Working Paper
Education Policy, Vocational Training, and the Youth in Sub-Saharan Africa
Technical, vocational education, and training has remained an explosive topic because it can create a divided society in terms of education and the benefits associated with it. Internationally, it has always been a complex and controversial topic...
Blog
GHAMOD launch and training: A tax-benefit microsimulation model for Ghana
Better social protection coverage and greater benefits in developing countries would certainly be welcomed by many. More and better forms of social...
Research Brief
Aid and Management Training
It is widely recognized that entrepreneurship is of critical importance to industrial development. Despite this importance we know little about the skills of business owners and managers in developing countries. In the WIDER Working Paper ‘The Role...
Working Paper
Worker retraining and transfer payments
We conduct an incentive-theoretical analysis of political economy considerations in the design of social protection programmes in developing countries to accompany economic reforms. We focus on two aspects of social protection—the provision of...
Working Paper
Who benefits from job training programmes?
Using admission lotteries and registry data linking labour market outcomes, we study the effect of a vocational training programme focused on disadvantaged individuals in Brazil. The intensive programme is an 18-month classroom training coupled with...
Research Brief
Is technical and vocational education and training a solution for youth unemployment?
Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) is often seen as a silver bullet resolving issues ranging from youth unemployment to labour market-related structural change. This is particularly true for developing countries with deficient...
Working Paper
The Role of Training in Fostering Cluster-Based Micro and Small Enterprises Development
While it has been increasingly recognized that efficient management holds the key to the development of micro and small enterprises in developing countries, we know very little about the managerial capacity of business owners and managers in these...
Report
Survey on the school-to-work transition of technical and vocational training graduates in Mozambique
This report documents the main conclusions of the Survey on the School-to-Work Transition of Technical and Vocational Education and Training Graduates in Mozambique. The research was planned and implemented by researchers from the United Nations...
Project workshop
IGM training on designing enterprise surveys training
The Inclusive growth in Mozambique (IGM) programme organizes, on 17 March 2022, a one-day training on designing enterprise surveys. Topics covered include sampling of formal and informal firms, survey design (finding and measuring variables of...
Thu, 17 March 2022
Online,
Maputo,
Mozambique
Past event
Workshop
COLMOD training
As part of the SOUTHMOD project, the national team at Universidad Externado de Colombia in collaboration with UNU-WIDER and the International Inequalities Institute of the London School of Economics and Political Science organizes a training event on...
Mon, 10 July 2023
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Fri, 14 July 2023
Online,
Colombia
Past event
Workshop
RWAMOD training
As part of the SOUTHMOD project, the national team at the Rwanda Revenue Authority (RRA), in collaboration with UNU-WIDER and SASPRI, are organizing an in-person training workshop for technical staff of the Rwandan government institutions on RWAMOD...
Tue, 18 October 2022
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Thu, 20 October 2022
Kigali,
Rwanda
Past event
Workshop
COLMOD training
The COLMOD training is part of the SOUTHMOD project and focuses on the use and application of the COLMOD model for analyzing tax and benefit policies in Colombia. This workshop is designed for existing and potential new users at government offices...
Mon, 22 July 2024
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Fri, 26 July 2024
Online,
Colombia
Past event
Workshop
BOLMOD training
The BOLMOD training, which is delivered in Spanish, is designed for current and prospective users of the BOLMOD simulation tool, including individuals from government offices, universities, and research institutes. The participants are expected to...
Mon, 2 September 2024
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Fri, 6 September 2024
La Paz,
Bolivia
Past event
Workshop
ZANMOD training
As part of the SOUTHMOD project, this workshop is designed to train government officials in effectively using ZANMOD, a tax-benefit microsimulation model specifically developed for Zanzibar. This three-day training is the second event on ZANMOD...
Tue, 12 November 2024
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Thu, 14 November 2024
Zanzibar,
Tanzania
Past event
Workshop
Second RWAMOD training
As part of the SOUTHMOD project, the national team at the Rwanda Revenue Authority (RRA), in collaboration with UNU-WIDER and the Southern African Social Policy Research Insights (SASPRI), are organizing the second in-person training workshop on...
Wed, 18 October 2023
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Fri, 20 October 2023
Kigali,
Rwanda
Past event
Workshop
Training on research methods
The Inclusive Growth in Mozambique programme will hold a 2-day training workshop on research methods, on 27-28 June at the Eduardo Mondlane University in Maputo. The event focuses on literature reviews and data sources, including training on the...
Wed, 27 June 2018
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Thu, 28 June 2018
University of Eduardo Mondlane,
Maputo,
Mozambique
Past event
Workshop
Training on CGE modelling
The training on 2-6 July 2018 is the second part of the series of workshops, that offers an introduction to economy-wide modelling for policy analysis. The workshop is held in Maputo and it is part of the Inclusive Growth in Mozambique Programme. The...
