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The developer’s dilemma: Structural transformation, inequality dynamics, and inclusive growthThe developer’s dilemma is thus: developing countries seek inclusive economic development — i.e., structural transformation — sufficiently broad-based to raise the income of the poor...
Structural transformation Economic development Income inequalityBlog
Metals for the global energy transition: Opportunities and salutary lessons
In a series of high-level UN Roundtables , in which I participated in 2021, experts and stakeholders explored the risks and opportunities presented by the global clean energy transition...
Climate change Natural resources Economic developmentBlog
Can the electric vehicle revolution solve the climate crisis and create opportunities for developing countries? Electric vehicles (EVs) are confidently expected to decarbonize road transportation, contribute substantially to the net zero agenda, and so help to solve the climate crisis...
Climate change Natural resources Economic developmentPolicy workshop
World Income Inequality Database project presents at the OECD's DAC Community of Practice on Poverty and InequalitiesThe Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) Development Assistance Committee (DAC) Community of Practice on Poverty and Inequalities (CoP-PI) hosts several thematic dialogues between researchers and practitioners on embedding...
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Social Mobility in Developing Countries: Pathways for Research and PolicyKunal Sen gives a keynote address at the Annual Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) Conference on Development (ABCD) 2021. The keynote address, on the topic of 'Social Mobility in Developing Countries: Pathways for Research and...
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Educational mobility in the developing worldFrom the book: Social mobility in developing countries
Educational mobility Developing countries Educational expansionSeminar
Arkebe Oqubay on the economic implications of COVID-19 crisis for developing countries
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Why do we see boom-and-bust growth in fragile and conflict-affected states?
One of the most pressing challenges in development policy is to bring about rapid, sustained, and inclusive growth in developing countries...
Fragile states Conflict Economic growthBook Chapter
Empirical challenges comparing inequality across countries: The case of middle-income countries from the LIS databaseFrom the book: Inequality in the Developing World
Economic development Equality Middle-income countriesBlog
35 years of research for change – what's next?: Building just societiesTo celebrate its 35 th birthday, UNU-WIDER has looked back at some of its greatest achievements...
Structural transformation Economic inequality Economic developmentBlog
The developer’s dilemma in India – the role of politics and economic ideologyPolicy makers seeking inclusive growth frequently face the developer’s dilemma between prioritizing structural transformation, which is potentially inequitable, and keeping a check on rising economic inequality...
Structural transformation Economic inequality Economic developmentBlog
Late development, early adoption – how new technology is reshaping the future of structural change
Technological catch-up is bringing new asynchronies to development pathways. What does this mean for employment, globalization, and inequality?...
Structural transformation Technology Developer's dilemmaWorking Paper
Rule of law and judicial independenceThe rule of law and judicial independence are a project yet to be achieved in Mozambique...
Economic development Rule of law JudicialWorking Paper
From fiscal stabilization to economic diversification: A developmental approach to managing resource revenuesThe management of revenues from exhaustible natural resources involves a number of challenges...
Commodity dependence Economic development Natural resourcesBlog
Double dividends and mixed blessings: What would the pioneers of development economics make of new trends in developing economies?Today, we see clear trends in developing countries of a potentially troubling ‘new normal’ for economic development. We see tertiarization with rising inequality. We see urbanization without growth...
Structural transformation Economic developmentWorking Paper
The global distribution of routine and non-routine workStudies of the effects of technology and globalization on employment and inequality commonly assume that occupations are identical around the world in the job tasks they require...
De-routinization Economic development Global division of labour