Friday, December 15, 2017
An open lecture by Lena Sommestad on the Swedish social welfare regime. The lecture will be held on Friday 15 December, 2017 at Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, Latvia. The event forms part of the Olof Palme Lecture Series.
Thursday, December 14, 2017
Fiscal positions in many emerging market and developing economies have weakened considerably since the global financial crisis. This will constrain the room for policy makers in these economies to utilize fiscal policy when the next shock hits.
In this talk,...
Location:
United States, America
Tuesday, December 12, 2017
Five years after the landmark UN endorsement, countries around the world are now working to translate the lofty rhetoric of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) into defined, tangible, equitable, and comprehensive health services for their populations. On December...
Location:
America, United States
Tuesday, December 12, 2017
The SDGs represent a step-change in ambition from the MDGs, integrating new priorities such as sustainable production and consumption and climate change, while raising expectations regarding the eradication of poverty and promotion of gender equality, for...
Location:
Europe, Switzerland
Tuesday, December 12, 2017
Nutrition-sensitive agriculture programs can improve nutrition outcomes for young children, however documentation of the extent of their effectiveness has been limited. Recent evidence from Burkina Faso published by IFPRI and Helen Keller International (HKI...
Location:
America, United States
Friday, December 08, 2017
The D2P2: Data. Decisions. Public Policy. Lectures feature leading academics and other experts who share knowledge derived from modern applied economics research to demonstrate how it can inform better public policy decision-making. Speakers will discuss...
Location:
America, United States
Tuesday, December 05, 2017 to Friday, December 08, 2017
O MINISTRO DE ESTADO DO DESENVOLVIMENTO SOCIAL E AGRÁRIO (MDSA), em conjunto com o PRESIDENTE DO CONSELHO NACIONAL DE ASSISTÊNCIA SOCIAL (CNAS), considerando a necessidade de avaliação da situação atual e avanços do Sistema Único de Assistência Social (SUAS...
Location:
America, Brazil
Thursday, November 30, 2017 to Friday, December 01, 2017
This conference on the gender dimensions of agricultural investments in land aims to strengthen the policy dialogue on securing women land rights in Africa and improve land governance and food security in West Africa.
It is being organized by the Economic...
Location:
Africa, Nigeria
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
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Social...
Location:
Europe, United Kingdom
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
At the WIDER seminar on 29 November, Yoa Pan of Aalto University will present her work on successful social programmes in China. A social programme can achieve great success in one case but not in another, and the reason is far from clear. This paper tests a...
Location:
Europe, Finland