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Globalization in crisis – confronting a new economic reality

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

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Reducing inequality — why working together is no longer just an option
by Koen Doens, Remy Rioux, Antón Leis, Kunal Sen, Jean Van Wetter, Jürgen Zattler March 2022

The time limit to reach the goals of the 2030 Agenda is now just eight years away. It is vital to pursue a new model of partnerships, based on...

  • Global inequality
  • SDG10
  • Partnerships for Development
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In the Director's chair: Reflections on my first six months as Director
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by Kunal Sen July 2019

My first six months as Director of UNU-WIDER have been busy, enlightening, and rewarding. We’ve launched a new work programme, with flagship projects...

  • SDGs
  • SDG5
  • SDG8
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Charles Gore on Inequality Reduction as a Global Goal: The Nature and Logic of SDG 10

Charles Gore presented at the WIDER Seminar Series on 19 June 2019. Abstract – Inequality Reduction as a Global Goal: The Nature and Logic of SDG 10 Presentation slides An important feature of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agreed as part...

19 June 2019
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
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The measurement and elimination of global poverty and inequalities

UNU-WIDER is represented at the Workshop on promoting and protecting economic, social, and cultural rights within the context of addressing inequalities in the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic 6–8 February by senior research fellow Rachel M...

7 February 2023
Tempus, Palais de Nations, Geneva. Online, Geneva, Switzerland
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New WIID Companion to improve the study of inequality
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by Carlos Gradín April 2021

There is a growing need to understand income inequality trends and how they interplay with other social, economic, and political outcomes, both at the...

  • Inequality
  • Equality
  • Economic inequality
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Presentation to the Agence Française de Développement

Lead researchers from UNU-WIDER's Assessment of potential distributional impacts of four development programmes in Benin, Djibouti-Ethiopia, Uganda, and Viet Nam project present the research results to officials at the Agence Française de...

14 September 2023
Agence Française de Développement, Headquarters, 5 rue Roland Barthes, Paris, France
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Addressing ethnic inequality: comparative experiences, Seminar at UN DESA

Rachel M. Gisselquist speaks at the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) to update experts and officials on new findings from the Addressing group-based inequalities project. The seminar on 'Addressing ethnic inequality...

29 March 2023
Online, Finland
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