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Tony Addison
Chief Economist and Deputy Director
Tony Addison is Chief Economist and Deputy Director of the UN University's World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) in Helsinki, Finland. He was previously Professor of Development Studies, University of Manchester; Executive Director of the Brooks World Poverty Institute (BWPI), University of Manchester (from 2006-2009); Associate Director of the Chronic Poverty Research Centre (CPRC); and Deputy Director of UNU-WIDER.
His books include: From Conflict to Recovery in Africa (Oxford University Press), Making Peace Work: The Challenges of Economic and Social Reconstruction (Palgrave Macmillan), and Poverty Dynamics: A Cross-Disciplinary Perspective (Oxford University Press). He was a lead author for The Chronic Poverty Report 2008-09: Escaping Poverty Traps. Tony Addison is editor of WIDERAngle.
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Development and poverty in sub-Saharan AfricaThis paper puts sub-Saharan Africa’s economic development into perspective...
Sub-Saharan Africa Economic development TransformationJournal Article
Aid, the Real Exchange Rate and Why Policy Matters: The Cases of Morocco and TunisiaPart of Journal Special Issue Macroeconomic Perspectives on Aid
Macroeconomics Foreign aidJournal Article
The Macroeconomics of Aid: OverviewPart of Journal Special Issue Macroeconomic Perspectives on Aid
Macroeconomics Foreign aidJournal Special Issue
Macroeconomic Perspectives on AidMuch criticism of aid rests on no evidence at all, on out-of-date studies (many of which are methodologically weak) or on a misunderstanding of causation and country context...
Macroeconomics Foreign aidBlog
A letter from Maputo
It’s early July and I’m back in Maputo, Mozambique, looking over the calm sea at the boats that fish the waters for the seafood that makes visiting this part of Africa such a treat...
WIDER Development ConferencePolicy seminar
Engagement on strategies to overcome inequality in South AfricaWhile 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...
Journal Article
Measuring quality of health-care services: what is known and where are the gaps?Part of Journal Special Issue Measuring quality of care
Health SDG3 Universal Health CoveragePresentation
Taxes, transparency, and state-buildingUNU-WIDER’s Chief Economist-Deputy Director Tony Addison gave a presentation at the Helsinki parliamentary seminar 2017, which was organized by the World Bank and held at the Parliament of Finland on 8-10 May 2017.
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The impact of mining on spatial inequality: Recent evidence from AfricaThis paper investigates the relationship between mining and spatial inequality in Africa during 2001–12. The identification strategy is based on a unilateral causation between mining and district inequality...
Mineral resources Mining Spatial inequalitySeminar
Tax and development - setting the agenda
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Mining and economic development: Did China’s WTO accession affect African local economic development?This paper investigates China’s influence on local economic development in 37 African countries between 1997 and 2007...
Extractives Mineral industries Commodity boomBlog
Effective taxation policies to promote equitable growth and development
Taxation is a crucial source of revenue for countries around the world and plays an important role in development efforts...
Economic development TaxationBlog
Responding to crises: What can we do? What’s next? Although sometimes over used, the word 'crisis' accurately describes many challenges of today's world, such as climage change, war and refugees, economic volatility, pandemics, and the continuing unmet needs of the poor, hungry, and negle...
Climate change Development Foreign aidBlog
Extractives, climate change, and developmentTo read this blog, on a computer screen or mobile phone (or even paper!), a manufacturing process used plastics derived from oil, and metals mined from ores...
Can extractives play a significant role in development? Good policy can make the difference between economic disaster and success. If managed correctly, extractives could lift more than 500 million people out of poverty. In this video a series of...
Journal Article
Aid for Gender Equality and Development: Lessons and ChallengesPart of Journal Special Issue Aid for Gender Equality and Development
Economic assistance and foreign aid Economic development Women