Andrea Vaccaro
anvaccaro.bsky.social
Andrea Vaccaro
@anvaccaro.bsky.social
Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute • comparative politics • global development • www.vaccaroandrea.com
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📢 New Policy Brief: How to make aid work in fragile states
Aid in fragile contexts needs more than technical fixes. The brief calls for long-term, flexible support rooted in local legitimacy.

📄: go.unu.edu/pTvBB

#FragileAid @apvjustino.bsky.social @rgisselquist.bsky.social @anvaccaro.bsky.social
August 4, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Check out our new research by @anvaccaro.bsky.social on the relationship between #inequality and support for #redistributive fiscal policies, leveraging the World Income Inequality Database #WIID, and broadening the lens to include #GlobalSouth.
👉 go.unu.edu/suwd1...
May 26, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Chairing two panels at this year's Italian Political Science Association Conference (4-6 Sept 2025, Naples):

1.7 – Inequalities and political regimes
10.5 – Measurement in political research

Deadline for abstract submissions is today 25 May!
www.sisp.it/en/conference-2025/call-for-papers-2025
May 25, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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New #OpenAccess book out now!

How States Respond to Crisis reveals how state capacity, authority & legitimacy influenced outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic with 7 in-depth case studies from the Global South.

Read the full book 👉 go.unu.edu/DhF08

@rgisselquist.bsky.social @anvaccaro.bsky.social
April 23, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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February 28, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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Shifting aid £ to defense £ is a false economy. The UK's security requires military power AND the ability to tackle threats like pandemics, climate, and their follow-on consequences, all of which are magnified by under-development. Strategically myopic www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c4...
UK defence spending to rise to 2.5% of GDP by 2027, funded by cut in international aid - live updates
The announcement comes ahead of a high-stakes meeting between Keir Starmer and Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 25, 2025 at 1:52 PM