On 9 May 2023, UNU-WIDER hosts an event bringing together international academics and national government representatives from Finland and Ukraine to debate new research and current policy challenges in the stabilization, recovery, and reconstruction of Ukraine.
Sustainable Cities Discussion Forum on SDG 13: Climate Action
UNU-WIDER and the City of Helsinki have teamed up to create and host a series of inspirational discussion forums that highlight key UN Sustainable Development Goals and work being done to make these goals a reality. Join us live at the Helsinki City Hall for our next event or watch it online!
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.
On 5 September 2023, participants from six different time zones gather for a hybrid SOUTHMOD workshop to exchange experiences and knowledge on tax-benefit microsimulation modeling in developing countries. This is the first in-person SOUTHMOD workshop...
The fourth training event on UGAMOD, the tax-benefit microsimulation model for Uganda, is organized as a five-day research retreat, intended to empower participants to use UGAMOD to answer their own policy questions. The retreat is composed of two...
The tax-benefit model LOTTE-Skatt is a key tool of Norwegian tax policy decision-making. To mark its 50th anniversary Statistics Norway and the Norwegian Ministry of Finance organise a conference in Oslo 15–16 June 2023. UNU-WIDER Research Associate...
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.
Prof. Mazhar Wassem teaches a workshop on bunching methods 30 May from 13:00–15:00 (UTC+3). The workshop is held in person at UNU-WIDER's Sustainability Library. The workshop will cover the following topics, drawing largely upon Kleven (2016) and...
30 May 2023 13:00
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30 May 2023 15:00
Sustainability Library - UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
The third training event on ETMOD, the tax-benefit microsimulation model for Ethiopia, is organized as a five-day research retreat, intended to empower participants to use ETMOD to answer their own policy questions. The retreat is composed of two...
On 9 May 2023, Kunal Sen and Michael Danquah will give a lecture on structural transformation in sub-Saharan Africa as part of a training programme by the University of Bradford, UK. The content of the training draws from UNU-WIDER's African Cities...
From 8–9 May 2023, UNU-WIDER holds a research workshop bringing together an international group of researchers with expertise in conflict and peacebuilding to discuss new research that can support policymakers’ discussions on the stabilization...
8 May 2023
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9 May 2023
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
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 and the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) in Dar es Salaam 8-12 May 2023. The...
The fifth training event on VNMOD, the tax-benefit microsimulation model for Viet Nam, is organized as a five-day research retreat, intended to empower participants to use VNMOD to answer their own policy questions. The retreat is composed of two...
Helsinki Graduate School of Economics organises a weekly Development seminar series in Helsinki. On 6 April 2023 UNU-WIDER Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow Jukka Pirttilä presents the work in progress on the topic of Social protection and taxation...
A new three day in-person Data management in Stata capacity development workshop is provided to the research staff of the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) in Kampala, Uganda on 3-5 April 2023. Few people in revenue authorities have the skills to manage...
3 April 2023
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5 April 2023
Digital Den, Uganda Revenue Authority, Kampala, Uganda
The annual conference of the University of Oxford's Centre for the Study of African Economies is organised 19-21 March 2023 in Oxford, UK. This year the theme of the conference is Economic Development in Africa. UNU-WIDER Research Assistants Enrico...
A new three day online Introduction to SQL capacity development workshop is provided to the research staff of the Ugandan, Tanzanian and Zambian revenue authorities on 14-16 March 2023. Structured Query Language (SQL) is a domain-specific language...
The Innovation, Knowledge and Development (IKD) group of The Open University organises a one-day webinar on International Women's Day. The topic of the webinar is Health and care at the crossroads: evidencing gender impacts, campaigning for equality...
The Indian Society of Labour Economics (ISLE) hosts its 63rd Annual Conference in Rajiv Gandhi University, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh 1–3 March 2023. On day three (3 March) of the conference, UNU-WIDER Director, Kunal Sen delivers the Valedictory...
3 March 2023
Rajiv Gandhi University, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, India
The Indian Society of Labour Economics (ISLE) hosts its 63rd Annual Conference in Rajiv Gandhi University, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh 1–3 March 2023. On day two (2 March) of the conference, a panel discussion will explore the key findings of the...
2 March 2023
Rajiv Gandhi University, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, India
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...
Kunal Sen delivers a seminar on key findings from the UNU-WIDER research project COVID-19 and subnational state capacity in India at the School of Development Studies, Ambedkar University in Delhi, India. The project's detailed studies of the...
23 February 2023
School of Development Studies, Ambedkar University, Room 301, Admin Block, Kashmere Gate Campus, Delhi, India
UNU-WIDER is represented at the Workshop on promoting and protecting economic, social, and cultural rights within the context of addressing inequalities in the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic 6–8 February by senior research fellow Rachel M...
7 February 2023
Tempus, Palais de Nations, Geneva. Online, Geneva, Switzerland
On 7 February, Kunal Sen joins the virtual roundtable event 'From fragility to resilience' hosted by Foreign Policy in partnership with Food for the Hungry. The pandemic and recent Russian invasion of Ukraine —compounded by soaring inflation, supply...
On 26 January 2023, commissioned research from the Economic Transformation Database (ETD) project is presented at the third and final workshop. The research aims to improve our understanding of structural transformation —how it varies, why it varies...
On 24 January 2023, commissioned research from the Economic Transformation Database (ETD) project is presented at the second of three workshops. The research aims to improve our understanding of structural transformation —how it varies, why it varies...
Research from the Women's work – routes to economic and social empowerment project is presented at one of the largest annual gatherings of leading economists in the world.
6 January 2023
New Orleans Marriot, Preservation Hall Studio, 555 Canal St, New Orleans, United States
Assistant Professor Elisa Casi-Eberhard from the Norwegian School of Economics presents a UNU-WIDER Working Paper at the University of Münster's Economic Research Seminar on 14 December 2022. The topic of Casi-Eberhard's presentation is So close and...
The 2022 Jobs & Development Conference The Challenge of Creating Better Jobs in Developing Countries is organised on 14-15 December in Cape Town. Laban Simbeye, researcher from Zambia Revenue Authority, gives a presentation on a WIDER Working Paper...
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 learn...
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...
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...
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...
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
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 varies...
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 revenue...
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