WIDER in Media 2009
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| No. | Date | Media | Title | Subject |
| 44 | 7-18 December 2009 | IISD Reporting Services (IISD RS) is producing daily reports of selected side events of this meeting starting on Monday, 7 December 2009. http://www.iisd.org/ | Climate Adaptation Continuum, Migration and Displacement - Copenhagen and Beyond Presented by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), United Nations University (UNU), and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) ENB on the Side - A Special Report on Selected Side Events at the Fifteenth Conference of the Parties Copenhagen, Denmark | UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and Fifth Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (COP 15 and COP/MOP 5) |
| 43 | 16 November | Nation Media Group Limited, The East African online by Mark Kapchanga | Article quoting Augustin Fosu after the “Fostering development in an era of financial and economic crisis” meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. | |
| 42 | 23 November | livemint.com & The Wall Street Journal
| India or China: whose household is wealthier? The Level and Distribution of Global Household Wealth, by James B. Davies, Edward N. Wolff Susanna Sandstrom and Anthony B. Shorrocks, NBER | |
| 41 | 20 November | by Luc Christiaensen | Food for thought in thinking about food: | Based on WIDER working paper: DP2009/04 |
| 40 | 05 November | El Economista de Cuba Pedro Antonio Hurtado-Rebellion Honrubia | Neoliberalismo y desarrollo, la historia de un fracaso anunciado (Spanish) | |
| 39 | 16 October | Institute of Development Studies Andy Sumner | The Millennium Development Goals: Indicators, ideas or incentives? | UNU WIDER Frontiers of Poverty Analysis programme |
| 38 | 27 October | Etelä-Suomen Sanomat Kirsi Crowley | Taantuma kasvattaa Kiinan mahtia 
Etelä-Suomen Sanomat-27-10-2009.pdf
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| based on the 13th WIDER Annual Lecture |
| 37 | 09 October | Il Sole 24 Ore - Italy | COME SI MISURA IL BENESSERE / All'ombra del Pil c'è un'Italia che può sorridere (in Italian) | |
| 36 | September | YLE Radio, by Heikki Heiskanen Maailmanpolitiikan Arkipäivää broadcast on 26.9. | Iván Szelényi and Branko Milanovic interviewed at the transitions conference | Reflections on Transition: Twenty Years After The Fall of The Berlin Wall |
| 35 | September | global.finland kehityskysymykset ja globaalikasvatus | WIDERin johtaja Finn Tarp: | Interview with UNU-WIDER's new Director, Professor Finn Tarp |
| 34 | September | Suomen Kuvalehti 38/009 Kustaa Hulkko | Kehitysapua pitää varjella (in Finnish)
Suomenkuvalehti-38-2009.pdf
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Suomenkuvalehti (38-2009) English Translation.pdf
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| Interview with UNU-WIDER's new Director, Professor Finn Tarp |
| 33 | September | YLE radio current affairs with Sari Taussi. Broadcast YLE Radio 1 at 5.15 p.m on Sat. 6.9 and on Sun. 7.9 on Radio Suomi at 5.15 p.m. | Prof. Wim Naudé contributed to a YLE radio current affairs feature on changes to Finland's overseas development assistance. | Feature on changes to Finland's overseas development assistance. |
| 32 | 10 August | Africa Renewal (United Nations) Ernest Harsch | ||
| 31 | August | TZ Tang.com Author: Huirao Wang | The article refers to UNU-WIDER research from 2008 on the global flow of talent: 'It is traditionally believed that the brain drain from developing countries only benefits the developed countries where skilled labour ends up. But if there is effective control and wise management, developing countries could also obtain benefit from the flow'. | This article is about Chinese overseas talent and the brain drain in China. |
| 30 | August | International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development ICTSD; Trade Negotiations Insights, vol. 8, no. 6 | Tracing the Special and Differential Treatment principle through the CARIFORUM EPA
| Opinion article co-written by Alisa DiCaprio, Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER |
| 29 | July | Twitter/UNUONY | UNU Conversation Series: Augustin K. Fosu, Deputy Director and Wim Naudé, Senior Research Fellow | United Nations Conference on the world financial and economic crisis and its impact on development, UN Headquarters in New York from 24-25 June 2009. |
| 28 | 29 June | Harare Tribune - Harare, Zimbabwe | Global Economic Challenges: Action Plan for Africa and Least ... | on the occasion of the UN Conference on the world financial and economic crisis and its impact on development, UNU, New York 24-26 June 2009 |
| 27 | 27 June | Binneh S. Minteh, Contributor, Senegambia News | Global Economic Challenges: Conference on Action Plan for Africa and Least Developed Countries | on the occasion of the UN Conference on the world financial and economic crisis and its impact on development, UNU, New York 24-26 June 2009 |
| 26 | 23 June | African Press Organization (APO)/ Organisation de la Presse Africaine (Communiqués de presse) | The Launch of the United Nations University Conversation Series on ... | on the occasion of the UN Conference on the world financial and economic crisis and its impact on development, UNU, New York 24-26 June 2009 |
| 25 | 30 May | Ñ – Revista de Cultura magazine by Fernando Bruno | Problemas de la ciudad global en el siglo XXI. Ravi Kanbur and Dennis Rodgers were interviewed.
