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Charles Gore on Inequality Reduction as a Global Goal: The Nature and Logic of SDG 10
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Amina Ebrahim on can a wage subsidy system help reduce 50 per cent youth unemployment? Evidence from South Africa
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UNDP and Oxford Policy Management present findings from upcoming report
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Shreshti Rawat on inequality of opportunity: informal sector estimates for India and policy implicationsShreshti Rawat will present at the WIDER Seminar Series on 4 June 2019. Abstract – Inequality of opportunity: informal sector estimates for India and policy implications The persistence of a large informal sector in India has been a matter of...
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Patricia Funjika on social stratification and intergenerational mobility in Africa - examining linkages with pre-colonial African society
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Khoa Vu on the causal relationship between parental and children's educational attainment: Evidence from Vietnam
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Kunal Sen to deliver keynote address during the 75th Session of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the PacificKunal Sen, Director of UNU-WIDER, will be the keynote speaker in the panel discussion on Asia-Pacific Countries with Special Needs Development Report 2019 on Tuesday, 28 May in Bangkok. The session is one of the high-level events taking place during...
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UNU-WIDER at the World Village Festival
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Vito Peragine on Measuring inequality of opportunity: recent empirical findings and some new theoretical resultsVito Peragine will present at the WIDER Seminar Series on 22 May 2019. Presentation – Measuring inequality of opportunity: recent empirical findings and some new theoretical results About the speaker Vito Peragine is Professor of Public...
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WIDER research and impact – introducing the Estonian School of Diplomacy to the work of UNU-WIDERThe Estonian School of Diplomacy will visit UNU-WIDER during a visit to Finland. The group, which includes staff from various ministries — including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry for Education, and Ministry of Defence — will...
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Ebaidalla Mahjoub Ebaidalla on understanding inequality of opportunity in child health in Sudan
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Piotr Lewandowski presents latest research on technology, skills, and globalizationOn Tuesday 14 May Piotr Lewandowski, labour economist, co-founder and president of the board at Institute for Structural Research (IBS) , visited UNU-WIDER to present and discuss with resident researchers his latest research. Abstract - Technology,...
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Ritwik Banerjee on the link between corruption and tax evasion - an experimental investigationRitwik Banerjee will present at the WIDER Seminar Series on 10 May 2019. Abstract – T he link between corruption and tax evasion - an experimental investigation Developing countries are typically characterized by “hard-to-tax”...
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Aimable Nsabimana on weathering shocks: the effects of weather shocks on farm input use in sub-Saharan AfricaAimable Nsabimana will present at the WIDER Seminar Series on 8 May 2019. Abstract – Weathering shocks: the effects of weather shocks on farm input use in sub-Saharan Africa The main objective of this study was to provide evidence on the...
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Inclusive Growth in Mozambique seminar series: Analysis of the dynamics of sustainability of public finance in MozambiqueProf. Sylvestre Manoela from the Faculty of Economics will give a presentation on 8 May 2019 at the Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo, on ‘Analysis of the dynamics of sustainability of public finance in Mozambique 2000-16’ (‘An...