Policy workshop

UNU-WIDER hosts an inception workshop on labour market inequality and intergenerational mobility part of the new inequality theme as part of our current 2024–27 work programme. On 16 April 2024, we host a collaborative brainstorming session that...

Policy workshop

Join us for a policy debate in which leading experts and policymakers explore the future of South Africa's infrastructure in the context of climate change. This discussion will focus on the impact of climate change on long-term infrastructure...

Policy workshop

Policy workshop

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) Development Assistance Committee (DAC) Community of Practice on Poverty and Inequalities (CoP-PI) hosts several thematic dialogues between researchers and practitioners on embedding...

Results meeting

Results meeting

On 4 November 2020, the Economic Development & Institutions research programme and the Inclusive growth in Mozambique programme held a public forum in Maputo to present the draft report of the Mozambique Institutional Diagnostic study.

Policy workshop

Following the success of the August seminar on tax depreciation allowances and tax revenue mobilization in South Africa, SA-TIED hosted a workshop to discuss the issue further between programme stakeholders including staff from the South African...

Policy workshop

Policy workshop

Recent research results from analyses using the GHAMOD tax-benefit microsimulation model will be presented in Ghana to policymakers and the interested research community on 1 November. The policy workshop is a part of the SOUTHMOD project.

Results meeting

Policy workshop

The purpose of this event is to introduce participants to MicroZAMOD, with a view to promoting its use within government for evidence-based policy-making. Training is directed to potential users of the model. As well as providing an overview of the...

Policy workshop

Policy workshop

Policy workshop

Policy workshop

This event will provide potential users of the GHAMOD model with comprehensive training. As well as providing an overview of the model, the event will include a number of case studies. Attendees will leave with an appreciation of how to navigate and...

Results meeting

This event, held in partnership with with REPOA, closes out our project on Jobs, poverty and structural change in Africa. The conference builds on the research from the collaborative project between REPOA and UNU-WIDER intended to examine challenges...

Policy workshop

This policy workshop on 'Why is South African productivity so low?' is organized by UNU-WIDER together with the National Treasury of South Africa, and the South African Reserve Bank on 7 June 2016 in Pretoria, South Africa.

Policy workshop

This policy workshop on 'Energy issues and implications for macrostability' is organized by UNU-WIDER together with the National Treasury of South Africa, the South African Reserve Bank, and the National Planning Commission on 22 April 2016 in...

Policy workshop

UNU-WIDER and the University of Ghana will organize a policy workshop titled ‘Capacity building for Ghana’s economic development: prospects and challenges’ on 17 March 2016 in Accra. The event will bring together graduate students, decision-makers...

Policy workshop

UNU-WIDER and International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD) organize a policy workshop on ‘Using tax administration data for research purposes’ in Addis Ababa, on 9 February 2016. The workshop brings together officials from tax authorities...

Policy workshop

Has foreign aid boosted economic growth on average in developing countries? How and why is the aid landscape changing? What are the key strategic choices ahead for the development community? ​These and many other questions were discussed in a policy...

Policy workshop

On 19 May UNU-WIDER and the University of Copenhagen held a policy workshop on the Vietnam Access to Resources Household Survey (VARHS) in partnership with the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM) in Hanoi as part of the ongoing...

Results meeting

In recent decades, aid donors have recognised that gender equality and women’s empowerment are central to improving living standards, well-being, and economic growth. This insight has led to a fourfold increase in the flows of foreign aid toward...

Results meeting

Since the mid-1990s foreign aid has become increasingly concerned with fragility and governance. Given the acknowledgement of the role of the state in providing the conditions for peace, progress and prosperity, foreign aid has concentrated much...

Results meeting

Development aid funds have in recent years shifted focus significantly towards climate change; but massive challenges are yet to be overcome in how we allocate and design aid initiatives in an effective manner to effectively address the continuing...

Results meeting

See working papers and policy briefs presented at our ReCom results meeting on aid and social sectors in Stockholm 13 March, 2013. Here you can also find videos from the day as well as a summary of what was said.

Results meeting

Results meeting

ReCom - Research and Communication on Foreign Aid programme was launched in early 2011 by the Danish International Development Agency (Danida) and the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida). Key partners of this initiative include the United...

Results meeting

The ReCom—Research and Communication on Foreign Aid programme held its first results meeting on the topic of ‘Aid, Growth and Macroeconomic Management’ at the University of Copenhagen on 27 January 2012. Implemented by UNU-WIDER and funded by the...