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Blog: Research insights, new friends and meeting Stiglitz

In this blog Shreya Bhattacharya, PhD candidate at University of Houston, talks about her research, future aspirations, and her experience as a PhD Fellow at UNU-WIDER.

Journal Article: What does it mean to be poor? Investigating the qualitative-quantitative divide in Mozambique

Open access | This article reflects on the merits of seeking to reconcile economic (quantitative) and anthropological (qualitative) analytical approaches.

Women selling vegetables in a market in Pyapon. Myanmar Photo: Markus Kostner / World Bank

Blog: Transforming economies, states, and societies – building evidence for achieving the SDGs

Presenting the new work programme

Book: Extractive Industries

Open access | New initiatives recognize that resource wealth can provide a means, when properly used, for poorer nations to decisively break with poverty by diversifying economies and funding development spending.

Inclusive growth in Mozambique – scaling-up research and capacity

The central goal of the project is to support inclusive growth, growth that substantially improves the living standards of the Mozambican population.

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

Working Paper

Gender and the South African labour market: Policy relevant research possibilities using South African tax data

This paper has three primary objectives...

Administrative data Employment Gender

Working Paper

Managerial attributes and enterprise access to formal credit in Myanmar

Using data from a new survey of small and medium-sized enterprises in Myanmar, we analyse enterprise demand for formal credit and the extent to which they are constrained in the formal credit market...

formal credit Gender Personality traits

Working Paper

Changing male perceptions of gender equality: Evidence from an experimental study

Reducing gender inequality is a critically important development challenge, especially in countries with widespread and deep-rooted prejudices against women...

Gender Inequality Male perception

Reporting on UNU-WIDER research published in the working paper ‘ Women legislators and economic performance ’, news outlets The Quint , ThePrint.in , IndiaSpend , The Diplomat , and more, have published articles discussing the impact of...

Gender Politics Economic growth