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Poster session - COVID-19 and development
Monday 6 September 13:20-13:40 Hoa Ho How work has changed with COVID-19: Evidence from loan officers in India Timothy Köhler COVID-19 in the context of extreme unemployment and inequality: Estimating the effects of South Africa’s...
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Capacity development | Using the Economic Transformation Database (ETD)
Industrialization Trends in the Developing World: New Evidence from the GGDC/UNU-WIDER Economic Transformation Database Presenters: Emmanuel Mensah & Hagen Kruse, Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC), University of Groningen, the...
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Capacity development | Using the World Income Inequality Database (WIID)
The World Income Inequality Database (WIID) provides the most comprehensive set of income inequality statistics available and can be downloaded for free. The WIID can be used to better understand income inequality trends and how they interplay with...
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Capacity development | Using the Government Revenue Dataset (GRD)
In this capacity development session you will recieve an introduction to UNU-WIDER's Government Revenue Database (GRD) and the 2021 update with an overview of its key variables as well as some examples of using the GRD in research. This will be...
Plenary session
Implications of COVID-19 for the extreme poor in low-income countries
In this keynote address, Professor Oriana Bandiera presents new research on the differences in productivity between rich and poor countries, and the implications of COVID-19 for the extreme poor in low-income countries.
Plenary session
COVID-19 - trends for democracy and autocracy
In this lecture, Professor Lindberg presents the latest findings from the V-Dem Institute on the trends for democracy and autocracy in the world, and the effects that the COVID-19 pandemic has had for rights and freedoms.
Plenary session
Closing panel: How is COVID-19 Changing Development?
The closing panel will bring together a set of leading thinkers to discuss how COVID-19 changed development. The panel will take stock on what has been learnt about the effect of the pandemic on lives and livelihoods of citizens in developing...
Plenary session
Special session in memory of Benno Ndulu
This WIDER Development Conference Special Session will commemorate the life and work of Professor Benno Ndulu, Chair of the Board of UNU-WIDER, who passed on 22 February 2021 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The panel will recall his many contributions...
Plenary session
Policy panel on data gaps
The availability of accurate and timely data is essential for sound policy making in the Global South. More and better data can be an accelerator for sustainable development. However, the pandemic has stymied government efforts to collect reliable...
Parallel session
Stated preferences, behaviour, and risk
This session explores how risks associated with Covid-19 affect observed behavior and stated preferences in the Global South. M. Hilmy and B. Archibong study revealed preferences using field experiments, while S. Amuakwa-Menza, J. Magat, and A...
Parallel session
The future of global health governance
This panel brings experts together with professional backgrounds in Africa, Asia and Latin America to reflect on the lessons that can be drawn from the worldwide covid crisis about global health governance. How to evaluate the global health...
Parallel session
Macroeconomic and livelihood effects of COVID-19 in Africa: lessons for speeding up recovery
The Covid-19 pandemic caused one of the worst economic contractions, social disruptions, and psychosocial distress in living memory. The full impact on lives lost, livelihoods disrupted, and economies reeled into recession in Africa is yet to be...
Parallel session
What can we learn from inclusive adaptation and recovery policies responding to the crisis?
In July 2020, Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) awarded funding to PEP for COVID-19 Responses for Equity (CORE), a new COVID-19 crisis recovery research initiative. Through this initiative, PEP is working with local...
Parallel session
Building resilience in societies after COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected all segments of society, highlighting the interconnected nature of the pandemic and broader sustainability challenges as it sweeps across sectors and boundaries. Its impacts are widespread in both economic and non-...
Parallel session
What are the long-term impacts on learning and how can education systems respond?
The COVID-19 pandemic has had dramatic effects on lives and education systems including widespread school closures. The school closures come on top of a pre-existing learning crisis and threatens to further widen learning gaps, leaving even more...
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The future of work
The COVID-19 pandemic impacted upon the way that production is organised and the way in which consumption takes place. There has been a much greater reliance on remote work and an increased use of automation technologies in many sectors, allowing...
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