Accelerating progress towards decent work and fairer societies – joint event with ESCAP

How can developing economies overcome the challenges of informality to ensure decent work, and what role does technology play? How can this process help to build fairer societies and ensure the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals? 
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) is partnering with UNU-WIDER for a discussion on how to build fairer societies through decent work on 26 October. 

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The developer’s dilemma – discussion event with ESCAP

On 26 October, UNU-WIDER, in partnership with the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), hosts an event bringing together academics and international experts to discuss the developer's dilemma in Southeast Asia.

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Revving up revenue for development – the role of domestic resource mobilization

The WIDER Development Conference takes place in Oslo, Norway, and online, September 6–8, 2023. 
This conference will support policy processes in partner countries and in the Global South by sharing new knowledge on how domestic revenue mobilization can be enhanced and how it can combat poverty. 

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UNU-WIDER/ACRC keynote lecture by Dr Arkebe Oqubay 'Sustainable cities and structural transformation in Africa in the twenty-first century'

On 9 November 2023, UNU-WIDER and the African Cities Research Consortium (ACRC) welcome Dr. Arkebe Oqubay, former Senior Minister and Special Adviser to Ethiopia's Prime Minister and former mayor of Addis Ababa, to present 'Sustainable cities and...

9 November 2023 16:00 – 9 November 2023 18:30
Event Square at Helsinki City Hall, Pohjoisesplanadi 11-13, Sofiankatu 1, Helsinki, Finland
Open for registration
Workshop
UNU-WIDER/ACRC workshop: Urbanization without structural transformation?

Urbanization has long been associated with structural transformation, the shift of workers from low-productivity sectors to high-productivity ones, a shift crucial to fostering economic growth and reducing poverty. However, the story of African...

9 November 2023 09:00 – 10 November 2023 17:30
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
Seminar
Stefan Leeffers on the effect of information on flood preparedness in urban Mozambique
25 October 2023 15:00 – 25 October 2023 16:00
Hybrid, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
Open for registration
Seminar
Iván Torre on Educational mobility in Europe and Central Asia
19 October 2023 15:00 – 19 October 2023 16:00
Hybrid, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
Open for registration
Seminar
Wayne Sandholtz presents Policy information and electoral accountability: Experimental evidence from Liberia
11 October 2023 15:00 – 11 October 2023 16:00
Hybrid, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
Open for registration
Annual Lecture
WA2023-08-event.jpg Globalization in crisis – confronting a new economic reality
10 October 2023 15:00 – 10 October 2023 18:30
The Gamle Festsal (Old Assembly Hall) in the Domus Academica of the University of Oslo, Karl Johans gate 47, Oslo, Norway
Workshop
Stata data management training

A three day in-person Data management in Stata capacity development workshop is provided to the research staff of the Zambia Revenue Authority ( ZRA ) and Zambia Institute for Policy Analysis & Research ( ZIPAR ) in Lusaka, Zambia on 9-11 October...

9 October 2023 09:00 – 11 October 2023 16:00
Zambia Revenue Authority, Lusaka, Zambia
Panel discussion
UN HQ Synthesis panel presentation: accelerating progress towards fairer societies
4 October 2023 12:00 – 4 October 2023 14:45
United Nations Headquarters, Room CR 11, 405 E 45th St, New York, New York, United States
Open for registration
Presentation
Bangkok - Unsplash - Nick van den Berg The developer’s dilemma – discussion event with ESCAP
26 September 2023 14:30 – 26 September 2023 16:30
ESCAP, Theatre, UNCC, Rajadamnern Nok Avenue Khwaeng Bang Khun Phrom, Phra Nakhon, Bangkok, Thailand
Open for registration
Panel discussion
Bangkok - Unsplash - Frida Aguilar Estrada Accelerating progress towards decent work and fairer societies – joint event with ESCAP
26 September 2023 08:30 – 26 September 2023 11:30
EsCAP, CR-4, UNCC, Rajadamnern Nok Avenue Khwaeng Bang Khun Phrom, Phra Nakhon, Bangkok, Thailand
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Workshop
Difference-in-Differences (DiD) training with Pedro H.C. Sant’Anna

From 25–27 September 2023, UNU-WIDER will be offering a Difference-in-Differences (DiD) training on its premises with Dr Pedro H.C. Sant’Anna. The training will be offered by invitation only to external participants from Helsinki Graduate School of...

25 September 2023 10:00 – 27 September 2023 15:00
UNU-WIDER Sustainability Library, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
Workshop
UNU-WIDER at UN Youth of Finland's Youth Peace Week: Young voices in peace research

UNU-WIDER takes part in UN Youth of Finland's Youth Peace Week 21 September 2023. In partnership with UN Youth of Finland and Saferglobe, UNU-WIDER organizes Young voices in peace research.

21 September 2023 13:00 – 21 September 2023 15:00
Huolintatalo, Pasilankatu 2, 00101, Helsinki, Finland
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Workshop
Report on aid and social protection systems in the Global South shared with Swedish development agency

Non-resident Senior Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER, Miguel Niño-Zarazúa , is invited to speak and share results at a half-day workshop on 'Social protection in the Global South: evidence, sustainability, climate change and migration, and the role of...

21 September 2023 10:30 – 21 September 2023 13:00
Sida, rm. Höga Kusten, Sundbyberg, Rissneleden 10, Stockholm, Sweden
Presentation
Rachel M. Gisselquist speaks at BTI Symposium on Countering Democratic Erosion

Rachel M. Gisselquist speaks at the BTI Symposium on Countering Democratic Erosion: Resilience, Depolarization and Inclusion organized by the Bertelsmann Foundation . Her participation in the event will include dissemination of key findings from UNU...

21 September 2023 09:00 – 22 September 2023 17:30
Landgut Stober, Behnitzer Dorfstraße 27-31, Nauen, Germany
Webinar
UNU-WIDER at UN Behavioural Science Week

On 15 June 2023, UNU-WIDER Director Kunal Sen joins the UN Behavioural Science Week session on Emerging Areas of Behavioural Science Application the UN.

15 June 2023 17:00
Open for registration
Seminar
Kunal Sen presents on the good job challenge at IER-Hitotsubashi

On 1 June 2023, UNU-WIDER Director Kunal Sen attends IER-Hitotsubashi University to present in the Economic Development Workshop in the Center for Economic Institutions.

1 June 2023 14:00
Hitotsubashi University , Kunitachi, Japan
Seminar
Addressing ethnic inequality: comparative experiences, Seminar at UN DESA

Rachel M. Gisselquist speaks at the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) to update experts and officials on new findings from the Addressing group-based inequalities project. The seminar on 'Addressing ethnic inequality...

29 March 2023 16:00 – 29 March 2023 17:00
Online, Finland
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