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Fantu Cheru and Christopher Cramer on the Oxford Handbook of the Ethiopian economy
Call for papers
Conference: Achieving Sustainable Development in the Least Developed Countries – Towards LDC-VThe deadline for submissions is 18 December 2019.
Seminar
Joshua Magero Otieno on ethnicity, politics and wellbeing in KenyaJoshua Magero Otieno will present at the WIDER Seminar Series on 20 November. Abstract – Ethnicity, politics and wellbeing in Kenya Perceived or real welfare imbalances fundamentally impacts individuals’ civic participation, inclusivity...
Annual Lecture
Informality – addressing the Achilles heel of social protection in Latin AmericaThe 2019 WIDER Annual Lecture by Santiago Levy is to be held on Wednesday 30 October 2019 at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. The event is organized in collaboration with the Graduate Institute’s Centre for...
News
Editor’s Choice Articles celebrating the EER 50th Anniversary includes UNU-WIDER researchThis year marks the 50th Anniversary of the European Economics Review (EER), making it one of the oldest general-interest economics journals in Europe. As part of the celebrations, the journal has announced two Editor’s Choice Articles and a...
Seminar
WeiWei Chen on the political economy of Chinese private investment in Ethiopia
Report
SOUTHMOD country report Uganda - UGAMOD v1.1This report documents UGAMOD, the SOUTHMOD model developed for Uganda. This work was carried out by Uganda Revenue Authority ( URA ) and Makerere University in collaboration with the project partners...
SOUTHMOD UGAMOD TaxPolicy Brief
Aid effectiveness: Growth and beyondThe questions of whether aid has impact and is effective have been the subject of considerable attention...
Aid effectiveness aid and growth Development aidConference
Achieving Sustainable Development in the Least Developed Countries – Towards LDC-VThe United Nations Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS) is organizing an academic Conference in collaboration with UNU-WIDER and the...
Working Paper
The corruption–growth relationship: Do political institutions matter?Corruption is widely believed to negatively affect economic growth...
Corruption Democracy Economic growthConference
Transforming economies - for better jobs
Policy Brief
Social protection, government revenue and microsimulation in developing countriesSocial protection has attracted increasing interest in developing countries in recent decades and policies have been initiated in all developing regions...
SOUTHMOD Microsimulation modelling Tax-benefit microsimulationBlog
Industrial policy in the 21st century: The challenge for Africa
Why is there so little industry in Africa? Does it matter? What can be done about it?...
Learning
Industrial Policy in the 21st Century – the Challenge for AfricaIn September 2019, UNU-WIDER is launching its inaugural Massive Open Online Course (MOOC): Industrial Policy in the 21st Century – the Challenge for Africa . This course is based on a decade of research by UNU-WIDER, in partnership with the...
Learning Industrialization Africa's Economic Development
Policy Brief
Can legal empowerment help to address ethnic exclusion?‘Legal empowerment’ is defined as a process of systemic change through which the poor and excluded become able to use the law to protect and advance their rights and interests as citizens and economic actors...
Legal empowerment Group-based inequality Property rightsBlog
How (not) to build state capabilityEffective and capable states are essential for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)...
SDGs SDG16 Building State CapabilitiesJournal Special Issue
Public economics and development actionTax, and public-sector matters more generally, is high on the agenda of international development. This is clearly reflected in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) approved by the United Nations General Assembly in September of 2015...
Public economics Public finance International taxationPolicy Brief
Learning from a half-century of economic development in AsiaWhen Gunnar Myrdal published his magnum opus, Asian Drama: An Inquiry into the Poverty of Nations , in 1968, he was deeply pessimistic about the development prospects in Asia...
Development Economics Asia Industrial policyThe WIDER Seminar Series showcases the latest research on key topics in development economics. At the weekly sessions, early-career and senior researchers present recent and ongoing work related to UNU-WIDER’s current work programme. In...
WIDER Seminar Series
Book
Asian Transformations: An Inquiry into the Development of NationsGunnar Myrdal published his magnum opus, Asian Drama: An Inquiry into the Poverty of Nations , in 1968. He was deeply pessimistic about development prospects in Asia...
In the media
SA-TIED working paper featured in the Financial MailA recent working paper from the SA-TIED programme ’s body of new research has been featured in the largest business weekly in South Africa. The Financial Mail’s feature is headlined: “ Reserve Bank vindicated — the critics...
Inflation (Finance) Monetary policy South AfricaResearch Brief
Racial inequality and demographic change in South Africa: Impacts on economic developmentOver the past 20 years, researchers have been looking at the economic lifecycle of individuals around the world using National Transfer Accounts (NTA) data...
demographic dividend economic lifecycle Intergenerational MobilityReport
SOUTHMOD country report Tanzania - TAZMOD v1.8This report documents TAZMOD, the SOUTHMOD model developed for Tanzania. This work was carried out by University of Dar es Salaam in collaboration with the project partners in the scope of the SOUTHMOD project...
TAZMOD SOUTHMOD TaxPolicy Brief
Resurgent Asia: Diversity in DevelopmentIn 1820, Asia accounted for two-thirds of world population and over half of world income. The subsequent decline of Asia was attributable to its integration with a world economy shaped by colonialism and driven by imperialism...
Gunnar Myrdal Economic transformation Structural transformationJournal Special Issue
Migration Governance and Policy in the Global SouthBuilding knowledge about migration governance and policy in the Global South is a priority for research and policy...
Migration Migration policy GovernanceResearch Brief
Dancing with dragons: Can South African firms compete with Chinese imports?China’s growing edge in export manufacturing has caused concern for low-income and middle-income countries seeking to develop robust manufacturing sectors...
Capabilities Import competition ImportBlog
In the Director's chair: Reflections on my first six months as Director
My first six months as Director of UNU-WIDER have been busy, enlightening, and rewarding...
SDGs sdg5 sdg8Creating, 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...
