Join the networkWant to catch up on UNU-WIDER research? Here are 10 of the most interesting papers published over the last year
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What can the GRD do for policymakers?
A few months ago, I was asked to deliver a lecture at the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies on the UNU-WIDER Government Revenue Dataset (GRD) ...
GRD Domestic revenue mobilization DatabaseBlog
Indonesia, the developer’s dilemma, and Vision 2045According to the World Bank, Indonesia has reached the upper-middle income status in 2019 after spending almost two decades in the lower-middle income country group...
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Are women’s labour force participation rates improving in sub-Saharan Africa? July 2022Several sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries have achieved substantial economic growth in the past 30 years. Likewise, access to education has considerably expanded, as reflected in rising enrolment rates for both men and women...
Labour supply Gender Sub-Saharan AfricaPolicy Brief
There are multiple pathways of structural transformation and different inequality dynamics of each. Rising inequality is not inevitable — policies make a difference...
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Metals for the global energy transition: Opportunities and salutary lessons
In a series of high-level UN Roundtables , in which I participated in 2021, experts and stakeholders explored the risks and opportunities presented by the global clean energy transition...
Climate change Natural resources Economic developmentBlog
Can the electric vehicle revolution solve the climate crisis and create opportunities for developing countries? Electric vehicles (EVs) are confidently expected to decarbonize road transportation, contribute substantially to the net zero agenda, and so help to solve the climate crisis...
Climate change Natural resources Economic developmentBlog
Want to catch up on UNU-WIDER research? Here are 10 of the most interesting papers published over the last year
In this blog, the managing editor of the WIDER Angle shares his personal view on some of the most important —and potentially overlooked— work recently released in the WIDER Working Paper Series...
Inequality Macroeconomics IndonesiaBlog
Bootcamp for better tax policies in Africa
‘I intend to see a world in which tax policy research is based on evidence, and policy decisions are data-driven.’ This is an aspiration expressed by a participant of the WIDER Winter School 2022 ...
Tax compliance Capacity building DataBlog
Decent work – discussion on working conditions in Helsinki and globally
How committed is Helsinki to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals? The discussion forum at the City Hall on Tuesday addressed one of the goals, namely decent work and economic growth...
Informal economy Decent Work SDG8Blog
Confronting low domestic savings in AfricaWhat are the linkages between national savings and sustainable economic growth? Why are there differences in the amounts of savings between different countries?...
Informal work Developing countries Domestic savingsResearch Brief
Governments in low- and middle-income countries face a trade-off between raising tax revenue to strengthen social protection and creating incentives to enter formal employment...
Informal work Child labour Tax revenueBlog
Putting it all together: Highlights from The puzzle of peace
‘Understanding how to sustain peace means understanding conflict itself...
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Ukraine: War, energy, and net zero Just over seven months ago the United Nations convened its 26th Climate Change Conference (COP-26) in Glasgow, with the world nervously emerging from the pandemic...
Ukraine Climate change ExtractivesBlog
Solving the puzzle of peace: Overcoming the curse of Finland
At The puzzle of peace conference in Helsinki, Adnan Khan, Chief Economist at the UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, lamented what he called the ‘Curse of Finland’...
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Can access to finance spur entrepreneurship in Indian informal sector?Credit constraints, a consequence of the widespread failure of credit markets in developing countries, are widely regarded as a key constraint to entrepreneurship...
India Informality EntrepreneurshipPolicy Brief
This brief provides concrete proposals on how Zambia's government could create a robust fiscal regime to achieve a steady flow of mineral revenue and encourage increased local participation in mining — while ensuring environmental sustainab...
Tanzania Mineral tax Mineral industries