• 6th Annual Jobs and Development Conference

    The 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. 

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    Think WIDER Webinar Series

    Our latest webinar series New perspectives on domestic revenue mobilization aims to facilitate a discussion on how domestic revenue mobilization can be supported in the Global South. The monthly series covers a range of topics related to the development of tax systems, non-tax domestic revenue mobilization, and political institutions.

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    WIDER Seminar Series

    The WIDER Seminar Series provides a forum for for visiting scholars, UNU-WIDER researchers, external researchers, policymakers, and industry specialists to present the latest research on key topics in development economics. Wednesdays 15:00-16:00 on Zoom.

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Seminar
Sandra Sequeira on the economics of displacement in Mozambique
7 December 2022
Hybrid, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Presentation
Transitions out of informality and their implications for workers – Michael Danquah presents at OECD workshop

On 6 December Michael Danquah joins the OECD’s virtual workshop on: Transitions out of informality and their implications for workers. The workshop brings together the ongoing work of the OECD on the topic and invites experts in the field to...

6 December 2022
Online, United States
Past event
Presentation
UNU-WIDER at the 44th meeting of the Brazilian Econometric Society

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...

6 December 2022 – 9 December 2022
Gran Mareiro Hotel, Fortaleza, Brazil
Past event
Presentation
Kunal Sen on the good jobs challenge in developing countries - examining formality and informality with a job ladder approach

On Friday, 2 December 2022, Kunal Sen presents to an audience of researchers at the University of Sussex including visitors from the Institute for Development Studies. The presentation draws from the forthcoming book The job ladder: Transforming...

2 December 2022
University of Sussex, United Kingdom
Past event
Presentation
UNU-WIDER hosts special session at the AERC biannual research workshop on ‘The job ladder’

As part of the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) biannual research workshop in Nairobi, Kenya, UNU-WIDER coordinates a special session on the forthcoming book The job ladder: Transforming informal work and livelihoods in developing...

30 November 2022
Trademark Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya
Past event
Seminar
Xiaobing Wang on finding common prosperity in China
30 November 2022
Hybrid, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Project workshop
SA-TIED technical workshop on the strengths and limitations of long-term structural models
28 November 2022
Development Bank of South Africa Head Office in Midrand, 1258 Lever Rd, Headway Hill, Midrand, South Africa
Past event
Presentation
MOZMOD work presented at the Mozambique Social Protection Week

The Ministry of Gender, Child and Social Action ( MGCAS ) organises a Social Protection theme week in Mozambique 21-27 November 2022. During the week, on 25 November, The Mozambican Ministry of Economy and Finance ( MEF ) with Internation Labour...

25 November 2022
Centro de Conferencias Joaquim Chissano, Maputo, Mozambique
Past event
Seminar
Eleonora Nillesen on Breaking down menstrual barriers in Bangladesh
23 November 2022
Hybrid, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Webinar
Harnessing big data and ICT to boost revenues
22 November 2022
Online, Finland
Past event
Project workshop
Structural change in developing countries – ETD project workshop

On 21 November 2022, commissioned research from the Economic Transformation Database (ETD) project is presented at the first of three workshops. The research aims to improve our understanding of structural transformation —how it varies, why it...

21 November 2022
Online, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
Webinar
Critical minerals and revenue generation

UNU-WIDER and the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF) host the sixth researchers’ seminar on Extractive industries: Taxation and revenues. This online seminar, themed Critical minerals and...

21 November 2022
Online
Past event
Lecture
13th B.G. Kumar Lecture Is India a Land of Opportunity? delivered by Professor Kunal Sen

The recording of this lecture is available here . Professor 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...

21 November 2022
CDS, Prasanth Nagar, Medical College P.O., Ulloor, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Past event
Project meeting
Work-in-progress meeting on tax research collaboration in Tanzania

As part of the Building up efficient and fair tax systems – lessons based on administrative tax data project, a work-in-progress meeting is held in-person between UNU-WIDER, the Tanzania Revenue Authority ( TRA ) and University of Dar es...

17 November 2022
TRA headquarters, Dodoma, Tanzania
Past event
Conference
International Research Conference on the Effectiveness of Development Cooperation

United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), the Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation (GPEDC), and the European Commission (DG INTPA), is jointly organizing an international research...

17 November 2022 – 18 November 2022
Sheraton Brussels Airport Hotel, Brussels, Belgium
Past event
Seminar
Albert Kwame Osei-Owusu on Assessing Africa’s position and prospects in global dematerialization
16 November 2022
Hybrid, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
Past event
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