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Milla Nyyssölä
Research Associate
Milla Nyyssölä has a PhD in economics with research experience in poverty, vulnerability and inequality, behavioural economics, development aid and household data collection in Mozambique. Previously, she has worked at Aalto University, UNU-WIDER and at the Social Insurance Institution of Finland. She has also designed and evaluated experiments at the Demos Helsinki Think Tank. Her research interests include sustainable livelihoods, behavioural development economics, tax-benefit microsimulation models, policy analysis and gender.
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Long-term research in Tanzania sheds light on the reasons rural households diversify their income
Researchers and policymakers have long asked whether rural households in Africa diversify their income to spread risk or by seizing opportunities to increase their earning potential...
Policy Brief
Diversifying income sources is an important livelihood strategy for households in low-income countries. Having several sources of income helps in increasing total income, and in spreading the risks...
Income diversification Tanzania LivelihoodsBlog
What does COVID-19 mean for Africa?: Challenges, but also opportunitiesThe COVID-19 pandemic has led to an exceptional social and economic crisis all over the world, with Africa among the hardest-hit regions. What are the most acute challenges facing the continent during and after the pandemic?...
COVID-19 Africa Africa's Economic DevelopmentWorking Paper
Long-run rural livelihood diversification in Kagera, TanzaniaWhat drives livelihood diversification among predominantly rural households in developing countries and how can welfare-enhancing patterns be established and sustained in the long run?...
Income diversification Tanzania Livelihoods
Blog
7555 km and beyond: Working together to achieve the SDGs'It was great to have enough time to discuss each paper. I received useful and frank feedback. The topics are relevant for everyone...
Workshop
Joint research project on sustainable development in Tanzania — Research review workshop
News
Women and Girls in Science 2020 campaignVideo of Women in Science - With Simone Schotte On 11 February the world celebrated the International Day of Women and Girls in Science . UNU-WIDER, along with other institutes across United Nations University, are taking this day of celebration a...
Blog
Randomized control trials – why they deserve the Nobel and what should happen next This year’s Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, and Michael Kremer for their experimental approach — randomized control trials (RCTs) — to alleviating global poverty...
Development Economics Nobel PrizeProject workshop
2019 SOUTHMOD workshop
Project workshop
A new collaborative project between UNU-WIDER and UONGOZI Institute
Project
Sustainable development solutions for Tanzania – strengthening research to achieve SDGs
Theme: Transforming economies
SDGs Sustainable development Research institutesProject
SOUTHMOD – simulating tax and benefit policies for development
Theme: Inclusion
Taxation Social protection Income distributionJournal Article
Technology Adoption and Food Security in Subsistence Agriculture: Evidence from a Group-Based Aid Project in MozambiqueThis paper evaluates the impact of an intervention to improve farming techniques and food security in the Gaza area of rural Mozambique...
Agriculture Food security Technological innovationsJournal Article
Poverty and Welfare Measurement on the Basis of Prospect TheoryPart of Journal Special Issue Poverty, Development, and Behavioral Economics
Equality and inequality Poverty Poverty measurement