• Reducing inequality – the great challenge of our time

    WIDER Development Conference in partnership with UNIANDES | 5-7 October 2022 | Bogotá, Colombia

    This conference provides a forum to discuss innovative, theoretical, and empirical research on inequality, and its policy take-aways. It will take stock of where we are, evaluate progress made, and identify what challenges lay ahead.

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    Think WIDER Webinar Series

    Our latest webinar series New perspectives on domestic revenue mobilization aims to facilitate a discussion on how domestic revenue mobilization can be supported in the Global South. The monthly series covers a range of topics related to the development of tax systems, non-tax domestic revenue mobilization, and political institutions.

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    WIDER Seminar Series

    The WIDER Seminar Series is back! Join us *ONLINE* for research seminars that showcase the latest research on key topics in development economics. 
    In spring 2022, the Seminar Series events take place on Wednesdays from 16:00–17:00 on Zoom.

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The challenge of creating better jobs in developing countries

The 6th IZA/World Bank/NJD/UNU-WIDER Jobs and Development Conference takes place 14-15 December on The challenge of creating better jobs in developing countries.

14 December 2022 09:30 – 15 December 2022 17:30
Cape Town, South Africa
Project workshop
SA-TIED technical workshop on the strengths and limitations of long-term structural models
28 November 2022 08:00 – 17:00
Development Bank of South Africa Head Office in Midrand, 1258 Lever Rd, Headway Hill, Midrand, South Africa
Lecture
13th B.G. Kumar Lecture Is India a Land of Opportunity? delivered by Professor Kunal Sen

Professor Kunal Sen delivers the 13th B.G. Kumar Lecture on 'Is India the Land of Opportunity?' at the Center for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. The lecture begins at 15:30 (IST) or 12:00 (UTC+2). Virtual attendance...

21 November 2022 12:00 – 14:30
CDS, Prasanth Nagar, Medical College P.O., Ulloor, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Presentation
Kunal Sen joins the Oxford Union debate series: This house blames western lenders for the plight of developing countries

On 3 November 2022, Kunal Sen attends the prestigious Oxford Union debate on the motion ‘This House Blames Western Lenders for the Plight of Developing Countries’. According to the World Bank, the pandemic pushed the foreign debt of low-...

3 November 2022 18:00
Oxford Union Society, Frewin Court, Oxford, United Kingdom
Seminar
Ciprian Domnisoru on the impact of female teachers on female students' lifetime well-being
2 November 2022 15:00 – 16:00
Hybrid, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
Open for registration
Seminar
Giulia Mascagni on Tax compliance in Rwanda: evidence from two large scale field experiments
26 October 2022 15:00 – 16:00
Hybrid, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
Open for registration
Seminar
Arjan Verschoor on Boosting recycling behaviour among urban households in Peru
25 October 2022 15:00 – 16:00
Hybrid, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
Open for registration
Presentation
Antonio Savoia presenting at the 63rd Annual Conference (RSA) of the Italian Economic Association (SIE)

Antonio Savoia , Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER, presents at the 63rd Annual Conference (RSA) of the Italian Economic Association (SIE) , held on October 20-22, 2022 in Turin, Italy. The conference is organised in partnership with...

20 October 2022 08:00 – 22 October 2022 17:00
University of Turin, Piazzale Martelli, 8, Turin, Italy
Open for registration
Webinar
World Energy: Looking Ahead to COP27
18 October 2022 16:00 – 17:00
Online, Finland
Open for registration
Annual Lecture
WIDER Annual Lecture 26 - In the name of progress: Will technology solve inequality?
7 October 2022 16:00 – 17:30
Universidad de los Andes, Cra. 1 #18a-12, Bogotá, Colombia
Open for registration
Conference
Reducing inequality – the great challenge of our time
5 October 2022 08:30 – 7 October 2022 17:30
Universidad de los Andes, Carrera 1, Calle 18a, Bogotá, Colombia
Registration is closed
Presentation
The developer’s dilemma – hybrid event at UN DESA

On Wednesday 28 September, Kunal Sen attends the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) office in New York to present key findings and policy lessons from the new Open Acess UNU-WIDER book, The developer’s dilemma.

28 September 2022 15:00 – 16:30
UN DESA - hybrid, (UTC-04:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Open for registration
Presentation
Nanak Kakwani’s legacy on the study of income inequality, poverty, and tax progressivity - Launch of the Special Issue of the Journal of Income Distribution

The Journal of Income Distribution has annouced a special issue in honor of Professor Nanak Kakwani’s contribution to the study of income inequality, poverty and tax progressivity. Professor Nanak Kakwani made important contributions at the...

28 September 2022 13:00
Online, Germany
Open for registration
Presentation
Antonio Savoia to deliver keynote presentation at the 2022 International Conference on the Balkans (ICOB)

Antonio Savoia , Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER, presents research from the Fiscal states – the origins and developmental implications project in the upcoming 2022 International Conference on the Balkans (ICOB). ICOB 2022,...

27 September 2022 09:00 – 29 September 2022 17:00
IUS Campus, Hrasnička cesta 15, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Open for registration
Presentation
Chris King / Unsplash Climbing the jobs ladder – presentation at the World Bank of forthcoming UNU-WIDER book
26 September 2022 12:00 – 13:30
World Bank - hybrid, (UTC-04:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Open for registration
Seminar
Christine Valente on Subjective expectations and demand for contraception
21 September 2022
Hybrid, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
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