• Development challenges in Africa in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic

    United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) in partnership with UONGOZI Institute will organize a two-day online conference on the impact of COVID-19 pandemic in Africa. The online conference will take place 11-12 February 2021.

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    UN at 75: slow death or a new direction?

     Annual Lecture 24 | Mark Malloch-Brown 

    As the UN celebrates its 75th anniversary this WIDER Annual Lecture discusses whether the UN can reinvent itself, or whether it will sink into irrelevance?

    EVENT RECORDING NOW AVAILABLE 

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    WIDER Webinar Series

    How is COVID-19 changing development? 

    The new webinar series features a line-up of eminent researchers and development specialists to present new research on the implications they foresee of COVID-19 for global development efforts and the economic and social impacts for the Global South. 

    Register to join the webinar live for your chance to ask questions and engage in the discussion! See the current list and registration links for the upcoming webinars.

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    Achieving Sustainable Development in the Least Developed Countries – Towards LDC-V

    Conference | 12-14 May 2021 | Helsinki, Finland 

    UNU-WIDER in partnership with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) will organize a three-day conference on transforming economies. Featuring presentations from leading scholars including Richard Baldwin, Seema Jayachandran, Ravi Kanbur, Naila Kabeer and UN ASG Elliott Harris, this WIDER Development Conference provides a forum to discuss innovative, theoretical, and empirical research and its policy take-aways on the challenges for productive job creation in many different country contexts, across all developing regions.

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    WIDER Seminar Series

    The WIDER Seminar Series showcases the latest research on key topics in development economics. The weekly sessions held in Helsinki are open to local and visiting researchers, policy makers, and others working on development topics.

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Bangladesh © World Bank Achieving Sustainable Development in the Least Developed Countries - Towards LDC5
30 August 2021 09:00 – 1 September 2021 17:00
Seminar
WIDER-Webinar-image from UNDP-Bangladesh-COVID19 François Bourguignon on COVID-19 and inequality
23 February 2021 16:00 – 17:00
Helsinki, online, United States
Open for registration
Conference
Development challenges in Africa in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic
11 February 2021 09:30 – 12 February 2021 12:45
Online, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Open for registration
Presentation
Tony Addison at 4th UN Roundtable on Extractives

On 4 February, 2021, Tony Addison , Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER, will be presenting at a high-level United Nations Roundtable titled " Extractive industries and sustainable development and the 2030 Agenda in Asia and the...

4 February 2021 10:00
Online, Thailand
Presentation
Miguel Niño-Zarazúa & Rachel M. Gisselquist presenting on Effects of Swedish and international democracy aid

In December 2020, Expert Group for Aid Studies (EBA) published a new report titled " Effects of Swedish and international democracy aid ". The research behind the report was carried out by researchers from the United Nations University...

27 January 2021 10:00
Online, Sweden
Workshop
Third training on VNMOD – a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Viet Nam

The third training event on VNMOD , the tax-benefit microsimulation model for Viet Nam, will introduce participants with earlier experience on using the model to its most recent version, with a goal of promoting its use for evidence-based policy...

27 January 2021 09:00 – 29 January 2021 17:00
CIEM, 68 Phan Dinh Phung Street, Ha Noi, Vietnam
Seminar
Kunal Sen at WEDGE/EMERGE "Interrogating Gender" Seminar

Kunal Sen speaks at the WEDGE and EMERGE programme's first web-based discussion on gender equality and data. The discussion explores what we measure in labor force surveys, what we do not count, and how decisions regarding measurement shape...

22 January 2021
Online, United States
Past event
Presentation
Rachel Gisselquist will speak at 'Leave no one behind: moving the agenda forward'

Rachel Gisselquist has been invited to speak on a panel at 'Leave no one behind: moving the agenda forward', an online event hosted by the Overseas Development Institute . Register for the event through ODI here . Details Chair Gonzalo Hern...

21 January 2021
Past event
Presentation
Tony Addison at 3rd UN Roundtable on Extractives

On 20 January, 2021, Tony Addison , Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER, will be presenting at a high-level United Nations Roundtable titled " Extractive industries and sustainable development in the UNECE region ". His...

20 January 2021
Online, Geneva, Switzerland
Past event
Presentation
Kunal Sen to deliver 17th Dr V. K. R. V. Rao Memorial Lecture

Kunal Sen, Director of UNU-WIDER, will deliver the 17th Dr V. K. R. V. Rao Memorial Lecture on 20 January 2021 on occasion of Founders’ Day at the Institute for Social and Economic Change in Bangalore, India.

20 January 2021
Online, Bangalore, India
Past event
Seminar
Unsplash / Kameron Kincade Valeria Groppo on conditional cash transfers, child work and schooling
20 January 2021
Online, Helsinki
Past event
Presentation
Tony Addison at Basel Peace Forum 2021

On 20 January, 2021, Tony Addison , Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER, will be presenting at the Basel Peace Forum 2021. In his presentation, he will address the following questions: What are the implications of the low-carbon...

20 January 2021
Online, Switzerland
Past event
Seminar
Unsplash / Carl Nenzen Rod Crompton and Heinrich Bohlmann on Petrol Price Regulation
19 January 2021
Online, South Africa
Past event
Presentation
Maria Lo Bue and Khoa Vu to present in YoDEV Webinar Series

Maria Lo Bue and Khoa Vu will present their work from the Social mobility in the Global South project on intergenerational mobility in Viet Nam. This presentation is a part of the Young Development Economists Webinar Series and will take place at 15...

14 January 2021
Online
Past event
Seminar
Photo © Stephan Gladieu World Bank Miguel Niño-Zarazúa & Rachel M. Gisselquist at Democracy aid: any effects?
10 December 2020
Online, Stockholm, Sweden
Past event
Presentation
Tony Addison at 2nd UN Roundtable on Extractives

On 9 December, 2020, Tony Addison , Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER, will be presenting at a high-level United Nations Roundtable titled " Extractive industries and sustainable development and the 2030 Agenda in Latin America...

9 December 2020
Online, Chile
Past event
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