Blog
Reflecting Change: The Second Edition of ‘From Poverty to Power’
by
Duncan Green
November 2012
Duncan Green Updating a book on contemporary events can be unnerving. In the intervening years, events and new thinking combine to expose the...
Blog
Fintech and domestic savings: A perfect match coming true in sub-Saharan Africa
by
Josphat Machagua
November 2022
Financial technology (FinTech) is a major force disrupting the structure of financial services in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and enabling access of...
Blog
Technology and supermarket chains can help strengthen southern Africa’s food systems
by
Thando Vilakazi, Namhla Landani
February 2021
Agriculture and agro-processing value chains have been under pressure during the COVID-19 pandemic. This has been particularly marked where they...
Blog
Economic Lessons from Recent Research for Achieving SDG8
This article is part of UNU’s “17 Days, 17 Goals” series, featuring research and commentary in support of the United Nations Sustainable Development...
Blog
From the Editor's Desk (September-October 2015)
UNU-WIDER had a busy September. We celebrated our 30th birthday with some 600 people at our three-day conference on ‘Mapping the Future of Development...
Annual Lecture
WIDER Annual Lecture 3 - Is Rising Income Inequality Inevitable? A Critique of the Transatlantic Consensus
Many people believe that rising income inequality is inevitable. It is the result of forces, such as technological change, over which we have no control, or of developments such as globalisation, which are irreversible.
Mon, 1 November 1999
University of Oslo,
Oslo,
Norway
Past event
Blog
Cost of Capital: The Real Price of Green Energy
by
Carl-Gustav Lindén
July 2013
4 July 2013 Carl-Gustav Lindén In recent years the price of green energy technology has come down dramatically. This means that European investments...
Policy seminar
Changing technologies and the jobs of tomorrow
Watch the live stream recording United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) in partnership with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) will organize a three-day...
Thu, 12 September 2019
United Nations Conference Centre,
Rajadamnern Nok Avenue and Klong Phadung Krungkasem Road,
Bangkok,
Thailand
Past event
Blog
Late development, early adoption – how new technology is reshaping the future of structural change
by
Lukas Schlogl
December 2020
Technological catch-up is bringing new asynchronies to development pathways. What does this mean for employment, globalization, and inequality? A...
Presentation
Introduction to descriptive report of technology, competitiveness and corporate social responsibility
Presentation
Wed, 20 November 2013
Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM),
68 Phan Đình Phùng, Quận Ba Đình,
Hanoi,
Vietnam
Past event
Lecture
IEA seminar — Digital Technologies: Limits and Opportunities for Economic Development
A discussion featuring Dani Rodrik, Daren Acemoglu, Mahdi Ghodsi, Kunal Sen, Albert Park, and Haroon Bhorat. These leading economists discuss the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the role of technology in shaping welfare outcomes in developing...
Tue, 12 October 2021
Online,
Finland
Past event
News
Study Shows Effectiveness of Mobile Phones in Promoting Reading and Literacy in Developing Countries
A UNESCO study published 23 April, on the occasion of World Book and Copyright Day explains how mobile technology is used to facilitate reading and improve literacy in developing countries.