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Too late, too little? The IMF and international tax flight
When key decision makers of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) gather in Washington DC for the IMF’s annual meeting in October, one thing that would merit more attention is the mismatch between the IMF’s recent alignments against inter...
Internation Monetary Fund OECD tax avoidanceBlog
How to build a data revolution: First steps
This year UNU-WIDER is launching several video series to highlight the wide span of policy-relevant work undertaken by the Institute and its worldwide network...
Data revolution SDGsBlog
Mini-documentary: Viet Nam’s data revolution is well on its way The international community rarely calls for a revolution. In this case, it has. A data revolution, says UNU-WIDER Director Finn Tarp. Viet Nam has seen large changes to its economy since the advent of doi moi , the new beginning, in the 1980s...
Structural transformation Sustainable development SDGBlog
A letter from Maputo
It’s early July and I’m back in Maputo, Mozambique, looking over the calm sea at the boats that fish the waters for the seafood that makes visiting this part of Africa such a treat...
WIDER Development ConferenceBlog
Quality of routine labor and delivery care in Uttar Pradesh, India: Are private facilities better?
In India, the percentage of women who delivered in a health facility increased from roughly 35% in 2000 to 79% in 2014 ...
Quality of care SDG3 Health-careBlog
Building the learning agenda: Spotlight on the Global Learning Laboratory for Quality Universal Health Coverage
Improving the delivery of quality health services is messy! Vast amounts of knowledge and experience is being generated daily...
Health Quality of care SDG3Blog
GHAMOD launch and training: A tax-benefit microsimulation model for GhanaBetter social protection coverage and greater benefits in developing countries would certainly be welcomed by many...
Tax-benefit microsimulation GHAMOD SOUTHMODBlog
Tax, development and the SDGs: How we are supporting the data revolution
At the core of efforts to meet the Sustainable Development Goals lies a commitment to enhance domestic revenue mobilization. Strengthening capacity to collect tax and other revenue is key for developing countries as they move forward...
Tax Development dataBlog
Measuring outpatient safety at scale: infection prevention and control practices in KenyaPrimum non nocere — first, do no harm. This most basic tenet of medical care is routinely violated in clinics and hospitals around the world today ...
Quality of care Health SDG3Blog
Taking steps to overcome inequality in South Africa
Engagement is needed at all levels to address ongoing inequality faced in South Africa. This was the primary aim of a recent policy seminar in Pretoria, organized through the framework of the Mandela Initiative and partners, including UNU-WIDER...
Inequality development policy Structural transformationBlog
Tax, spending, and poverty: An interview with Michael Keen
Michael Keen, Deputy Director of the IMF's Fiscal Affairs Department, will be the keynote speaker at this year’s WIDER Development Conference on Public Economics for Development ...
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Lower exploration spending – another response to the end of the commodity price boom
My previous blog, which you can read here , commented on the manner in which mining companies had been able to respond to the recent decline in metals prices by significantly reducing their costs of production...
Commodity boom Mining ExtractivesBlog
Cost reductions as a response to the end of the commodity price boom The recent publication of the 3rd edition of ICMM’s The Role of Mining in National Economies (hereafter RoMiNE3) provides us with the welcome biennial review of the global situation as it affects the large mining and metals industry...
Commodity boom Mining ExtractivesBlog
How are rural households in Viet Nam doing? Viet Nam has seen major economic shifts which started in the 1980s and continue today. Many strides have been made as the country goes through structural transformation, not least a significant reduction in poverty...
Policy Brief
The quality and availability of data has become an international priority highlighted by the call for a data revolution in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development...
Growth Structural transformation Rural developmentResearch Brief
Climate change is one of the most complex and urgent of global issues due to its potential impacts and the policies and measures needed to address those impacts...
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