The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU‐WIDER) was established in 1985. The institute undertakes multidisciplinary research and policy analysis on structural changes affecting the living conditions of the world’s poorest people; provides a forum for professional interaction and the advocacy of policies leading to robust, equitable, and environmentally sustainable growth; and promotes capacity strengthening and training for scholars and government officials in the fields of economic and social policy making. In 2011 UNU-WIDER was ranked sixth in the International Development Think Tank category of 'The Global Go To Think Tanks Report’.