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Energy subsidies are bigger than aid in more than half of poor countries … but we spend very little trying to reduce them
by
Neil McCulloch
October 2017
Which of the following do you think is the most important need in developing countries? Free health services for all to reduce child and maternal...
Working Paper
How do voters respond to information on self-serving elite behaviour?
Does self-serving elite behaviour make citizens more politically active? This paper presents the results of a randomized field experiment where voters in Tanzania were given information about elite use of tax havens. Information provided in a neutral...
Working Paper
Energy subsidies, international aid, and the politics of reform
Energy subsidy reform is critical to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and tackling climate change. This paper sets out the evidence on the scale of subsidies and their impact. It then reviews the actions of donors in encouraging and...
Annual Lecture
WIDER Annual Lecture 18 - Managing Structural Transformation Post-2015
Tue, 18 November 2014
Dag Hammarskjold Library Auditorium,
New York,
United States
Past event
Video
The Political Economy of Clean Energy Transitions project - an interview with Channing Arndt
Channing Arndt, Senior Research Fellow of UNU-WIDER, presents the thinking behind this project and the study of implementation of clean energy policies. With the forthcoming Paris Conference of the Parties (CoP 21, December 2015) attention is focused...
Project meeting
Political economy of food price policy
This was the third and final meeting of participants in the Political Economy of Food Price Policy project, which is jointly led by UNU-WIDER, Cornell University, and the University of Copenhagen and partially supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates...
Tue, 10 July 2012
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Thu, 12 July 2012
Institute of Food and Resource Economics (FOI) at University of Copenhagen,
Nørregade 10,
Copenhagen,
Denmark
Past event
Workshop
Second project workshop of the political economy of food price policy
Collaborating Institutions in this project were Cornell University and the University of Copenhagen. Please refer to the research page for more information: The Political Economy of Food Price Policy.
Fri, 24 February 2012
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Sat, 25 February 2012
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA),
Menelik II Ave,
Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia
Past event
Workshop
The political economy of food price policy
Please refer to the The Political Economy of Food Price Policy project page for more information.
Mon, 4 April 2011
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Tue, 5 April 2011
Institute of Food and Resource Economics (FOI) at University of Copenhagen,
Nørregade 10,
Copenhagen,
Denmark
Past event
About
Presentation - AL18
The WIDER Annual Lecture 18 was delivered on 18 November at the UN Headquarters in New York. The lecture, given by Professor Emeritus C. Peter Timmer of Harvard University, focused on the topic of structural transformation, especially within the...
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Photos - AL18
Selection of images from the WIDER Annual Lecture 18.
Video
WIDER Annual Lecture by C. Peter Timmer
View the WIDER Annual Lecture on Managing structural transformation post-2015.
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Contributors - AL18
Short biographies of those who contributed to the event.
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