Interview May 09.pdf
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| Beyond the Tipping Point: Latin American Development in an Urban World’, held 22-24 May 2009, Buenos Aires, Argentina. |
| 24 | 26 May | Helsingin Sanomat - Helsinki, Finland | Secretary-General of the United Nations to pay a visit to UNU-WIDER | |
| 23 | 26 May | Xinhua - Beijing, China | UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon arrives in Finland for official visit | Secretary-General of the United Nations to pay a visit to UNU-WIDER |
| 22 | 22 May | Clarin Comienza Hoy Y Termina El Domingo | Un Seminario debate el futuro de las ciudades latinoamericanas (in Spanish)
Clarin article 220509.pdf
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| Beyond the Tipping Point: Latin American Development in an Urban World’, held 22-24 May 2009, Buenos Aires, Argentina. |
| 21 | 20 May | Helsingin Sanomat - Helsinki, Finland | Secretary-General of the United Nations to pay a visit to UNU-WIDER | |
| 20 | 18 May | UN News Centre | Secretary-General travels to Denmark and Finland next week | Secretary-General of the United Nations to pay a visit to UNU-WIDER |
| 19 | 27 April | UN Chronicle: A magazine for the United Nations: Issue 2-3, 2008 | The Case for State Intervention. | Theme related to Hunger and Public Action. |
| 18 | 30 March | Ukrainian daily newspaper 'The Day' | UNU-WIDER Director Anthony Shorrocks on the occasion of his visit to Kiev to deliver a lecture at the Kiev School of Economics. Online version of the interview: http://www.day.kiev.ua/272382. | Director of UNU-WIDER delivers lecture in Kiev |
| 17 | 24 March | 24.3- BBC World Service Brazilian Section | Interview Prof James Davies on the ‘Personal Wealth from a Global Perspective’ book and broadcast the interview with Portuguese voice-over the same day. | Launch of UNU-WIDER book 'Personal Wealth from a Global Perspective' |
| 16 | 24 March | BBC Radio 4 | Announce the launch of ‘Personal Wealth from a Global Perspective’ on its 08:00 news bulletin. | Launch of UNU-WIDER book 'Personal Wealth from a Global Perspective' |
| 15 | 23 March | BBC World Service pre-recorded radio interview with Prof James Davies on the World Today programme | On the UNU-WIDER publication 'Personal Wealth from a Global Perspective'. The interview ran the next day; for the launch of the book at LSE. World Service’s average weekly audience stands at more than 180 million globally. | Launch of UNU-WIDER book 'Personal Wealth from a Global Perspective' |
| 14 | 20 March | BBC Radio Foyle interview Prof. Tilman Brück live on the afternoon show. | UNU-WIDER publication 'Making Peace Work' on the occasion of the book’s launch in Londonderry as part of the 'Entrepreneurship and Conflict' workshop. The interview looked at what lessons the book may have for the peace process in Northern Ireland and turned into a phone-in with a wide-ranging discussion on the publication. | |
| 13 | 20 March | Derry Drive 105.3, a local community radio station in Londonderry. This interview was held on the phone. | Similar interview on the occasion of 'Making Peace Work' launch in Londonderry as part of the ‘Entrepreneurship and Conflict’ workshop. on the book with Tilman Brück | |
| 12 | 18 March | ABC International | Farmers not convinced by the launch of Vanuatu's first rice project. This item refers to the 2006 WIDER study by Vasco Molini on Food Security in Vietnam in the 1990s | Hunger and Food Security: New Challenges and New Opportunities |
| 11 | 24 February |
STT Interview with Deepak Nayyar (in Finnish)
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| Interview based on the WIDER Annual Lecture 12 by Deepak Nayyar | |
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| 15 February | Domradio.de | Internationale Konferenz zu Migration und Vertreibung in Afrika | Refers to research by Wim Naudé |
| 9 | 17 February | by Chakravarthi Raghavan, South-North Development Monitor (SUNS) from which the article first appeared. | Globalization Policies may disintegrate world economy | Draws upon the WIDER Book: Transnational Corporations and the Global Economy edited by Richard Kozul-Wright and Robert Rowthorn. |
| 8 | 2 February | The Guardian “Comment is Free” | How the west could save itself Instead of bailing out reckless banks, the west should re-assess the global financial system itself by Wim Naudé | Draws upon WIDER research on the financial crisis and developing countries, e.g. Discussion Paper 2009/01 by Wim Naudé |
| 7 | 2 February | Britské listy - Czech Republic | Červivé plody davoského konsensu by Radovan Baroš | Features the WIDER study on the World Distribution of Household Wealth |
| 6 | 30 January | Brookings News release | UNU-WIDER member of the board. | |
| 5 | 30 January | Australia.TO | A world on the edge by Paul Rogers | Features the WIDER study on the World Distribution of Household Wealth, from WIDER Angle, 2/2006 |
| 4 | 30 January | China: Looking A Lot Like America After 30 Years | Features the WIDER study on the World Distribution of Household Wealth | |
| 3 | 30 January | Open Democracy News Analysis | A world on the edge open Democracy News Analysis by Paul Rogers | Features the WIDER study on the World Distribution of Household Wealth |
| 2 | 28 January | Scoop Business | Will the U.S. Squander Its 2nd Chance? by Dr Jeanne Guthrie | Features the WIDER study on the World Distribution of Household Wealth |
| 1 | 15 January | World Sikh News | Economic Crisis? Change your lightbulb by Sach Kanwal Singh | Features the WIDER study on the World Distribution of Household Wealth |