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The challenge of creating better jobs in developing countriesThe 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.
Lecture
13th B.G. Kumar Lecture Is India a Land of Opportunity? delivered by Professor Kunal SenProfessor 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...
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...
Conference
Reducing inequality – the great challenge of our time
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 DistributionThe 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...
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,...
Panel discussion
Fiscal States panel at APSA 2022 annual meetingOn 16 September 2022 UNU-WIDER will be organising a panel at the 2022 American Political Science Association’s (APSA) Annual Meeting & Exhibition on the topic of Fiscal States in Developing Countries: Origins and Developmental Implications...
Seminar
Vanessa Carrión-Yaguana on labor regulations and formal employmentVanessa Carrión-Yaguana will present at the WIDER Seminar Series on 31 August 2022. Labor regulations and formal employment: Evidence from Ecuadorian firms in the Galapagos Islands Abstract The Special Regimen of the Galapagos Province´...
Seminar
Arnab K. Basu on differential health reporting error amongst older adults in IndiaArnab K. Basu will present at the WIDER Seminar Series on 24 August 2022. Differential health reporting error amongst older adults in India Abstract Leveraging a unique dataset – the Longitudinal Ageing Study in India (LASI) – we study...
Seminar
CEEG Seminar Series: Economic growth of Mozambique and its interaction with the environmentOn Wednesday 24 August 2022, Mônica Magaua, PhD candidate at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Eduardo Mondlane (UEM), will present her recent study on the economic growth in Mozambique and its interaction with the environment. The...
Seminar
Nancy Chau on the push and pull forces of migrant border crossingNancy Chau will present at the WIDER Seminar Series on 17 August 2022. On the push and pull forces of migrant border crossing: The role of family networks Abstract Do traditional push and pull forces of migration influence the locational choice of...
Seminar
Health, development, and institutional factors: the Mozambique caseOn 17 August 2022, the Faculty of Economics of the University of Eduardo Mondlane (UEM) organizes the third session of the cycle of debates on institutional development and economic development in Mozambique. In this session, entitled ‘Health...