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Urban poverty: cities, slums, and the need for policy actionDeveloping countries will be predominantly urban by 2030...
Social mobility India UrbanizationBlog
What would be the economic consequences of a military stalemate in Ukraine?Russia’s war in Ukraine may reach a stalemate as neither side appears in reach of a military victory. Unless a settlement can be agreed, a frozen conflict may emerge, which will delay economic recovery in Ukraine...
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Tools for effective tax administration
The importance of conducting high-quality analysis for policy advice cannot be understated. The UNU-WIDER Winter School for tax policy research delivered the right tools for my day-to-day work...
Tax administration Tax policy UNU-WIDER Winter SchoolBlog
Opportunities beyond lecture rooms – widening my career perspectives as a UNU-WIDER PhD fellow
It was surreal to take a springtime walk along the harbor in Helsinki on my way to UNU-WIDER’s headquarter offices for the first time. My initial application to the UNU-WIDER PhD Fellowship programme had been rejected...
UNU-WIDER PhD Fellowship Capacity building Capacity developmentBlog
Lives can be improved when policymakers and researchers collaborate
My motivation for doing economics research comes from the wish to see every human being have their basic needs met and enjoy their life. My interest is in public economics...
Public economics Tax policy Tax-benefit microsimulationBlog
Experiences from UNU-WIDER Winter School 2022: One of the best global training programmes in tax research
Across Africa, governments are now waking up to the fact that taxation targets or economic development goals will not be met without policies that are based on scientific evidence...
Tax policy Public economics UNU-WIDER Winter SchoolBlog
Electoral politics and Mexico’s COVID-19 vaccine roll-outGovernment responsiveness is an integral feature of representative democracy. Its importance could be amplified in times of crisis, especially if citizens cannot rely on market actors for help...
COVID-19 COVID-19 policy response COVID-19 vaccineBlog
Digital platforms and job search: Experimental evidence from MozambiqueDigital technologies can be deployed to improve job search, but their effectiveness in practice is disrupted...
Informality Job search UnemploymentBlog
Sales recovered faster from the pandemic than employment: Evidence from tax administrative and survey data in ZambiaLike most other countries, the government of Zambia introduced restrictions to control COVID-19, which considerably curtailed normal economic activity...
Competitiveness Debt FinanceBlog
State assigned property rights and revenue collection in sub-Saharan AfricaAcross sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries there are striking differences in citizen willingness to pay taxes...
Fiscal capacity Building State Capabilities State capacityBlog
Are autocratic states doomed to weak fiscal capacity?
How best to increase and mobilize revenue is a key issue that confronts contemporary developing economies, but the same problems were faced —and solved— by today’s developed economies...
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Fiscal states in developing economies: Why do they matter and where do they come from?Modern states are complex organizations which perform a broad range of functions. They have an important role in economic and human development...
Fiscal capacity State capacity Building State CapabilitiesBlog
Tax revenues and tax capacity in sub-Saharan AfricaAfrican countries raise lower amounts of tax as a share of national income (GDP) than other countries. Researchers are interested in understanding why this is the case...
Government tax revenue Government revenue domestic resource mobilizationBlog
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 Africa