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Public Forum on extractive industry and developmentThe Inclusive growth in Mozambique programme will host a public forum on 26 March 2019 on the topic of Extractive Industry and Development. The Chief Economist and Deputy Director of UNU-WIDER Tony Addison will give a presentation based on a major...
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Progressive research with amazing people in a beautiful sauna-crazy country: Pui Yi Wong - 2018 PhD FellowIn the fall of 2018 UNU-WIDER welcomed 11 doctoral students from around the world as part of our PhD Fellowship Programme ...
UNU-WIDER PhD Fellowship WIDER Seminar Series CultureProject workshop
Macro drivers of structural transformation
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Travel AssistantUNU-WIDER is now looking for an outstanding individual with strong commitment and potential to assist in organizing travels related to the implementation of the work programme of UNU-WIDER, with a specific focus on travels related to workshops,...
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Margaret McMillan on structural change and labor productivity in sub-Saharan AfricaMargaret McMillan will present at the WIDER Seminar Series on 20 March 2019. This presentation will be done via video conference. Abstract – Structural Change and Labor Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa Growth has accelerated in many African...
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Communications AssociateUNU-WIDER is now looking for an outstanding communications professional with strong commitment and understanding of development issues to join the Institute’s Communications and Events team. The selected candidate will be a key member of varied...
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Visiting PhD FellowshipOur Visiting PhD Fellowship Programme gives registered doctoral students an opportunity to utilize the resources and facilities at UNU-WIDER for their PhD dissertation or thesis research on developing economies, and to work with our researchers in...
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UGAMOD Training - a tax-benefit microsimulation model for UgandaThe goal of this event is to give potential users of the model comprehensive training on the structure and use of the tax-benefit microsimulation model for Uganda, UGAMOD . As well as providing an overview of the model, the event will include...
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Research AssociateUNU-WIDER is looking for an outstanding individual with strong commitment and potential to support the 2019-2023 research programme as well as the training programme and communication activities of the Institute. Closing date: 22 March 2019, 23:59...
Policy Brief
Toward gender equity and women’s empowermentThere are three main channels of women’s empowerment: legal or policy reforms, outside economic opportunities, and collective action...
Gender Equality DiscriminationNews
Researchers from the Inclusive Growth in Mozambique programme contribute to the book Challenges of Mozambique 2018The Institute for Social and Economic Studies ( IESE ) launched the ninth edition of the book Desafios para Moçambique 2018 (Challenges of Mozambique 2018) on 8 November 2018 in Maputo, Mozambique. The book has 18 chapters divided into four...
Mozambique Measurement (Poverty) PovertyJournal Article
Family structure, education and women’s employment in rural IndiaThis paper investigates if residing in a joint family affects non-farm employment for married women in rural India...
non-farm employment Family structure female autonomyProject workshop
Labour market effects of structural change
Seminar
James Robinson on business and fragility in AfricaJames Robinson will present at the WIDER Seminar Series on 22 March 2019. Abstract – Business and fragility in Africa: solution or problem? There’s never been an experience of successful sustained economic growth without the private...
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Web Development Associate GS-6UNU-WIDER is looking for an outstanding individual with strong web and systems development skills to join the Knowledge & Information Services Team of the Institute. Extended closing date: 22 March 2019, 23:59 UTC+2...
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Transforming economies, states, and societies – building evidence for achieving the SDGs
I am delighted to take the helm at UNU-WIDER, an institution which has been associated with some of the most advanced thinking in development economics...
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Press release - Professor Kunal Sen starts as the director of UNU-WIDER‘Economic transformation needs to be accompanied by political and social transformations if we are to see drastic increases in human wellbeing’
SDGs Transformation InformalityBlog
Can natural resources jump-start industrialization?
At the end of last year, I filmed a lecture that will be part of a massive open online course (MOOC) on industrialization in Africa...
Industrialization structural change Employment and IndustryConference
Transforming economies - for better jobsUnited Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) in partnership with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) will organize a three-day conference on transforming...
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Revenue data like you’ve never seen it before: Introducing the GRD Explorer
Let’s face it, data is important. It sits at the core of almost everything that we in the development economics research community do. However, the way in which we use, share, understand, interpret and present data is more important still...
Government revenue Taxation dataSeminar
Costanza Biavaschi on taking the skill bias out of global migrationCostanza Biavaschi will present at the WIDER Seminar Series on 6 February 2019. Abstract – Taking the skill bias out of global migration Global migration is heavily skill-biased, with tertiary-educated workers being four times more likely to...
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Development programmes, security, and violence reduction: Evidence from an insurgency in IndiaImplementing development programmes in conflict-affected areas is crucial for conflict as well as poverty reduction. The big question is how do you carry out these programmes successfully?...
Conflict management Development Poverty reductionThe 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 SeriesNews
New data on income inequality – WIID4 releasedThe UNU-WIDER World Income Inequality Database ― widely known by its acronym WIID ― presents information on income inequality for developed, developing, and transition countries. The WIID provides the most comprehensive set of income inequality...
Working Paper
Inequality in China: Development, transition, and policyIn this paper we describe the major trends in China’s income inequality over the past 40 years and explain them as the outcome of four interleaved stories...
China Inequality Development EconomicsBlog
Research that matters: A report from the stakeholder workshop - 15 November 2018, Pretoria, South Africa
I found myself in the third-floor conference rooms of a Pretoria hotel for a meeting with economists, researchers, and policymakers involved in the SA-TIED programme ...
Economic inequality Data revolution TaxWorking Paper
Assessing the quality of the income data used in SAMOD, a South African tax-benefit microsimulation modelIn this paper we explore the income data in two surveys that underpin a South African tax-benefit microsimulation model...
Tax-benefit microsimulation Income distribution dataProject
Southern Africa – Towards Inclusive Economic Development (SA-TIED)SA-TIED programme looks at ways to support policy-making for inclusive growth and economic transformation in the southern Africa region, through original research conceived and produced in collaboration between United Nations University World...
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WIDER Development Conference in partnership with UNESCAP: Transforming economies – for better jobsUnited Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) in partnership with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) will organize a three-day conference on transforming...
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Ministry for Foreign Affairs hosts farewell lecture by Finn Tarp
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The ins and outs of African industrialization: UNU-WIDER provides open access to a wealth of information
The question ‘why is there so little industrialization in Africa?’ has been a key focus of UNU-WIDER researchers and research partners for the last decade...
Industrialization Poverty JobsWorking Paper
Welfare dynamics in rural Viet Nam: Learning from regular, high-quality panel dataWhile many studies of welfare dynamics have been conducted using panel data sets with two or three waves, much richer insights can be obtained where more waves are available...
Welfare dynamics Panel survey Panel data analysis