Globalization in crisis – confronting a new economic reality

What are the causes and potential consequences of the growing deglobalization movement? The 27th WIDER Annual Lecture welcomes Dr Pinelopi (Penny) Goldberg, the Elihu Professor of Economics and Management in Yale University, and former Chief Economist of the World Bank, to discuss this with her lecture 'Globalization in crisis – confronting a new economic reality'.

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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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Policy seminar
Findings from recent research based on Zambian administrative tax data

In collaboration with the Research and Statistics Unit at the Zambia Revenue Authority ( ZRA ), UNU-WIDER organizes a dissemination workshop on two studies evaluating tax compliance in Zambia. This event allows all key stakeholders to acquaint...

1 March 2023
Lusaka, Zambia
Past event
Policy seminar
UNU-WIDER at the Effective development co-operation summit
12 December 2022 – 14 December 2022
Geneva, Switzerland
Past event
Policy seminar
Tony Addison at the 18th Plenary Meeting of the OECD Policy Dialogue on Natural Resource-based Development

Tony Addison represents UNU-WIDER as one of the invited partner organizations and institutions in the OECD’s Policy Dialogue on Natural Resources Development , which will take place online on 27-28 June 2022. This dialogue is part of the OECD...

27 June 2022 – 28 June 2022
Online, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Policy seminar
Tony Addison at the 17th Plenary Meeting of the OECD Policy Dialogue on Natural Resource-based Development

Tony Addison represents UNU-WIDER as one of the invited partner organizations and institutions in the OECD’s Policy Dialogue on Natural Resources Development , which will take place online on 14-15 December 2021. This dialogue is part of the OECD...

14 December 2021 – 15 December 2021
Online, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Policy seminar
Distributional Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Zambia
14 October 2021
Sarovar Premiere Hotel, online, Lusaka, Zambia
Past event
Policy seminar
Cash Plus dissemination event
5 October 2021
Hotel Southern Sun Ridgeway, Lusaka, online, Zambia
Past event
Policy seminar
Assessing Presumptive Tax Policy in Uganda

This online event will be organized to introduce the results of an assessment of presumptive tax policy in Uganda. The seminar will cover effect estimates of Uganda's recent presumptive tax reform and recommendations for amending the tax regime in...

26 August 2021
Online, Kampala, Uganda
Past event
Policy seminar
Tony Addison at the 16th Plenary Meeting of the OECD Policy Dialogue on Natural Resource-based Development

Tony Addison represents UNU-WIDER as one of the invited partner organizations and institutions in the OECD’s Policy Dialogue on Natural Resources Development , which takes place online on 30 June – 2 July 2021. This dialogue is part of the OECD...

30 June 2021 – 2 July 2021
Online, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Policy seminar
SA-TIED policy dialogue – Macroeconomics and inequality in South Africa
29 June 2021
Online, South Africa
Past event
Policy seminar
Linkages between Special Economic Zone investments and the local economy
19 June 2021
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Past event
Policy seminar
SA-TIED policy dialogue — International trade and global value chains
28 May 2021
Online, Pretoria, South Africa
Past event
Policy seminar
SA-TIED policy dialogue — Climate-related investments: now or later?
12 May 2021
Online, Pretoria, South Africa
Past event
Policy seminar
SA-TIED policy dialogue – Tax and benefit responses to COVID-19 in South Africa
19 April 2021
Online, South Africa
Past event
Policy seminar
Findings from recent research based on Ugandan administrative tax data
4 March 2020
Kampala, Uganda
Past event
Policy seminar
Political economy of ethnic inequalities and exclusion: Implications for development policy

The Chief Economist Team at the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) will host a policy seminar with UNU-WIDER Senior Research Fellow Rachel Gisselquist as a part of the SIDA Evidence for Action Seminar Series. The seminar...

6 February 2020
SIDA headquarters, Valhallavägen 199, Stockholm, Sweden
Past event
Policy seminar
Changing technologies and the jobs of tomorrow

Watch the live stream recording United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) in partnership with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) will organize a three-day...