Mon, 2 July 2018
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Fri, 6 July 2018
Maputo,
Mozambique
Past event
Workshop
Stata data management training
A five day in-person Data management in Stata capacity development workshop is provided to the research staff of the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) and Zanzibar Revenue Authority (ZRA) in Stonetown, Zanzibar on 2-6 October 2023. Few people in...
Mon, 2 October 2023
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Fri, 6 October 2023
Zanzibar,
Stonetown,
Tanzania
Past event
Workshop
Sixth training on ECUAMOD
As part of the SOUTHMOD project, the national team at FLACSO in collaboration with UNU-WIDER and International Inequalities Institute at the London School of Economics and Political Science organizes the sixth training event on the ECUAMOD model...
Mon, 31 July 2023
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Tue, 8 August 2023
Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales FLACSO,
Quito,
Ecuador
Past event
Workshop
Stata data management training
A three day in-person Data management in Stata capacity development workshop is provided to the research staff of the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) and Zambia Institute for Policy Analysis & Research (ZIPAR) in Lusaka, Zambia on 9-11 October 2023...
Mon, 9 October 2023
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Wed, 11 October 2023
Zambia Revenue Authority,
Lusaka,
Zambia
Past event
Workshop
Second training on ETMOD
This event will provide potential users of the ETMOD tax-benefit model with comprehensive training. As well as providing an overview of the model, the event will include a number of examples. Attendees will leave with an appreciation of how to...
Wed, 19 October 2022
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Fri, 21 October 2022
UNECA Conference Centre,
Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia
Past event
Workshop
Training on Macroeconomic Framework
On 7 May 2021, Michael Keller, Researcher at the University of Copenhagen and Technical Advisor at the Ministry of Economy and Finance of Mozambique (MEF), gives a half-day training on MEF’s Macroeconomic Framework. The Macroeconomic Framework is the...
Fri, 7 May 2021
Ministry of Economy and Finance,
Avenida Julius Nyerere,
Maputo,
Mozambique
Past event
Workshop
CSPR MicroZAMOD training workshop
The Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR) is excited to announce a CSPR MicroZAMOD training workshop in Lusaka from 25–28 March 2024. This intensive four-day event is part of the SOUTHMOD project and aims to bring together staff members of CSPR...
Mon, 25 March 2024
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Thu, 28 March 2024
Lusaka,
Zambia
Past event
Project workshop
IGM Basic STATA training
The Inclusive growth in Mozambique (IGM) programme organizes a five-day basic course on STATA during 28 March and 1 April 2022. STATA is a statistical analysis software used to analyse data patterns. The course aims to introduce participants to the...
Mon, 28 March 2022
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Fri, 1 April 2022
Online,
Maputo,
Mozambique
Past event
About
SOUTHMOD online training course
Welcome to the SOUTHMOD online training course, an engaging introductory course designed to equip you with foundational skills in tax-benefit microsimulation models, specifically in the context of Global South countries.
Workshop
Training on data analysis using R
SA-TIED held a 3-day online course on introduction to data analysis using R. The aim of the course was to build the capacity of South African officials to manage and use economic data to carry out policy-relevant research in their day-to-day work for...
Mon, 21 June 2021
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Wed, 23 June 2021
Online,
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event
Workshop
Training in Advanced Poverty Analysis
Two researchers of the Inclusive Growth in Mozambique programme, Eva-Maria Egger, UNU-WIDER Research Fellow, and Vincenzo Salvucci, Researcher at the University of Copenhagen, deliver a training on advanced poverty analysis on 26-30 April. To be held...
Mon, 26 April 2021
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Fri, 30 April 2021
Ministry of Economy and Finance,
Avenida Julius Nyerere,
Maputo,
Mozambique
Past event
Workshop
MOZMOD training and retreat 2024
This event is organized by UNU-WIDER in collaboration with the national MOZMOD team, the International Labour Organization (ILO) Mozambique, and the Ministry of Economic and Finance (MEF) of Mozambique.The MOZMOD Training and Retreat 2024 targets...
Fri, 1 November 2024
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Sat, 2 November 2024
Maputo,
Mozambique
Past event
Project workshop
Training course for SOUTHMOD model building
UNU-WIDER arranged a training course on building tax-benefit microsimulation models for researchers and data experts engaged in the new SOUTHMOD - Simulating tax and benefit policies for development project that aims to build new microsimulation...
Mon, 29 February 2016
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Fri, 4 March 2016
Kopanong Hotel and Conference Centre,
243 Glen Gory Road,
Benoni,
South Africa
Past event
Workshop
First PERUMOD training and launch event
As part of the SOUTHMOD project, the national team at Universidad del Pacífico in collaboration with UNU-WIDER and International Inequalities Institute at the London School of Economics and Political Science organizes the first training and launch...
Mon, 20 November 2023
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Thu, 23 November 2023
Universidad del Pacífico,
Peru
Past event
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