problematic in those countries which adopted Soviet style planning in the 1970s, i.e. Angola, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, and Somalia. The policies of these countries...
Project
African development - myths and realities
Theme: 2008-09
Existing research on Africa has produced a seemingly endless list of reasons why African growth and poverty reduction record has lagged behind that of other regions of the developing world. This project looks at the reasons put forward for Africa’s...
Project
Designing Africa's poverty strategies - expanding local capacity to simulate policy options
Theme: 2006-07
In 2003, UNU-WIDER launched its project on Designing Africa’s Poverty Strategies: Creating the Capacity for Policy Simulation to develop economic modelling capacity in African countries. The project director provided regular training workshops (14...
News
New open access book - Growth and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa
On 14 April 2016 Oxford University Press (OUP) published UNU-WIDER’s first open access book, Growth and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa, edited by Channing Arndt, Andy McKay, and Finn Tarp.
Policy seminar
Sida Development Talks - Africa rising? Poverty and growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
On 22 April 2016 UNU-WIDER visits the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency to launch the new open access book Growth and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa. Resulting from UNU-WIDER’s project on ’Reconciling Africa’s growth, poverty and...
Fri, 22 April 2016
Sida,
Valhallavägen 199,
Stockholm,
Sweden
Past event
Seminar
WeiWei Chen on the political economy of Chinese private investment in Ethiopia
WeiWei Chen will present at the WIDER Seminar Series on 20 November 2019. Abstract - The political economy of Chinese private investment in Ethiopia: a case study of Eastern Industry Park Conventional wisdom sees a large role for Chinese state-owned...
Wed, 20 November 2019
UNU-WIDER,
Katajanokanlaituri 6 B,
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event
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