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Globalization in crisis – confronting a new economic reality

WIDER Annual Lecture 27

Report: Towards peace, decent work, and greater equality

Research evidence for transforming economies, states, and societies

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A powerful tool for accessing and analysing data on income inequality

UNU-WIDER 2022 Annual Report is released

2022 was a key year in the UNU-WIDER 2019–2023 work programme, with great achievements made possible through our partnerships and collaborations Read more in the 2022 Annual Report.

The Job Ladder: Transforming informal work and livelihoods in developing countries

NEW BOOK - Available now on Open Access. Providing a nuanced view of informality across a range of developing economies using a common conceptual framework.

Check out our new series of short videos on ‘The puzzle of peace’!

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Capacity development in action: UNU-WIDER Winter School

In collaboration with Stellenbosch University, we organised an intensive winter school course on tax policy research, delivering training to 27 African researchers from 13 countries. Read more

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Journal Article

Foreign Aid and Climate Change Policy

Part of Journal Special Issue Aid Impact and Effectiveness

Working Paper

Foreign aid and climate change policy

Climate-related foreign aid is on the rise, with signatories to the Paris Climate agreement pledging US$100 billion annually to promote mitigation and adaptation in recipient countries. While this seems like a welcome development, we have little...

Blog

From CoP15 to CoP21 – Three crucial changes in the climate mitigation landscape

by Channing Arndt November 2015

The 21 st Conference of the Parties ( CoP21 ) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is rapidly approaching. Compared with the...

Theme: Sustainability

Video

The Political Economy of Clean Energy Transitions project - an interview with Channing Arndt

Channing Arndt , Senior Research Fellow of UNU-WIDER, presents the thinking behind this project and the study of implementation of clean energy policies. With the forthcoming Paris Conference of the Parties (CoP 21, December 2015) attention is...

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