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    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 | 15-16 October 2020 | 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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    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 LDC-V
12 May 2021 09:00 – 14 May 2021 17:00
Conference
Photo: Florian Wehde / Unsplash Better Jobs for Development
1 September 2020 09:00 – 4 September 2020 17:00
Online
Seminar
Africa’s lockdown dilemma — High poverty and low trust

On 16 July 2020, two researchers of the Inclusive growth in Mozambique programme, Ivan Manhique and Ricardo Santos, will present their current research.

16 July 2020 15:00 – 16:00
Zoom, Maputo, Mozambique
Open for registration
Seminar
WIDER-Webinar-image from UNDP-Bangladesh-COVID19 Olivier Bargain on poverty and COVID-19 in developing countries
7 July 2020
Past event
Seminar
WIDER-Webinar-image from UNDP-Bangladesh-COVID19 Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak on responding to COVID-19 in developing countries
30 June 2020
Past event
Conference
Dylan LowthianUNDP CANCELLED: Global partnerships for sustainable development
26 June 2020 – 27 June 2020
Scandic Marina Congress Center, Katajanokanlaituri 6, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Project workshop
SOUTHMOD-workshop-2020-website-image 2020 SOUTHMOD workshop
24 June 2020 – 25 June 2020
Past event
Seminar
WIDER-Webinar-image from UNDP-Bangladesh-COVID19 Eva-Maria Egger and Ricardo Santos on COVID-19 and Africa's lockdown dilemma
23 June 2020
Past event
Seminar
Evolution of multidimensional poverty in crisis-ridden Mozambique

On 18 June 2020, researchers of the Inclusive growth in Mozambique programme, Eva-Maria Egger, Finn Tarp, and Vincenzo Salvucci, will present their current research.

18 June 2020
Zoom, Maputo, Mozambique
Past event
Workshop
SA-TIED work in progress meeting

The SA-TIED macroeconomic modelling for policy formulation work stream held their regular work-in-progress meeting on 17 June 2020, via video conference. The meeting provided an opportunity for researchers to share initial results, receive feedback...

17 June 2020
Past event
Seminar
WIDER-Webinar-image from UNDP-Bangladesh-COVID19 Mick Moore on COVID-19 and taxation in Africa
15 June 2020
Past event
Seminar
Seminar Series Svetlana Ledyaeva on trade diversion effects of China's VAT export rebates
10 June 2020
Past event
Presentation
Presentation to donors on school-to-work transitions in vocational education in Mozambique

On 10 June, researchers of the Inclusive growth in Mozambique programme presented recent baseline survey findings to the technical and vocational education donor group in Mozambique.

10 June 2020
Zoom, Maputo, Mozambique
Past event
Panel discussion
Kunal Sen joins panel at virtual conference on implications of the COVID-19 crisis for labour and employment in India

The Institute for Human Development jointly with International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Indian Society of Labour Economics (ISLE) is organising a virtual conference on implications of the Covid-19 crisis for labour and employment in India:...

8 June 2020 – 9 June 2020
Past event
Seminar
WIDER-Webinar-image from UNDP-Bangladesh-COVID19 Yuen Yuen Ang on COVID-19 and centralized power
2 June 2020
Past event
Seminar
The climate change and development nexus in Africa: moving beyond obligations to opportunities

Channing Ardnt, workstream leader in the SA-TIED programme and divisional director of environmental and production technology at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), presented in the third session of the Africa Month Virtual...

28 May 2020
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