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The Politics of Social Protection in Eastern and Southern Africa

This new open access book focus on the critical role of political dynamics and how the power and politics at multiple levels of governance shapes social protection policies... Read more

Research and policy briefs

Evidence-based policymaking is crucial. Use our publications search to browse nearly 200 briefs which highlight the findings and policy implications of our research.

WIDER Seminar Series

Live streamed | The 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.

Southern Africa – Towards Inclusive Economic Development (SA-TIED)

The SA-TIED programme looks at ways to support policy-making for inclusive growth and economic transformation in the southern Africa region.

Transforming economies – for better jobs

WIDER Development Conference in partnership with UNESCAP, 11-13 September 2019, in Bangkok, Thailand

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Informality – addressing the Achilles Heel of Social Protection in Latin America

Annual Lecture 23

95 UNU-WIDER articles, publications, projects, experts...

Book

Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises in Vietnam

This book is not yet published, expected in February 2020. When published this book will be available open access...

SMEs Microeconomics Private sector

Book Chapter

Conclusion

From the book: Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises in Vietnam

SMEs Microeconomics Private sector

Book Chapter

Introduction

From the book: Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises in Vietnam

SMEs Microeconomics Data revolution

Book Chapter

Institutions and Development

From the book: Asian Transformations

Institutions Organizations Political settlements

Project workshop

Social mobility in developing countries — concepts, methods, and determinants

5 September 2019 – 6 September 2019

UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B , Helsinki, Finland

Past event

Presentation

Kunal Sen presents his work at SIDA

On 19 February, Professor Kunal Sen will visit the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) in Stockholm to present his research and discuss research quality and evaluation methods. During his visit, Professor Sen will present his...

19 February 2019

SIDA, Valhallavägen 199 , Stockholm, Sweden

Past event

Blog

Development programmes, security, and violence reduction: Evidence from an insurgency in India

by Heidi Kaila, Saurabh Singhal, Divya Tuteja
January 2019

Implementing 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 reduction

Blog

Revenue data like you’ve never seen it before: Introducing the GRD Explorer

by Kyle McNabb
January 2019

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 data

The role of institutions in Asian development has been intensely contested since Myrdal’s Asian Drama, with later contributions from institutional economics and developmental state theory...

Institutions Organizations Political settlements