UNU-WIDER organised a seminar in collaboration with Think tank e2 and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs under the title "Developing Countries and the Global Downturn - the Way Forward" on May 6th 2009.

The presentations held at the seminar can be downloaded below.

Trade or Aid in Policies towards Poverty? (132.50Kt)
Professor Vesa Kanniainen (University of Helsinki, Department of Economics)

Global Economic Crisis: How to respond to the Development Emergency (409.00Kt)
Nina Kataja (Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland)

Development Prospects in Africa amidst the Financial Crisis (2.04Mt)
Wim Naudé (UNU-WIDER Senior Research Fellow)