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The end of poverty postponed?

Over a billion people living in poverty and a $500 million per day loss of income for the poorest people in the world could soon be reality. Blog by Andy Sumner, Chris Hoy, Eduardo Ortiz-Juarez discusses their new research.

Africa’s lockdown dilemma: High poverty and low trust

There is growing unease that blindly replicating the COVID-19 policy responses of high-income countries might inflict irreparable damage to poor households and foment social unrest in developing countries. Read more

How is COVID-19 changing development? A WIDER Webinar Series

Catch up on recordings from the WIDER Webinar Series to hear from renowned researchers on the impact of COVID-19 on development, and the implications for the Global South. More webinars to be announced soon!

COVID-19: macroeconomic dimensions in the developing world

The COVID-19 pandemic represents an unprecedented global crisis. The task for economic policy is to help keep people alive, enterprises afloat, and households out of poverty.

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UNU-WIDER has partnered up with a team of international researchers from across four institutes on an exciting and very timely research initiative to collect real time data on the coronavirus and its social and economic consequences.

Journal Article: Tax-motivated transfer mispricing in South Africa - direct evidence using transaction data

This new Open Access article provides the first direct systematic evidence of profit shifting through transfer mispricing in a developing country.

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SOUTHMOD country report Ghana - GHAMOD v2.0

This report documents GHAMOD, the SOUTHMOD model developed for Ghana. The report describes the different tax-benefit policies in place, how the microsimulation model picks up these different provisions, and the database on which the model runs...

Taxation Government revenue GHAMOD

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SOUTHMOD country report Zambia - MicroZAMOD v2.4

This report documents MicroZAMOD, the SOUTHMOD micrososimulation model developed for Zambia...

Taxation Government revenue MicroZAMOD

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SOUTHMOD country report Uganda - UGAMOD v1.4

This report documents UGAMOD, the SOUTHMOD model developed for Uganda...

SOUTHMOD UGAMOD Taxation

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SOUTHMOD country report Uganda - UGAMOD v1.1

View the latest UGAMOD country report here . This report documents UGAMOD, the SOUTHMOD model developed for Uganda. This work was carried out by Uganda Revenue Authority ( URA ) and Makerere University in collaboration with the project partners...

SOUTHMOD UGAMOD Tax

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Trade tax reforms and poverty in developing countries: Why do some countries benefit and others lose?

This paper studies the relationship between trade tax and domestic tax reforms and poverty in developing countries, and explores whether the role of public goods provision matters in this relationship...

Common factor models Government spending policy Taxation

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SOUTHMOD country report Tanzania - TAZMOD v1.8

This report documents TAZMOD, the SOUTHMOD model developed for Tanzania. This work was carried out by University of Dar es Salaam in collaboration with the project partners in the scope of the SOUTHMOD project...

TAZMOD SOUTHMOD Tax

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SOUTHMOD country report Ghana - GHAMOD v1.3

View the latest GHAMOD country report here . This report documents GHAMOD, the SOUTHMOD model developed for Ghana...

Tax Government revenue GHAMOD

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SOUTHMOD country report Ethiopia - ETMOD v1.0

This report documents ETMOD, the SOUTHMOD model developed for Ethiopia...

Tax Government revenue Government spending policy

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SOUTHMOD country report Ghana - GHAMOD v1.0

View the latest GHAMOD country report here . This report documents GHAMOD, the SOUTHMOD model developed for Ghana...

Tax Government revenue Government spending policy

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SOUTHMOD country report Ecuador - ECUAMOD v1.0

View the latest ECUAMOD country report here . This report documents ECUAMOD, the SOUTHMOD micrososimulation model developed for Ecuador...

Tax Government revenue Government spending policy

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SOUTHMOD country report Zambia - MicroZAMOD v1.0

View the latest MicroZAMOD country report here . This report documents MicroZAMOD, the SOUTHMOD model developed for Zambia...

Tax Government revenue Government spending policy

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SOUTHMOD country report Mozambique - MOZMOD v1.0

This report documents MOZMOD, the SOUTHMOD model developed for Mozambique. This work was carried out by the Ministry of Economy and Finance of Mozambique in collaboration with the project partners in the scope of the SOUTHMOD project...

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by Roger Williamson
December 2014

8 October 2014 by Roger Williamson Michael Keen from the International Monetary Fund addressed the UNU-WIDER Development Conference in September 2014 “Equity Objectives and Puzzles in Linking Tax and Spending”...

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The end of poverty postponed?

Over a billion people living in poverty and a $500 million per day loss of income for the poorest people in the world could soon be reality. Blog by Andy Sumner, Chris Hoy, Eduardo Ortiz-Juarez discusses their new research.

Africa’s lockdown dilemma: High poverty and low trust

There is growing unease that blindly replicating the COVID-19 policy responses of high-income countries might inflict irreparable damage to poor households and foment social unrest in developing countries. Read more

How is COVID-19 changing development? A WIDER Webinar Series

Catch up on recordings from the WIDER Webinar Series to hear from renowned researchers on the impact of COVID-19 on development, and the implications for the Global South. More webinars to be announced soon!

COVID-19: macroeconomic dimensions in the developing world

The COVID-19 pandemic represents an unprecedented global crisis. The task for economic policy is to help keep people alive, enterprises afloat, and households out of poverty.

Support new COVID-19 research - take the survey today

UNU-WIDER has partnered up with a team of international researchers from across four institutes on an exciting and very timely research initiative to collect real time data on the coronavirus and its social and economic consequences.

Journal Article: Tax-motivated transfer mispricing in South Africa - direct evidence using transaction data

This new Open Access article provides the first direct systematic evidence of profit shifting through transfer mispricing in a developing country.

Visit our YouTube channel

Want to catch up on our recent events? Find out what Nobel laureates Amartya Sen and Joseph Stiglitz think about the SDGs? Click here to visit us on YouTube.

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.

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

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