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What political science can tell us about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has rightly stirred outrage against an act of naked aggression, and sympathy for the plight of ordinary Ukrainians forced to flee their homes and to become refugees...
War Armed conflictBlog
The UNU-WIDER Visiting PhD Fellowship – in my experience
I now work as an assistant professor at Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China...
Academic excellence UNU-WIDER PhD FellowshipBlog
Zelenskiy’s wartime transformation: From comedian to national hero
Shock over the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 continues to be felt...
War Armed conflictBlog
From conflict preventor to security actor: European Peace Facility, Ukraine, and the evolution of EU’s roleRussia’s war of aggression on Ukraine has catalysed the European Union (EU) — criticised as a paper tiger yet acknowledged to evolve through crises — to take concrete steps in security and defence action...
War Armed conflictBlog
Does access to microfinance help or hinder women’s empowerment?Almost everywhere, women are underrepresented in labour markets compared to men...
Gender equality Gender equality; Labour markets BangladeshBlog
Why Russian brutality may backfire: A political violence perspective
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has been fast shifting into a new phase, one many observers have noted is marked by increasing levels of Russian brutality and harm toward Ukraine’s population...
War Armed conflictBlog
Superpowers, super-spoilers, and hybrid warfare: What the new Cold War means for global cooperation
Last week we woke up to a conflict that had echoes of the Second World War, the Cold War, and the last two decades of hybrid conflict all mixed into one. It is difficult to look beyond the immediate suffering and scale of violations in Ukraine...
Conflict War Armed conflictBlog
Learning from conflicts past: What recent history of Abkhazia tells us about the future of Donetsk and Luhansk
The recognition of disputed territories as independent states rarely brings underlying conflicts to an end...
Armed conflict WarBlog
The COVID-19 crisis, informal workers, and gender — understanding the intersections
The COVID-19 crisis — the pandemic, restrictions, and recession — has not been a grand leveler...
Equality and inequality COVID-19 GenderBlog
A fiercely contested omission — or why we need to keep talking about unpaid care
In the late 1950s, the United Nations System of National Accounts was set up to promote the collection of internationally comparable data on productive activity in different countries...
Unpaid labour Gender equality Gender inequalityBlog
How will the Russia-Ukraine war be fought?: External support and insurgency tactics
The Ukrainian state, personified by its President Volodymyr Zelenskyy , has been heroic and has surprised many by its ' stiff resistance '. However, Ukrainian cities are increasingly under siege and Russia is sending in reinforcements...
Conflict WarBlog
A policy of longer maternity leave is not enough to protect women from disadvantage
The length of maternity leave has direct impacts on critical gender equality outcomes such as women’s employment and lifetime earnings...
Gender equality; Labour marketsBlog
Bride price or dowry?
Why is it that in some countries the parents of a bride pay dowry, whereas in some others the groom has to pay for the bride? What is the impact of different traditions on women’s lives?...
Marriage payments Women's empowerment Psychological aspects (Economics)Blog
The conflict in Ukraine - the role of civilians
While there is much to discuss about the geopolitics of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, let's not forget the men, women and children of Ukraine who now face utter devastation to their lives – they matter...
Conflict War Civic participationResearch Brief

Domestic revenue mobilization (DRM) — the generation of government revenue from domestic tax and non-tax resources — plays a crucial role in building an enduring financing architecture for sustainable development...
GRD Revenue Domestic revenue mobilizationBlog
The tortoise defeats the hare: Does moderate outlast rapid growth in domestic revenue?The past four decades have seen marked improvements in the collection of domestic revenue (tax and non-tax revenues) in many countries of the Global South...
GRD Tax data Domestic revenue mobilization