Presentation

Webinar

UNU-WIDER and the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF) host the sevent researchers’ seminar on Extractive industries: Taxation and revenues. This online seminar, themed Financial Benefit Sharing in the...

Presentation

Tony Addison, UNU-WIDER Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow and Extractives for Development (E4D) – risks and opportunities project lead, joins a dialogue event The extractive industries in the developing world: dilemmas and opportunities on 19...

Webinar

Webinar

UNU-WIDER and the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF) host the sixth researchers’ seminar on Extractive industries: Taxation and revenues. This online seminar, themed Critical minerals and revenue...

Conference

Webinar

Policy workshop

Policy seminar

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...

Panel discussion

On Thursday, 19 May 2022, 13:00-15:00 (UTC+7), UNU-WIDER non-resident senior research fellow Tony Addison presents at a moderated panel discussion entitled "Energy transition and the extractives industry in Asia-Pacific: National and Regional...

Seminar

A fifth researcher seminar on the topic of extractives and domestic revenue mobilisation will be held on 27 April 2022 from 16:00-18:00 (UTC +3). The event, "Fiscal Regime Reforms in the Extractives Sector," will be hosted jointly by UNU-WIDER and...

Presentation

Tony Addison has been invited to speak at the International Financial Architecture as a Global Public Good — an expert roundtable in support of Our Common Agenda. The event takes place online on 28 March 2022 at 9am (EST), and it will focus on...

Policy seminar

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...

Seminar

A fourth research seminar on extractives and domestic revenue mobilisation titled Extractive Industries: Taxation and Revenues takes place on 9 December 2021 at 3pm Helsinki time (UTC +2). The online event is hosted jointly by UNU-WIDER and the...

Presentation

Anton Löf, a director at RMG Consulting and a contributor in the UNU-WIDER project Extractives for Development (E4D) – risks and opportunities, joins the Angola International Diamond Conference (AIDC) as a keynote speaker. He will present a WIDER...

Panel discussion

Presentation

Miguel Niño-Zarazúa, Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER, and Rachel M. Gisselquist, Senior Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER are presenting to the Development Policy Committee of Finland on 2 September 2021 at 14:00 (UTC+3). The subject of...

Seminar

Presentation

On 23rd July, 2021, Tony Addison, Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER, presents at UNCTAD15 pre-event 'South-South Sharing of Experiences in Macro-Financial Policies for Structural Transformation'. The online event focuses on...

Policy seminar

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...

Seminar

Presentation

Presentation

Tony Addison has been invited to speak at a side event of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Forum on Financing for Development, also known as the FfD Forum. The side event, titled The Challenge of Financing for Development - Pre & Post...

Presentation

On 15 March, 2021, Tony Addison and Alan Roe, both Non-Resident Senior Research Fellows at UNU-WIDER, will be presenting at a high-level United Nations Roundtable titled 'Extractive industries and sustainable development and the 2030 Agenda in the...

Presentation

On 4 February, 2021, Tony Addison and Alan Roe, both Non-Resident Senior Research Fellows at UNU-WIDER, will be presenting at a high-level United Nations Roundtable titled "Extractive industries and sustainable development and the 2030 Agenda in Asia...

Presentation

On 20 January, 2021, Tony Addison adn Alan Roe, both Non-Resident Senior Research Fellows at UNU-WIDER, will be presenting at a high-level United Nations Roundtable titled "Extractive industries and sustainable development in the UNECE region".

Presentation

On 20 January, 2021, Tony Addison, Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER, will be presenting at the Basel Peace Forum 2021. In his presentation, he will address the following questions: What are the implications of the low-carbon...

Presentation

On 9 December, 2020, Tony Addison and Alan Roe, both Non-Resident Senior Research Fellows at UNU-WIDER, will be presenting at a high-level United Nations Roundtable titled "Extractive industries and sustainable development and the 2030 Agenda in...

Presentation

On 23-24 November, 2020, Tony Addison, Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER, will be presenting at a seminar titled "Financing Natural Capital: Policies for Value Chain Development in Natural Resources in Post COVID-19 Africa". The online...

Project workshop

Presentation

On 30 October, 2020, Tony Addison and Alan Roe, both Non-Resident Senior Research Fellows at UNU-WIDER, will be presenting at a high-level United Nations Roundtable titled "Extractive Industries as an Engine for Sustainable Development: The Case of...

Workshop

On 6 May 2019, UNU-WIDER will partner with the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) in organizing a workshop on inequality. The workshop will provide an opportunity to present and discuss some of the lessons learned in...

Presentation

Seminar

On 26 November 2018 Rachel Gisselquist presents a keynote address on development research for impact, at an event hosted by the Academy of Finland. The event, Research to Make Impact!, will launch the Academy Programme for development research, a...

Presentation

Members of Finland’s Development Policy Committee visited UNU-WIDER on 15 March 2016.

Presentation

ReCom (Research and Communication on Foreign Aid) occupied a key role in UNU-WIDER’s 2010-13 work programme addressing the triple crisis: Finance, Food and Climate Change. Some 240 ReCom studies were prepared during a period of 3-years by around 300...

Panel discussion

UNU-WIDER Special Session: Thursday 19 June, 2014, 16:00-17:30 Lessons from UNU-WIDER research: Research and Communication on Foreign Aid; Development Under Climate Change; and Learning to Compete

Presentation

Presentation to the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Finnish Parliament on Aid Effectiveness. See slides here.