12 September 2019
United Nations Conference Centre, Rajadamnern Nok Avenue and Klong Phadung Krungkasem Road, Bangkok, Thailand
Past event
Policy seminar
Presentation of MOZMOD – a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Mozambique
3 July 2019
Ministry of Economic and Finance, Julius Nyerere Avenue, Maputo, Mozambique
Past event
Policy seminar
Launch of UGAMOD - a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Uganda
10 April 2019
Kampala, Uganda
Past event
Policy seminar
Tony Addison presents at a high-level policy dialogue in Maputo
27 March 2019 – 28 March 2019
The Bank of Mozambique , Maputo, Mozambique
Past event
Policy seminar
UNU-WIDER at the World Village Festival

UNU-WIDER, with other UN agencies and affiliates, is present at the World Village Festival 2018. The festival takes place 26-27 May 2018 in Helsinki, Finland.

26 May 2018 – 27 May 2018
UN Village/YK-Kylä, Railway Square, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Policy seminar
Enterprise development: How are Mozambican manufacturing firms doing? Findings from 2017

On 23 April 2018, the Inclusive Growth in Mozambique project hosted a public forum to share the results of its report on the business landscape for Mozambican manufacturing firms. The event sheds light on the current challenges faced by micro-, small...

23 April 2018
Polana Serena Hotel, Julius Nyerere Avenue, 1380, Maputo, Mozambique
Past event
Policy seminar
Launch of MicroZAMOD - a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Zambia

This event will introduce policy makers, researchers, and practitioners to MicroZAMOD, a new tax-benefit microsimulation programme which has been developed under the UNU-WIDER SOUTHMOD project, in collaboration with Zambia Institute for Policy...

21 November 2017
Lusaka, Zambia
Past event
Policy seminar
Launch of VNMOD - a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Viet Nam

This event will introduce policy makers, researchers, and practitioners to VNMOD, a new tax-benefit microsimulation programme, which has been developed under the UNU-WIDER SOUTHMOD project, in collaboration with Hanoi-based Central Institute of...

13 November 2017
Central Institute of Economic Management, Hanoi, Vietnam
Past event
Policy seminar
Girls’ education research and policy symposium: Reaching the most marginalized

Each year the Center for Universal Education at Brookings (CUE) convenes policymakers, practitioners, and stakeholders in the girls’ education arena to discuss the most pressing issues as identified by the Echidna Global Scholars , a group of global...

8 November 2017
Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Avenue N.W., Washington, DC, United States
Past event
Policy seminar
Policy Seminar - Launch of the report 'Characteristics of the Vietnamese rural economy: Evidence from a 2016 rural household survey in 12 provinces of Viet Nam'
7 November 2017
Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM), 68 Phan Dinh Phung Str., Hanoi, Vietnam
Past event
Policy seminar
Launch of ETMOD - a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Ethiopia
11 July 2017
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Past event
Policy seminar
Public economics for development: What can we learn from the Finnish experience?
7 July 2017
Joaquim Chissano Conference Center, Av Marginal 4441, Maputo, Mozambique
Past event
Policy seminar
Policy Seminar - Launch of WHO Bulletin theme issue 'Measuring quality of care'
14 June 2017
Salle A, World Health Organization, 20 Avenue Appia, Geneva, Switzerland
Past event
Policy seminar
Engagement on strategies to overcome inequality in South Africa

While South Africa in many ways outperforms other African nations, rising inequality continues to act as a barrier to achieving economic transformation and equitable growth. This two-day event in Pretoria sets out to disseminate research on...

1 June 2017 – 2 June 2017
Kievits Kroon Country Estate, Pretoria, South Africa
Past event
Policy seminar
Agenda 2030 roundtable

UNU-WIDER, the UN Association of Finland, and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland held a policy seminar on 29 May 2017 to discuss ongoing efforts towards achieving the goals and efforts set out in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

29 May 2017
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6, Helsinki (Helsingfors) [Etelä-Suomen lääni (fi)], Finland
Past event
Policy seminar
Launch of GHAMOD - a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Ghana

This event will introduce policy makers, researchers, and practitioners to GHAMOD, a new tax-benefit microsimulation programme, which has been developed under the UNU-WIDER SOUTHMOD project, in collaboration with ISSER, University of Tampere, and...

17 May 2017
Conference Centre and Library, University of Ghana at Legon, Accra, Ghana
Past event
Policy seminar
Growth, structural transformation, and rural change in Viet Nam

Policy makers, researchers, and students of development will gather on 4 May 2017 in Hanoi to discuss the new UNU-WIDER book, Growth, Structural Transformation, and Rural Change in Viet Nam: A Rising Dragon on the Move.

4 May 2017
Main Hall, Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM), 68 Phan Dinh Phung Str., Ba Dinh, Hanoi, Vietnam
Past event
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