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UN at 75: slow death or a new direction | Annual Lecture 24

The 2020 WIDER Annual Lecture by Lord Mark Malloch-Brown will take place online on 26 October. As the UN celebrates its 75th anniversary this WIDER Annual Lecture discusses whether the UN can reinvent itself, or whether it will sink into irrelevance? More

Why all countries should contribute to ending global poverty

Trillions of dollars have already been spent on the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and no one knows what the final bill will be. Is it possible to respond to a much longer crisis – global poverty – with even a fraction of these resources? More

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COVID-19 intensifies global need to support informal workers in their struggle

The world is facing an existential crisis that poses challenging questions: whether to put people and nature before owners of capital and technology; whether to protect the rights of the disadvantaged or the interests of the elite. Read more

COVID-19 and employment: Insights from the sub-Saharan African experience

While the full socio-economic consequences remain uncertain, the pandemic’s impact on the labour market has become an issue of global concern. Read more

Journal Special Issue: Understanding agricultural development and change

Using the case of Vietnam, this special issue brings together a set of high-quality academic studies to answer key research questions of importance to understanding agricultural development and change in developing country settings. 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!

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Visit our YouTube channel

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A brief history of the international monetary system since Bretton Woods

This paper provides a historical background to contemporary debates on the international monetary system: their genesis, similarities, and differences of problems it has faced at different times...

Balance of payments Credit Financial institutions, International

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Structural transformation in the world economy: On the significance of developing countries

This paper outlines the contours of global economic development, since 1980, to analyse underlying factors and consider future implications...

Economic development Economic growth Globalization

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Global economic governance and economic policy: A personal perspective

The policy advice given by economists in international institutions is influenced by their prior academic work...

Aeronautics, Commercial Globalization International economic relations

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Brazilian South–South Development Cooperation: The Case of the Ministry of Social Development in Africa

Part of Journal Special Issue Aid, Social Policy and Development

Economic assistance and foreign aid Food security International economic relations

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Regulatory Reform for Closing Africa's Competitiveness Gap

From the book: Oxford Handbook of Africa and Economics, Vol. 2...

Competition Industrial policy International economic relations

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Regional Integration in Africa

From the book: Oxford Handbook of Africa and Economics, Vol. 2...

Commerce Economies of scale International economic relations

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Aid to Africa :: The Changing Context

From the book: Oxford Handbook of Africa and Economics, Vol. 2...

Economic development Globalization International economic relations

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Regional Climate Change of the Greater Zambezi River Basin: A Hybrid Assessment

Part of Journal Special Issue Climate Change and the Zambezi River Valley

Climatic changes Economic forecasting International economic relations

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The Governance of the International Monetary System

This paper proposes a reformed architecture of the international monetary system based on three pillars...

Financial institutions, International International economic relations

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U.S. Aid and Uneven Development in East Asia

Part of Journal Special Issue Aid and Institution-Building in Fragile States

Economic assistance and foreign aid Economic development International economic relations

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Regulatory Reform for Closing Africa’s Competitiveness Gap

Over the past decade, Africa has been experiencing an economic resurgence. Yet, the continent is facing several difficult challenges and many economies of the region continue to be among the least competitive in the world...

Competition Industrial policy International economic relations

Working Paper

Regional Integration in Africa: Challenges and Prospects

Political motives, geography, and the uneven distribution of gains trumped the traditional efficiency gains across Africa’s Regional Economic Communities (RECs)...

Commerce Economies of scale International economic relations

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US Policy Contributions to Agricultural Commodity Price Fluctuations 2006-12

From the book: Food Price Policy in an Era of Market Instability

Agriculture Economic policy International economic relations

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UN at 75: slow death or a new direction | Annual Lecture 24

The 2020 WIDER Annual Lecture by Lord Mark Malloch-Brown will take place online on 26 October. As the UN celebrates its 75th anniversary this WIDER Annual Lecture discusses whether the UN can reinvent itself, or whether it will sink into irrelevance? More

Why all countries should contribute to ending global poverty

Trillions of dollars have already been spent on the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and no one knows what the final bill will be. Is it possible to respond to a much longer crisis – global poverty – with even a fraction of these resources? More

COVID-19 intensifies global need to support informal workers in their struggle

The world is facing an existential crisis that poses challenging questions: whether to put people and nature before owners of capital and technology; whether to protect the rights of the disadvantaged or the interests of the elite. Read more

COVID-19 and employment: Insights from the sub-Saharan African experience

While the full socio-economic consequences remain uncertain, the pandemic’s impact on the labour market has become an issue of global concern. Read more

Journal Special Issue: Understanding agricultural development and change

Using the case of Vietnam, this special issue brings together a set of high-quality academic studies to answer key research questions of importance to understanding agricultural development and change in developing country settings. 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!

Support 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.

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.

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

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