Presentation

Group visit by students of University of Tampere, Finland, for briefing on UNU-WIDER's mandate and research, particularly ongoing research work within the project on Foreign Aid: Research and Communications.

Results meeting

In recent decades, aid donors have recognised that gender equality and women’s empowerment are central to improving living standards, well-being, and economic growth. This insight has led to a fourfold increase in the flows of foreign aid toward...

Project meeting

Governance & Fragility Governance has become a major concern for both donors and aid recipient countries since the late 1980s. Very poor quality governance is also one of the defining characteristics of state fragility, and social unrest and violence...

Presentation

The Director of UNU-WIDER, Finn Tarp and Rachel Gisselquist, Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER, gave a presentation 'ReCom – what works in Foreign Aid' at The Finnish Foreign Ministry’s Planning Day of the Ministry’s Advisory Unit. View and download...

Presentation

The Director of UNU-WIDER, Finn Tarp, gave a presentation 'Does Aid Increase Growth' at The Finnish Foreign Ministry’s Development Policy Program. View and download presentation slides Finn Tarp: Does aid increase growth

Seminar

A better understanding of what works – and what does not work – in fragile contexts is central to the success of international development efforts. As the 'Report of the High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda'...

Results meeting

Since the mid-1990s foreign aid has become increasingly concerned with fragility and governance. Given the acknowledgement of the role of the state in providing the conditions for peace, progress and prosperity, foreign aid has concentrated much...

Presentation

The 7th Seoul ODA International Conference (SOIC). The Director of UNU-WIDER, Finn Tarp, presented a paper on Aid, Growth and Poverty post-2015 during the conference. View and download presentation slides Aid, Growth and Poverty post-2015

Presentation

Presentation: The role of agriculture in the development process. Maputo, Mozambique. Download presentation slides Finn Tarp presentation 2013-09-04.pdf

Project meeting

In recent years, field experiments using randomized trials have gained increasing popularity in the field of development economics. In particular, scholars have argued strongly for their use as the best means of identifying ‘what works’ in foreign...

Results meeting

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...

Presentation

Group visit by Helsinki Authorized Guides, for briefing on UNU-WIDER's mandate and research, particularly ongoing research work within the project on Foreign Aid: Research and Communications.

Presentation

Presentation UNU-WIDER and research on foreign aid. A large and comprehensive, joint research, documentation and communications initiative.

Presentation

Group visit by students of University of Tampere, Finland, for briefing on UNU-WIDER's mandate and research, particularly ongoing research work within the project on Foreign Aid: Research and Communications.

Results meeting

See working papers and policy briefs presented at our ReCom results meeting on aid and social sectors in Stockholm 13 March, 2013. Here you can also find videos from the day as well as a summary of what was said.

Results meeting

Seminar

UNU-WIDER jointly hosted a networking event with the African Centre for Cities on 'Urban Governance and Service Delivery in Africa: The Role of National Policies, Institutions, and Politics'

Seminar

The aims of the seminar were twofold. First, the preliminary findings from an 18-month project at UNU-WIDER, which has looked at whether and how foreign aid has impacted Africa’s democratic trajectory, were presented. This research already has been...

Seminar

This seminar emphasized the role of governance structures and institutions for addressing these opportunities and constraints.

Seminar

Impact of foreign aid on the democratic trajectories of developing countries in sub-Saharan Africa.

Seminar

Questions on the relationship between development aid and economic growth in developing countries were addressed in this seminar.

Results meeting

ReCom - Research and Communication on Foreign Aid programme was launched in early 2011 by the Danish International Development Agency (Danida) and the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida). Key partners of this initiative include the United...

Lecture

How do foreign aid flows from countries belonging to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) influence domestic politics in recipient countries? In addressing this question, this lecture focuses specifically on the influence...

Seminar

UN Edutainment is a monthly seminar for everyone interested in international relations and the United Nations. Arranged by Finnish Model United Nations (FinMUN) together with the students' UN-association in Helsinki (HYKY).

Seminar

By popular demand, the ReCom - Research and Communication on Foreign Aid projects' evidence on the relationship between aid and growth will be presented at DFID, United Kingdom. Recom takes a closer look at what works in development assistance and...

Seminar

By popular demand, the ReCom evidence on the relationship between aid and growth was presented in the Sida Development Talks series.

Results meeting

The ReCom—Research and Communication on Foreign Aid programme held its first results meeting on the topic of ‘Aid, Growth and Macroeconomic Management’ at the University of Copenhagen on 27 January 2012. Implemented by UNU-WIDER and funded by the...

Seminar

UNU-WIDER Seminar on Development Effectiveness: New Ideas, New Challenges at the Development Policy Department of MFA Finland what works for development and what could work what experiences can be transferred between countries and what are the...

Conference

Poster: AERC & UNU-WIDER Conference: ReCom - Research and Communication on Foreign Aid.pdf (1.9 megabytes) To meet development objectives, aid recipients and their donor partners need to effectively manage the macro-economic effects of aid. Aid can...

Conference

Contact person External Project Directors: Markus Jäntti Jukka Pirttilä UNU-WIDER focal point: Finn Tarp, Director Project Assistant: Anne Ruohonen Photos from the Conference Videos from the Conference: http://www.wider.unu.edu/stc/videos/Pov__n_Beh...

Project meeting

Project meeting

Policy seminar

How successful has aid been in helping achieve development? How is aid helping to diversify economies, promote economic growth and create more employment? What can aid do in the difficult situations of fragile states? These are just some of the...