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Tony Addison
Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow
Tony Addison is a Professor of Economics, University of Copenhagen in the Development Economics Research Group. He was a Chief Economist and Deputy Director of 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.
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Tony Addison and Alan Roe at 1st UN Roundtable on ExtractivesOn 30 October, 2020, Tony Addison and Alan Roe , both Non-Resident Senior Research Fellows at UNU-WIDER, will be presenting at a high-level United Nations Roundtable titled " Extractive Industries as an Engine for Sustainable Development: The...
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Pandemics and their impact on oil and metal pricesWe examine the effect of pandemics on selected commodity prices—in particular, those of zinc, copper, lead, and oil...
Pandemic Commodities PricesWorking Paper
Discerning trends in international metal prices in the presence of non-stationary volatilityModelling the underlying long-run trend of metal prices is important, given that selected metals are a source of income for many countries...
Market prices VolatilityWorking Paper
COVID-19: macroeconomic dimensions in the developing worldThe COVID-19 pandemic represents an unprecedented global crisis. The task for economic policy is to help keep people alive, enterprises afloat, and households out of poverty. The pandemic has macroeconomic dimensions...
Commodities COVID-19 DebtBlog
Miner’s son turned mining researcher
Tony Addison is the first in his family not to become a miner. He has decades of experience in development economics and economic reform in developing countries. It was a rainy day in London at the turn of the 1980s...
Project
Extractives for Development (E4D) – risks and opportunities
Theme: Transforming states
Extractives Oil and gas MiningBook Chapter
Development and poverty in sub-Saharan AfricaWhen it comes to reporting on Africa, the international news media has, over time, delivered very mixed messages. Yet there are still many who characterize sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) as a region of hunger, economic crisis, and political unrest...
Sub-Saharan Africa Economic development TransformationIn the media
UNU-WIDER book informs Forbes article on the future of extractives
Extractive industries Extractives In the media
National media coverage on public forum on extractivesThe Inclusive Growth in Mozambique programme organized a public forum on Extractive Industry and Development on 26 March 2019, in Maputo. The public forum explored the growing role and importance of oil and gas and mining in developing countries, as...
Mozambique Extractives Extractive industriesPolicy Brief
Is global inequality rising or falling?When measured in relative terms, global inequality has been decreasing. However, in absolute terms it has been increasing. What does this mean for analysing and addressing inequality?...
Global inequality Inequality measurement Economic growthPresentation
Tony Addison gives a presentation on extractives at the OECD Development Centre seminarChief Economist and Deputy Director of UNU-WIDER, Tony Addison , is giving a presentation on 14 December at the OECD Development Centre’s seminar series Development in Transition. The seminar focuses on natural resources and sustainable...
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Tony Addison presents the extractives book at the OECD
Conference
Inclusive Growth in Mozambique: Annual Conference
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UNU-WIDER researchers present at a conference of IMD in Maputo
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Extractives in development – Tony Addison addresses UN DESAChief Economist and Deputy Director of UNU-WIDER, Tony Addison , is giving a presentation to the staff of UN DESA, the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, in New York on 19 November. The presentation shares findings from the...
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Tony Addison and Alan Roe present at the World Bank