Presentation

The Ministry of Gender, Child and Social Action ( MGCAS ) organises a Social Protection theme week in Mozambique 21-27 November 2022. During the week, on 25 November, The Mozambican Ministry of Economy and Finance ( MEF ) with Internation Labour...

Presentation

The International Association for Research in Income and Wealth ( IARIW ), in collaboration with the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics ( TNBS ), organizes a conference on Measuring Income, Wealth and Well-being in Sub-Saharan Africa on 11-13...

Workshop

The fifth training event on TAZMOD , the tax-benefit microsimulation model for Tanzania, is organized as a five-day research retreat, intended to empower participants to use TAZMOD to answer their own policy questions. The retreat is composed of two...

Workshop

In collaboration with the national GHAMOD team, Institute for Statistics, Social and Economic Research ( ISSER ) and UNU-WIDER organize a 5-day GHAMOD training event, a capacity development initiative allowing participants to get acquainted with the...

Workshop

This event will provide potential users of the ETMOD tax-benefit model with comprehensive training. As well as providing an overview of the model, the event will include a number of examples. Attendees will leave with an appreciation of how to...

Workshop

As part of the SOUTHMOD project, the national team at the Rwanda Revenue Authority ( RRA ), in collaboration with UNU-WIDER and SASPRI , are organizing an in-person training workshop for technical staff of the Rwandan government institutions on...

Workshop

The third training event on UGAMOD , the tax-benefit microsimulation model for Uganda, is organized as a five-day research retreat, intended to empower participants to use UGAMOD to answer their own policy questions. The retreat is composed of two...

Blog

by Isabelle Beyera
September 2022

My motivation for doing economics research comes from the wish to see every human being have their basic needs met and enjoy their life. My interest is in public economics...

Journal Article

Redistributive systems in Africa are still in their infancy but are expanding in order to finance increasing public spending...

Workshop

The fourth training event on VNMOD , the tax-benefit microsimulation model for Viet Nam, is organized as a five-day research retreat, intended to empower participants to use VNMOD to answer their own policy questions. The retreat is composed of two...

Project workshop

On 18-19 July 2022, 35 participants from six different time zones and eleven different countries gather for a two-day virtual SOUTHMOD workshop to exchange experiences and knowledge on tax-benefit microsimulation modeling in developing countries...

Presentation

The Global Health and Social Policy research unit of Tampere university organized an in person The Futures of Global Social Policy Workshop on 30 May 2022. UNU-WIDER Research Associate Jesse Lastunen and Research Assistant Enrico Nichelatti...

Working Paper

This paper assesses the feasibility of developing a tax and benefit microsimulation model in Rwanda...

Workshop

Presentation

The Southern African Social Protection Experts Network (SASPEN) conference ' Social protection at a crossroads: Between COVID-19 and the SDGs - Southern African perspectives ' is organized 9-12 May 2022. MicroZAMOD team member Miselo Bwalya...

Workshop

As part of the SOUTHMOD project , the national team at FLACSO in collaboration with UNU-WIDER and University of Essex organizes the fifth training event on the ECUAMOD model , which will provide participants with comprehensive training to use the...