• 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 | 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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    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 LDC-V
12 May 2021 09:00 – 14 May 2021 17:00
Conference
Better Jobs for Development

Registrations coming soon Following the success of the 2016, 2018 and 2019 Jobs and Development Conferences in Washington DC and Bogotá, the World Bank, the Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), the Network on Jobs and Development and UNU-WIDER...

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 16:00 – 17:00
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