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On 6-9 December 2022, UNU-WIDER joins the 44th meeting of the Brazilian Econometric Society (SBE). On Thursday 8 December, the programme includes a special session on ‘Inequality and development’ featuring recent research from UNU-WIDER's WIID and...

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Social mobility is critical to major global goals, those enshrined in the Sustainable Development Goals and to the broader goals of development. Yet, little attention has been given to a serious study of social mobility in developing countries to...

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Social mobility is critical to major global goals, those enshrined in the Sustainable Development Goals and to the broader goals of development. Yet, little attention has been given to a serious study of social mobility in developing countries to...

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UNU-WIDER Research Fellow Rachel Gisselquist takes part in the 117th American Political Science Association's Annual Meeting & Exhibition from 28 September to 3 October 2021. Two sessions will feature presentations of WIDER Working Papers she has co...

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What do we know about socio-economic inequalities in emerging and developing countries? How are they changing? What are the causes and consequences? How can they be reduced? How can they be taken into account in development policies in the current...

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Maria Lo Bue and Khoa Vu will present their work from the Social mobility in the Global South project on intergenerational mobility in Viet Nam. This presentation is a part of the Young Development Economists Webinar Series and will take place at 15...

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On 9 December, 2020, Tony Addison and Alan Roe, both Non-Resident Senior Research Fellows at UNU-WIDER, will be presenting at a high-level United Nations Roundtable titled "Extractive industries and sustainable development and the 2030 Agenda in...

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On 30 October, 2020, Tony Addison and Alan Roe, both Non-Resident Senior Research Fellows at UNU-WIDER, will be presenting at a high-level United Nations Roundtable titled "Extractive Industries as an Engine for Sustainable Development: The Case of...

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The Human Development Report Office, LIS, the Stone Center at the City University of New York (CUNY), UNU-WIDER and the World Inequality Lab will host a symposium on Measuring Inequality in the 21st Century. The 2-day event will be held 28-29 March...

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Chief Economist and Deputy Director of UNU-WIDER, Tony Addison, is giving a presentation to the staff of UN DESA, the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, in New York on 19 November. The presentation shares findings from the UNU...

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Chief Economist and Deputy Director of UNU-WIDER, Tony Addison, and UNU-WIDER Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow, Alan Roe will visit the World Bank in Washington, DC on 15 November. They will present to the World Bank 1818 society, the World Bank...

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On Tuesday 13 November Chief Economist and Deputy Director of UNU-WIDER, Tony Addison, is giving a presentation at the Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI) in New York, addressing the NRGI staff. The presentation is linked to a new UNU-WIDER...