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

Working Paper

Political economy of Nigerian power sector reform

The Nigerian power sector reform is necessitated by the chronic poor performance of the sector and has as its compass the 2005 Electric Power Sector Reform Act and the Roadmap for Power Sector Reform 2010...

Political science Power (Economics) Privatization

Book Chapter

Institutional Reforms, Private Sector, and Economic Growth in Africa

The aim of this paper is to analyse the effect of institutional reforms on the revival of African economies...

Economic policy (Business enterprises) Economic development Institutional economics

Blog

Africa's Failure to Industrialize: Bad Luck or Bad Policy?

by John Page
December 2014

16 December 2014 John Page On 20 November 2014 the United Nations celebrated the 25th Africa Industrialization Day. But perhaps ‘celebrate’ is not exactly the right word...

Competition Economic development Structural adjustment (Economic policy)

Working Paper

Institutional Reforms, Private Sector, and Economic Growth in Africa

The aim of this paper is to analyse the effect of institutional reforms on the revival of African economies...

Economic policy (Business enterprises) Economic development Institutional economics

All countries in transition experienced increases in inequality. They have also undertaken massive privatization of key asset housing, often on give-away terms. Are these two phenomena related?...

Equality and inequality Household survey Housing

Working Paper

The Evolution of Personal Wealth in the Former Soviet Union and Central and Eastern Europe

This study discusses the evolution of personal wealth in transition economies...

Elite (Social sciences) Equality and inequality Income distribution

Project

Personal assets from a global perspective

Theme: 2004-05

The project aims to assemble data about the distribution and composition of personal assets in developing, transition, and developed countries and to study the implications of personal asset-holding for economic development. The most important asset...

Poverty Inequality and Well-being Personal wealth

Book Chapter

Bilateral Official and Non-Governmental Organizations' Supports for Private Sector Development

From the book: External Finance for Private Sector Development

Economic assistance and foreign aid International agencies International finance

Book

Utility Privatization and Regulation: A Fair Deal for Consumers?

Latin American countries have now privatized a large number of their utility industries and make more use of market approaches to delivery through networks...

Privatization Public utilities