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How can cities create better jobs in sub-Saharan Africa?Structural transformation involves the movement of workers from low-productivity sectors to high-productivity sectors...
Structural transformation Job creationLecture
IEA seminar — Digital Technologies: Limits and Opportunities for Economic DevelopmentA 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...
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India’s manufacturing and services value-chains are shifting South: A curse or a blessing?
Much has been written on India as an outlier in Global Value Chains (GVC)...
Structural transformation Manufacturing Global value chainsWorking Paper
The legacy of conflict: aggregate evidence from Sierra LeoneThis paper studies the general equilibrium impact of civil war in Sierra Leone. I first use an instrumental variable (IV) strategy and geographic conflict variation to estimate reduced-form effects...
Conflict Livelihoods Structural transformationNews
Kunal Sen invited to expert consultation with UNIDO on manufacturing responses to COVID-19UNU-WIDER Director Kunal Sen was invited to contribute to the United Nations Industrial Development Organization's (UNIDO) High-Level Expert Consultation (HLEC) which took place online on 18 May 2021. He joined eminent experts including Joseph E...
Economic Transformation Database Structural transformationPresentation
Kunal Sen joins webinar on BRICS and Emerging EconomiesHear from some of the world’s leading experts on BRICS and Emerging Economies at the launch event of the Handbook of BRICS and Emerging Economies
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Supply or demand? Exploring the mechanisms behind the rise of female labour force participation in MexicoAt the global level, gender gaps in labour force participation have narrowed and over half a billion women have joined the workforce in the last 30 years...
Women's work Female labour force participation EconomicsWorking Paper
Trade liberalization, employment, and gender in EthiopiaThis paper analyses the impact of trade liberalization on local labour markets in Ethiopia, with a focus on the gender dimension of employment...
Tariffs Employment Structural transformationBlog
Sub-Saharan Africa had a manufacturing renaissance in 2010s – it’s a promising sign for the years aheadThe COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on the global economy, with world output contracting at 3.5% in 2020, and no recovery likely before the fourth quarter of 2021...
Structural transformation Manufacturing Employment and IndustryPresentation
GGDC/UNU-WIDER Economic Transformation Database presented at STEG conferenceOn 13 January 2021, Gaaitzen de Vries , researcher at the Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC) and UNU-WIDER, presented new research findings on industrialization patterns in developing economies at the online annual conference of the...
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Have you heard about the GGDC/UNU-WIDER Economic Transformation Database?
On 17 February 2021 the Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC) and UNU-WIDER Economic Transformation Database (ETD) will be launched...
Structural transformation Industrialization DeindustrializationBlog
Why should I care about economic growth?
Director of UNU-WIDER, Professor Kunal Sen is a world leading expert in development economics and led on ESID ’s research into economic growth...
Governance State capacity Structural transformationWorking Paper
Premature deindustrialization and income inequality in middle-income countriesThis paper examines the income inequality implications of a ‘premature deindustrialization’ trend in middle-income countries...
Deindustrialization Income inequality Middle-income countriesBlog
35 years of research for change – what's next?: Building just societiesTo celebrate its 35 th birthday, UNU-WIDER has looked back at some of its greatest achievements...
Structural transformation Economic inequality Economic developmentBlog
The developer’s dilemma in India – the role of politics and economic ideologyPolicy makers seeking inclusive growth frequently face the developer’s dilemma between prioritizing structural transformation, which is potentially inequitable, and keeping a check on rising economic inequality...
Structural transformation Economic inequality Economic developmentBlog
Late development, early adoption – how new technology is reshaping the future of structural change
Technological catch-up is bringing new asynchronies to development pathways. What does this mean for employment, globalization, and inequality?...
Structural transformation Technology Developer's dilemma