Project meeting
Kick-off meeting – Gender and Development project
Wed, 6 May 2015
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Thu, 7 May 2015
UNU-WIDER,
Katajanokanlaituri 6 b,
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event
Project workshop
Inequality and governance in unstable democracies – the mediating role of trust: 2nd Annual Workshop
More than 30 participants attended the 2nd annual workshop for ‘Trust and Governance’ project, held virtually on the 16th and 17th April 2020. The workshop was initially set to be held in Colombia but had to be moved to a virtual environment through...
Thu, 16 April 2020
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Fri, 17 April 2020
Virtual (Zoom),
Past event
Presentation
Measuring Inequality in the 21st Century
The Human Development Report Office, LIS, the Stone Center at the City University of New York (CUNY), UNU-WIDER and the World Inequality Lab will host a symposium on Measuring Inequality in the 21st Century. The 2-day event will be held 28-29 March...
Thu, 28 March 2019
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Fri, 29 March 2019
United Nations Headquarters ,
New York,
United States
Past event
Panel discussion
Open dialogue on inequality in the 21st century
Fri, 29 March 2019
Ex-Press Bar, Third Floor of the General Assembly, United Nations Headquarters,
1st Avenue at 46th Street,
New York,
United States
Past event
Panel discussion
Asian Transformations panel discussion at India International Centre
On 23 December, Professor Deepak Nayyar, editor of Asian Transformations, led a panel discussion on the recent publication at the India International Centre in New Delhi. The book, Asian Transformations: An Inquiry into the Development of Nations...
Mon, 23 December 2019
India International Centre,
Lodhi Road,
New Delhi,
India
Past event
Lecture
Delhi School of Economics lecture on economic development in Asia, by Deepak Nayyar
On 14 January Professor Deepak Nayyar will attend the Delhi School of Economics to give a lecture on ‘Economic development in Asia: Learning from half a century of transformation’. The lecture draws from his recently published book, Resurgent Asia...
Tue, 14 January 2020
Department of Economics, Delhi School of Economics,
Delhi,
India
Past event
Lecture
Deepak Nayyar lecture at LSE on Resurgent Asia
The lecture will analyse the phenomenal transformation of Asia, which would have been difficult to imagine, let alone predict, fifty years ago. In doing so, it provides an analytical narrative of this remarkable story of economic development...
Wed, 4 March 2020
LSE Lecture Theatre, Centre Building, LSE,
1 Charing Cross,
Westminster, London,
United Kingdom
Past event
Panel discussion
A UNU-WIDER special panel on inequality — measurement, implications, and influencing change
Fri, 28 February 2020
House of Science and Letters,
Kirkkokatu 6,
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event
Seminar
Erwin Bulte on participatory resource management, elite capture and local livelihoods
Wed, 18 December 2019
UNU-WIDER,
Katajanokanlaituri 6 B,
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event
Seminar
SA-TIED seminar on pension-related tax expenditures
On 03 May the SA-TIED programme will host an online seminar on pension-related tax expenditures. The presentation will be given by Agustin Redonda and Chris Axelson under the SA-TIED project work stream on Public revenue for inclusive development...
Mon, 3 May 2021
Online,
Pretoria,
South Africa
Past event
Presentation
SOUTHMOD presented at the IAB seminar series
The Institute for Employment Research (IAB) is hosting an online seminar series "Corona - leveler or amplifier of social and economic inequality?". The weekly seminar series aims to bring together empirically rigorous contributions from the fields of...
Wed, 19 May 2021
Online,
Nuremberg,
Germany
Past event
Lecture
Economic development in Asia: Learning from a half-century of transformations
Wed, 13 November 2019
IIES, A822,
Universitetsvägen 10, 114 18 ,
Stockholm,
Sweden
Past event
Presentation
Deepak Nayyar Resurgent Asia - Diversity in Development
Fri, 15 November 2019
Ministry of Interior, meeting room Kruunu,
Kirkkokatu 12,
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event
Panel discussion
Unpacking the developer's dilemma – panel discussion at ISID
Fri, 24 February 2023
Vasant Kunj Institutional Area,
New Delhi,
India
Past event
Project
Reconciling Africa’s growth, poverty and inequality trends: growth and poverty project (GAPP)
Theme: 2012-13
Despite decades of research and advances in data and methods, measuring poverty and reconciling this with patterns of economic growth remains a complex and contentious issue. UNU-WIDER’s Growth and Poverty Project (GAPP) re-examines Africa’s growth...
Policy workshop
Labour market inequality and intergenerational mobility
UNU-WIDER hosts an inception workshop on labour market inequality and intergenerational mobility part of the new inequality theme as part of our current 2024–27 work programme. On 16 April 2024, we host a collaborative brainstorming session that...
Tue, 16 April 2024
Hybrid,
Katajanokanlaituri 6 B,
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event
Panel discussion
UNU-WIDER at ISA 2022 Annual Convention
UNU-WIDER Senior Research Fellow Patricia Justino and Research Associate Rute Martins Caeiro join in a virtual panel discussion Trust and Governance in Unstable Democracies on 29 March 2022 14:00 - 15:30 (UTC-5) as part of the International Studies...
Tue, 29 March 2022
Online,
Nashville,
United States
Past event
Conference
Reducing inequality – the great challenge of our time
Wed, 5 October 2022
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Fri, 7 October 2022
Universidad de los Andes,
Carrera 1, Calle 18a,
Bogotá,
Colombia
Past event
Lecture
Global personal economic inequality and population dynamics
Presentation For more information on this lecture series, please refer to Critical Academy. UNU-WIDER WIID The UNU-WIDER World Income Inequality Database (WIID) collects and stores information on income inequality for developed, developing, and...
Tue, 19 November 2013
University of Helsinki,
Yliopistonkatu 4,
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event
Panel discussion
Accelerating progress towards decent work and fairer societies – joint event with ESCAP
Tue, 26 September 2023
ESCAP, CR-4, UNCC,
Rajadamnern Nok Avenue Khwaeng Bang Khun Phrom, Phra Nakhon,
Bangkok,
Thailand
Past event
Panel discussion
Accelerating progress towards fairer societies
Wed, 4 October 2023
United Nations Headquarters, Room CR 11,
405 E 45th St,
New York, New York,
United States
Past event
Video
Amartya Sen: Feminism is an issue of humanity
“I think gender inequality is not the natural human condition. But the idea that somehow women have to be in an inferior position – or not quite such dominant position – is really wholly artificial for me” says Amartya Sen. He continues by delving...
Policy seminar
Rising income inequality: trends - and measures to prevent and reverse it
ILO, UNCTAD, and UNU-WIDER invite interested professionals to the policy seminar on ‘Rising income inequality: trends, and measures to prevent and reverse it’. The last decade has witnessed a revival of concern over the impact of high-income...
Thu, 23 October 2014
Room IX, International Labour Organization,
Route des Morillons 4,
Geneva,
Switzerland
Past event
Project
SOUTHMOD - simulating tax and benefit policies for development (Phase 3)
How does raising income tax affect government revenue or economic inequality? What are the costs and benefits of implementing a state pension? Which social protection policies are most effective in reducing poverty?Video of Mini-documentary -...