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Changing the lives of very young children: Evidence from RwandaGlobally, around 250 million children under the age of five do not meet key development milestones, which reduces their ability to reach their full potential...
Social mobility Human capital Cognitive abilityBlog
Headline data suggests low-income states are coping better with the pandemic than high-income states. But is this true?States with fragile state health systems have been commended for effective responses to the COVID-19 pandemic...
COVID-19 Capable states state capacityResearch Brief
Monetary policy and firm size in South Africa November 2020Small firms are more sensitive to changes in interest rates...
credit channel Firm heterogeneity Financial constraintsResearch Brief
How can agro-processing value chains be developed to strengthen regional integration in Southern Africa? November 2020Regional integration in Africa has potential for increasing regional trade and contribute towards industrialization and economic development...
Regional integration Agriculture Agro-processingPolicy Brief
Mining for change: How can natural resources support inclusive growth in Africa November 2020For a growing number of countries in Africa the discovery of natural resources is a great opportunity, but one accompanied by considerable risks. There is an extensive literature linking natural resource dependence to poor economic performance...
Mining Extractive industries Industrial policyBlog
The world needs a people’s vaccineThe world needs a people’s vaccine for COVID-19 — one provided universally, and accessible to the entire world population. A patent-protected vaccine could ultimately exclude many people from being vaccinated and protected...
COVID-19 COVID-19 vaccineBlog
35 years of research for change: Bringing inequality to the fore (1998-2020)
UNU-WIDER released the world’s first estimates of the global wealth distribution in 2007 – one result of a 2004 – 05 project, ‘ Personal Assets from a Global Perspective ’...
Global inequality Economic inequalityResearch Brief
It is important to understand how working conditions faced by workers in Vietnamese SMEs affect levels of compensation...
Vulnerability Working conditions Wage differentialsResearch Brief
During the last three decades Vietnam has undergone a considerable economic transformation. However, little research has considered the role that financial reform has played in the development of small and medium size enterprises (SMEs)...
Access to credit SME VietnamBlog
The global distribution of routine and non-routine work – and why we should we care about itThe nature of work is changing due to technological progress, globalization, and the rapidly expanding supply of college-educated workers...
Earnings inequality Global inequality labour dynamicsBlog
The WIID celebrates 20 years with a daring new plan
After 20 years of contributions to income inequality research, the World Income Inequality Database (the WIID) is getting a new expansion that will greatly strengthen knowledge on inequalities...
Global inequalityResearch Brief
Wage inequality in post-apartheid South Africa October 2020Much work has been done on inequality in South Africa, but to date the literature that assesses the dynamic response of income or wealth distribution to economic policy actions is almost non-existent...
Income inequality Distributions heterogeneityResearch Brief
Finding optimal solutions for efficient youth labour policies: What kind of firms employ young people in South Africa? October 2020According to South Africa’s National Development Plan Vision 2030, serious action needs to be taken to reduce poverty and encourage economic growth...
Tax administration data Firm level Firm behaviourResearch Brief
Are credits or deductions better in public health spending?: The impact on equality in South Africa October 2020The impact of medical deductions and medical credits on income inequality is a subject of discussion in South Africa, as well as in many other countries, raising critical questions about the fairness of the medical tax system and the impact on afford...
medical tax credit medical expenses tax deductionsBlog
Data for better policies: Introducing the Government Revenue Dataset 2020
Thanks to the updated version of the Government Revenue Dataset ( GRD ) we are now able to gain a clear picture of tax and other revenue trends in over 190 countries over the past four decades, now up until 2018...
Government revenue Taxation dataBlog
Nobel Peace Prize acknowledges link between preventing hunger and promoting peace
Professor Patricia Justino is a leading expert on the links between political violence and economic development. Her work has greatly expanded knowledge about the intersection between poverty, food insecurity, and conflict...
Conflict Peace Hunger