Blog
What can the GRD do for policymakers?
A few months ago, I was asked to deliver a lecture at the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies on the UNU-WIDER Government Revenue...
Blog
Data for development: Building an economy of inclusion in South Africa
As the largest economy in sub-Saharan Africa, South Africa’s successes and failures spill over into the broader region. Today, as South Africans face...
Blog
In the Director's chair: Reflections on my first six months as Director
My first six months as Director of UNU-WIDER have been busy, enlightening, and rewarding. We’ve launched a new work programme, with flagship projects...
Presentation
GGDC/UNU-WIDER Economic Transformation Database presented at STEG conference
On 13 January 2021, Gaaitzen de Vries, researcher at the Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC) and UNU-WIDER, presented new research findings on industrialization patterns in developing economies at the online annual conference of the...
Wed, 13 January 2021
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Fri, 15 January 2021
Past event
Video
Appraising World Income Inequality Databases
Conference on Inequality—Measurement, trends, impacts, and policies - Journal of Economic Inequality panel
Video
Progress in Data and Measurement
Conference on Inequality—Measurement, trends, impacts, and policies - Parallel 5.1