Seminar
Development strategy and policy analysis: The economics (and politics) behind South Africa’s carbon tax
South Africa announced in February 2012 that it will introduce a carbon tax to reduce the country’s high levels of greenhouse gas emissions and assist in the global effort to curb climate change. This makes South Africa one of the first countries...
Tue, 3 April 2012
UN DESA,
DC2-1949,
New York,
United States
Past event
Presentation
Group visit by the Finnish parliamentary Development Policy Committee
Group visit by 12 members of the Finnish parliamentary Development Policy Committee, for a briefing on UNU-WIDER's research projects, particularly research work within the ReCom - Research and Communication on Foreign Aid.
Wed, 12 February 2014
UNU-WIDER,
Katajanokanlaituri 6,
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event
Workshop
2011 Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) for green growth policy analysis and monitoring in Vietnam
Presentation Training Workshop under the project '2011 Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) for green growth policy analysis and monitoring in Vietnam'. Rob Davies and Dirk van Seventer provided the training to the SAM working team of the Central Institute...
Mon, 22 July 2013
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Tue, 23 July 2013
Hanoi,
Vietnam
Past event
Presentation
What are the drivers of the changed global landscape of development policy? How do they affect the role of development cooperation?
Presentation Presentation followed by a panel discussion with members of the Development Policy Committee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland. The panel included Mr Jouko Jääskeläinen, Chair (MP/ Christian Democrats) and Ms Maria Lohela,...
Tue, 7 May 2013
Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event
Project meeting
Policymakers' responses to food price crises
Policymakers' responses to food price crises: Results from a 14-Country political economy study
Thu, 2 May 2013
International Food Policy Research Institute ,
2033 K Street, NW,
Washington, DC,
United States
Past event
Workshop
Relationship between development policy and research
This workshop will discuss the relationship between research, and development policy and practice. The aim is to discuss the extent of research evidence based policy-making. This workshop was attended with a presentation by Tony Addison, Chief...
Mon, 19 November 2012
Hanasaari, The Swedish-Finnish Cultural Centre,
Espoo,
Finland
Past event
Annual Lecture
WIDER Annual Lecture 10 - Global Patterns of Income and Health
People in poor countries live shorter lives than people in rich countries so that, if we take income and health together, there is more inequality in the world than if we consider income alone.
Fri, 29 September 2006
Marina Congress Center,
Katajanokanlaituri 6,
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event
Results meeting
Towards an inclusive economy — How do we support job creation and reduce inequalities in South Africa?
Thu, 31 January 2019
The Sheraton Pretoria Hotel,
643 Corner, Stanza Bopape St,
Arcadia, Pretoria,
South Africa
Past event
Policy seminar
Changing technologies and the jobs of tomorrow
Watch the live stream recording United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) in partnership with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) will organize a three-day...
Thu, 12 September 2019
United Nations Conference Centre,
Rajadamnern Nok Avenue and Klong Phadung Krungkasem Road,
Bangkok,
Thailand
Past event
Workshop
UNU-WIDER supports learning at the Addis Tax Initiative regional workshop on tax expenditures
UNU-WIDER Research Fellow Amina Ebrahim joins the Addis Tax Initiative (ATI) Asia regional follow-up technical meeting on tax expenditures in Kathmandu, Nepal as a presenter.
Tue, 7 May 2024
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Thu, 9 May 2024
Hotel Yak & Yeti,
Durbar Marg, Kathmandu 44600, Nepal,
Kathmandu,
Nepal
Past event
Annual Lecture
WIDER Annual Lecture 15 - New Structural Economics
Wed, 4 May 2011
Centro Internacional de Conferências Joaquim Chissano,
Avenida Marginal 4441,
Maputo,
Mozambique
Past event
Conference
Climate Change and Development Policy
Climate change poses a major challenge for developing countries. Despite growing evidence to support low-carbon and climate-resilient strategies, many countries have yet to mainstream climate change within their national development plans. Bridging...
Fri, 28 September 2012
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Sat, 29 September 2012
UNU-WIDER,
Katajanokanlaituri 6 B,
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event
Conference
Inequality - Measurement, trends, impacts, and policies
Fri, 5 September 2014
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Sat, 6 September 2014
UNU-WIDER,
Katajanokanlaituri 6 B,
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event
Policy seminar
Rising income inequality: trends - and measures to prevent and reverse it
ILO, UNCTAD, and UNU-WIDER invite interested professionals to the policy seminar on ‘Rising income inequality: trends, and measures to prevent and reverse it’. The last decade has witnessed a revival of concern over the impact of high-income...
Thu, 23 October 2014
Room IX, International Labour Organization,
Route des Morillons 4,
Geneva,
Switzerland
Past event
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