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Green industrialization and inclusive growth in a fractured world order

WIDER Development Conference, 18–20 March 2026, New Delhi, India
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Gross- versus net-basis taxation evidence for the UN Tax Convention negotiations
Hong Kong

2026 Jobs and Development Conference

9–10 October 2026 in Hong Kong, China | The conference brings together researchers, policymakers, and practitioners from around the world to discuss the latest insights on jobs, labour markets, and inclusive development.
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Secure research data labs: unlocking evidence-based policy in Africa through data

UNU-WIDER is working with national revenue authorities across sub-Saharan Africa to establish secure research data labs.

UNU-WIDER welcomes G20 report on global inequality

As the custodian of the World Income Inequality Database (WIID), UNU-WIDER considers the G20 global inequality report a timely and essential contribution to the global policy discussions on inequality.
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Professor Patricia Justino Appointed as Next Director of UNU-WIDER
Cambridge Elements Development Economics

4 Elements expected in January 2026

Trade in Tasks, Gender Economics in the Global South, Developmental Dilemmas, and Varieties of Peripheral Growth Models

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Two decades of Tanzanian health policy
– Examining policy developments and opportunities through a gender lens

Tanzania has undertaken important health sector reforms in the new millennium, and the most recent Health Sector Strategic Plan (2021–26) lays out ambitious targets to achieve universal health coverage. Yet, women in Tanzania continue to face...

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Education returns to a public health insurance program
– Evidence from Rwanda

We study the spillover effects of a large-scale public health insurance programme on early learning outcomes in Rwanda. The policy, the community based health insurance programme, which expands affordable healthcare services especially among rural...

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Social protection in Kenya: designing a proxy means testing tool to achieve universal health coverage

Health subsidization for the poor in Kenya is one of the social protection priority programs for achieving universal health care. This study aimed to develop a proxy means testing (PMT) tool that can be used by the Ministry of Health in Kenya for...

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