Ministry for Foreign Affairs hosts farewell lecture by Finn Tarp

Ministry for Foreign Affairs hosts farewell lecture by Finn Tarp

Mon, 17 December 2018

Presenting at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs event, Development aid and economic policy - Getting the analytics and guiding principles right, UNU-WIDER Director Finn Tarp delivers his farewell speech on 17 December 2018.

After almost ten years as Director, Finn Tarp will step down from his role at the end of 2019. Under his directorship UNU-WIDER has conducted policy relevant-research on a range of issues at the centre of the UN sustainable development agenda, including finance, food and climate change, and transformation, inclusion and sustainability.

In his farewell lecture Finn Tarp reflects on the work of the ReCom project, discussing how five generations of aid research have finally converged towards a meaningful consensus to the question of whether development aid works, and provides a broad set of principles for future development policy.

If you are interested in participating, kindly regsiter here before 13 December, 12:00.

Due to safety regulations in the government premises, prior participation registration is required. 

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