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

    Recordings from the two day online conference convened by UNU-WIDER on the impact of COVID-19 pandemic in Africa are now available.

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

    Conference | 30 August - 1 September 2021 | Helsinki, Finland 

    This conference will bring together academic community, policy-makers and practitioners to solicit new thinking on the challenges and policy recommendations for LDCs for the next decade. 

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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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a health worker, in action at the Mpilo Central Hospita - KB Mpofu / ILO COVID-19 and development - effects and new realities for the Global South
6 September 2021 09:00 – 8 September 2021 19:00
Online
Conference
Bangladesh © World Bank Achieving Sustainable Development in the Least Developed Countries - LDC Future Forum
30 August 2021 09:00 – 1 September 2021 17:00
Conference
The keynote address at the IRSA 16th Annual Conference — Kunal Sen

Kunal Sen has been invited to give the Keynote Address at this year's Indonesian Regional Science Association's (IRSA) Annual Conference on 12 July. Professor Sen will speak on the main lessons from UNU-WIDER's project on ' The...

12 July 2021 11:30 – 13 July 2021 12:30
Online, Indonesia
Open for registration
Presentation
Regional identity and intergenerational resource conflict — Evidence from Guinea presented at Umea University

Dr. Klarizze Puzon will present preliminary findings from a forthcoming WIDER working paper on 'Regional identity and intergenerational resource conflict — Evidence from Guinea' at a seminar organized by the Umea University School of...

2 June 2021 16:00 – 18:00
Umea University School of Business and Economics, Sweden
Seminar
WIDER-Webinar-image from UNDP-Bangladesh-COVID19 Bruno Martorano on protests and social mobilization during the COVID-19 pandemic
27 April 2021 16:00 – 17:00
Online, Helsinki
Open for registration
Policy seminar
SA-TIED Dialogues - Research into Policy SA-TIED policy dialogue – Tax and benefit responses to COVID-19 in South Africa
19 April 2021 02:00 – 03:00
Online, South Africa
Open for registration
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