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The corruption–growth relationship: Does the political regime matter?THIS ARTICLE IS ON EARLY VIEW. Corruption is widely believed to have an adverse effect on the economic performance of a country...
Corruption Democracy Economic growthSeminar
Myles Wickstead on the changing face of aid and development
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The world needs a people’s vaccineThe world needs a people’s vaccine for COVID-19 — one provided universally, and accessible to the entire world population. A patent-protected vaccine could ultimately exclude many people from being vaccinated and protected...
COVID-19 COVID-19 vaccineWorking Paper
Finance, gender, and entrepreneurship: India’s informal sector firmsHow does informal economic activity respond to increased financial inclusion? Does it become more entrepreneurial?...
Entrepreneurship Financial constraints GenderNews
UNU-WIDER joins major new research consortium analysing African citiesA partnership of urban development experts – including UNU-WIDER – has been awarded a contract of £32 million to establish the African Cities Research Consortium (ACRC).
Urban economics Informal sector Partnerships for Development
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Mining for change: How can natural resources support inclusive growth in AfricaFor a growing number of countries in Africa the discovery of natural resources is a great opportunity, but one accompanied by considerable risks. There is an extensive literature linking natural resource dependence to poor economic performance...
Mining Extractive industries Industrial policyVacancies
Research AssociateUNU-WIDER is looking for a postdoctoral fellow to serve as a Research Associate to the project on ‘Institutional legacies of violent conflict’. Closing date: 2 December 2020, 23:59 UTC+2
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The WIID celebrates 20 years with a daring new plan
After 20 years of contributions to income inequality research, the World Income Inequality Database (the WIID) is getting a new expansion that will greatly strengthen knowledge on inequalities...
Global inequalityJournal Article
COVID-19 and global poverty: Are LDCs being left behind?THIS ARTICLE IS ON EARLY VIEW: The study paper provides a preliminary assessment of COVID-19’s impact on global poverty in the light of IMF’s growth forecasts...
COVID-19 crisis impact global povertyAnnual Lecture
UN at 75: slow death or new direction?The recording of the 2020 WIDER Annual Lecture by Lord Mark Malloch-Brown, discussion and Q&A, is now available on YouTube...
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UNU-WIDER at 35: Letter from the Director
2020 promised to be a big year for UNU-WIDER, with the celebration of our 35th anniversary, the 45th birthday of UNU, and 75 years of the UN...
Structural adjustment (Economic policy) IMF Human Development ReportAbout
Domestic Revenue Mobilization programmeThe aim of UNU-WIDER’s Domestic Revenue Mobilization (DRM) programme is to help improve developing countries’ tax systems and to strengthen their domestic capacities for revenue collection. Efficient domestic resource mobilization will...
Domestic revenue mobilizationJournal Special Issue
Involuntary Migration, Inequality, and Integration: Vietnamese and Afghan migrants in Canada, Germany, the UK, and the USTHIS COLLECTION OF ARTICLES IS ON EARLY VIEW. Migration is an inherent feature of human history. A rich literature considers the experiences of global migrants across diverse environments...
Involuntary migration InequalityResearch Brief
Are credits or deductions better in public health spending?: The impact on equality in South AfricaThe impact of medical deductions and medical credits on income inequality is a subject of discussion in South Africa, as well as in many other countries, raising critical questions about the fairness of the medical tax system and the impact on afford...
medical tax credit medical expenses tax deductionsBlog
Data for better policies: Introducing the Government Revenue Dataset 2020
Thanks to the updated version of the Government Revenue Dataset ( GRD ) we are now able to gain a clear picture of tax and other revenue trends in over 190 countries over the past four decades, now up until 2018...
Government revenue Taxation dataResearch Brief
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Web DeveloperUNU-WIDER is looking for an outstanding individual with strong web and systems development skills to join the institute’s ICT Team.
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Call for participation: Life with Corona survey round 2Life with Corona, a global survey tracking the social and economic impacts of COVID-19 around the world has just been released with updated questions.
COVID-19 Trust pandemic
Research Brief
Wage inequality in post-apartheid South AfricaMuch work has been done on inequality in South Africa, but to date the literature that assesses the dynamic response of income or wealth distribution to economic policy actions is almost non-existent...
Income inequality Distributions heterogeneityWorking Paper
Progress and stagnation in the livelihood of informal workers in an emerging economy: Long-term evidence from IndonesiaWe use long-spanning individual longitudinal data to examine the long-term labour market outcomes of low-tier informal workers...
Earnings Indonesia Informal sectorNews
In Memoriam: Stephan KlasenOn 27 October 2020, Professor Stephan Klasen passed away after a serious and prolonged illness which took his life too early. We have lost one of Europe’s leading development economists, a brilliant mind and generous soul. With his unceasing...
In memoriamResearch Brief
Tackling poverty and inequality in Southern Africa: Transnational growth corridors as a solutionComprehensive harmonization is crucial to eliminate inefficiencies that hamper free movement of goods and services in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region...
Growth growth corridors intra-regional tradeArticle
UNU-WIDER ongoing work on the effect of COVID-19 on the economies, states, and societies of the Global SouthIt is clear that COVID-19 will have serious implications for economies, states, and societies of the Global South. At UNU-WIDER we are reorienting our work to think through what those implications are and possible mitigation and adaptation measures...
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Barriers to opportunity for students in Mozambique: In their own words
Across Mozambique, 1,600 secondary school graduates from technical and vocational (TVET) institutes are being tracked as part of the school-to-work transition survey of the Inclusive growth in Mozambique programme — the country’s first lo...
school -to-work transitions Labour force participation education policyBlog
Decent work and COVID-19 – it’s time for a just deal for all workers Seven months into the unprecedented crisis of COVID-19, we already see significant effects on employment and earnings worldwide...
Decent Work Informality COVID-19Blog
Graduating in the shadow of the pandemic: The impact of COVID-19 on the transition of young Mozambicans from school to workSince appearing in 2019, the COVID-19 pandemic has plunged the world into an unprecedented health and socioeconomic crisis...
school -to-work transitions Labour market EducationWorking Paper
Polarization in the South African labour market: Economy-wide scenariosTechnical change impacts both the employment intensity of production and the composition of occupations and skills of employment...
Labour market Polarization Computable general equilibriumCreating, strengthening, and sharing knowledge for development Over the period 2019–23 UNU-WIDER research will focus on the interlinked development challenges of transforming economies, states, and societies. These transformations are central...
