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Request for research proposals: Analysis on firms and taxation using micro data from Uganda

The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) and UNU-WIDER have established a secure research lab in the premises of URA. Want to do research using quality-assured administrative tax data? See the Request for Research Proposals

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Check out our exciting open opportunities - including a request for research proposals, and vacancies in our team

Annual Report 2021

We look back at our key achievements over 2021 and highlight our recent contributions to the data revolution, SDG 8 (Decent work and economic growth) and SDG 16 (Peace, justice and strong institutions). Read more

Expert insights on Ukraine

Read expert commentary from the WIDER Network on the situation in Ukraine, drawing from research around the world. Read more

Social Mobility in Developing Countries: Concepts, Methods, and Determinants

NOW AVAILABLE | This open access edited volume fills a crucial gap in social mobility studies and provides the foundation for future research on social mobility in countries of the Global South. Download your copy today

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Our research and policy briefs provide a short overview with key findings, lessons, and policy implications, from some of our key research outputs.

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

Book Chapter

China, India, Brazil, and South Africa in the World Economy: Engines of Growth?

From the book: Southern Engines of Global Growth

Economic development History of economics Emigration and immigration

Working Paper

International Migration, Remittances and Labour Supply: The Case of the Republic of Haiti

The Republic of Haiti is a prime international remittance recipient country in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region, relative to its gross domestic product (GDP)...

Econometric models (Economic development) Emigrant remittances Emigration and immigration

Working Paper

Conflict, Disasters, and No Jobs: Reasons for International Migration from Sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has the highest growth rate in net international migration in the world. The reasons for this migration are investigated in this paper...

Emigration and immigration Labour demand Natural disasters

Working Paper

China, India, Brazil and South Africa in the World Economy: Engines of Growth?

This paper attempts to analyse the economic implications of the rise of China, India, Brazil and South Africa, for developing countries situated in the wider context of the world economy...

Economic development History of economics Emigration and immigration

Entrepreneurs, technical experts, professionals, international students, writers, and artists are among the most highly mobile people in the global economy today...

Education Emigration and immigration Human capital