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UNU-WIDER's LDC5 Conference Exhibition

Visit the virtual booth featuring materials shared at the 5th United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in Doha, Qatar. Check out photos, videos, and infographics on our research results from LDCs.

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Elements in Development Economics
 Great Gatsby and the Global South: Intergenerational mobility, income inequality, and development Global south Mobility Inequality
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The Job Ladder: Transforming informal work and livelihoods in developing countries

BOOK IN PRODUCTION, SCHEDULED FOR PUBLICATION IN 2023 | Using a range of countries from the Global South, this book examines heterogeneity within informal work by applying a common conceptual framework and empirical methodology...

Informal work Work status Global south
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Drivers of mobility in the Global South

From the book: Social mobility in developing countries

Intergenerational Mobility Global south Market exclusion
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Drivers of mobility

Empirical studies in developing countries tend to find higher levels of socioeconomic persistence across generations compared with those of high-income economies...

Intergenerational Mobility Global south Market exclusion
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Welfare and distributive effects of social assistance in the Global South

This special issue presents an analysis of the recent evolution of social assistance in the developing world, looking at its complex typological configuration...

Welfare Redistribution Global south
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