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Pay inequality is high in South Africa: Bosses are part of the problem
South Africa is one of the most unequal countries in the world . This income inequality is mostly due to high unemployment and large differences in wages...
Wage inequality Firm behaviourPolicy Brief
Ampliando a protecção social em Moçambique: Simulando diferentes cenários para atualização e expansão do PSSBO Programa Subsídio Social Básico (PSSB) é um programa de transferência de renda mensal, não condicional, por tempo indeterminado, com o objectivo de reforçar o bem-estar da população pobre e vul...
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Social mobility among disadvantaged groups in IndiaIn recent decades, India has experienced rapid economic growth alongside radical affirmative action programs enacted since independence. This column explores what we know about the impact on social mobility...
Social mobility India EqualityBlog
In memory of Martin Ravallion: A global leader in development economics(19 March 1952 – 24 December 2022) It is with the greatest sadness and a deep sense of grief and shock that we received the news of the passing of Professor Martin Ravallion at the age of 70...
Poverty and inequalityBlog
Assessing the health of the private sector in Mozambique: Key findings from the IGM Annual Conference 2022
Since 2016, the private sector in Mozambique has faced several external shocks, including terrorism in Cabo Delgado, Cyclones Idai and Kenneth, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Ukrainian conflict and its impact on commodity prices and inflation...
Conference AgribusinessBlog
Secure research data lab in Uganda: A game changer for efficient and fair taxationIn May 2022, the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) and UNU-WIDER collaboratively launched a secure research data laboratory facility in Kampala, Uganda...
Tax administration data Evidence policy analysisBlog
New global estimates on profits in tax havens suggest the tax loss continues to riseThe world has been trying to curb profit shifting to tax havens for a decade, but consistent time series evaluating the impact of these reforms have been largely absent...
Profit shifting Illicit financial flows Domestic revenue mobilizationBlog
What is next for development effectiveness in a post-aid world?
Improving the effectiveness of global development spending may seem like a fool's errand given the state of the world today...
development cooperation Aid International cooperationBlog
Climate resilience and sustainable sovereign debt
2022 is already a record-breaker in the number of climate change-related events , and developing countries must now pay for the repairs and remediation needed to combat the consequences...
Debt sustainability Fiscal sustainability SustainabilityBlog
New country on the SOUTHMOD map: Meet our tax-benefit microsimulation team in Rwanda!
How can Global South countries improve their tax and social protection systems? One way is to take advantage of tools that help assess the impact of different policies...
Tax-benefit microsimulation Tax-benefit policy Social protectionBlog
Not too long and not too short: Introducing the new UNU-WIDER and Cambridge University Press series in Development EconomicsSimon Kuznets’ pipe dream was to have economic inequality data that rarely existed when he was writing. What are the pipe dreams of today’s development economists?...
Social mobility COVID-19 Academic excellenceBlog
Teamwork and capacity strengthening to promote development: The case of MozambiqueDesigning and implementing public policies requires caution to guarantee the best use of scarce resources, especially in middle- and lower-income countries...
Social protection Tax-benefit microsimulation Tax-benefit policyPolicy Brief
Development effectiveness in fragile contexts: Evidence from an international research conference December 2022This policy brief draws on the studies presented at the International Research Conference on the Effectiveness of Development Cooperation on 17–18 November 2022, in Brussels, Belgium, jointly organized by UNU-WIDER and the European Commission (...
Policy Brief
Building evidence around the effectiveness principles: Findings from an international research conference December 2022This policy brief draws on the studies presented at the International Research Conference on the Effectiveness of Development Cooperation on 17–18 November 2022, in Brussels, Belgium and jointly organized by UNU-WIDER and the European Commissio...
Aid effectiveness Aid policyBlog
Global tax reforms, net-zero, and domestic revenue: Food for thought from the DRM programme
Domestic revenue mobilization (DRM) and taxation have gained prominence lately on the global agenda, most recently with the resolution for the United Nations (UN) to lead the global discourse on tax rules ...
Domestic revenue mobilization Net Zero Illicit financial flowsBlog
Empirical research is crucial for better tax enforcement in the developing world
I had the privilege to participate in the UNU-WIDER Winter School as one of the lecturers. In this blog, I explain my main takeaways for students and why I found this capacity development initiative important and urgent...
Profit shifting Tax Tax administration data