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Press release - AL20
United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) in partnership with the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) will host the WIDER Annual Lecture 20 at the Stockholm School of Economics on 23 March 2016. The lecture will be delivered by Martin Ravallion, a leading economist in the study of poverty and policies for fighting it.
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Webcast - AL20
View the WIDER Annual Lecture by Martin Ravallion on Direct interventions against poverty in poor places.
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New updates to the World Income Inequality Database (WIID)
The UNU-WIDER World Income Inequality Database ― widely known by its acronym, WIID ― provides the most comprehensive set of income inequality statistics available. It presents detailed information on income inequality for developed, developing, and transition countries.
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UNU-WIDER alum Nanak Kakwani releases a new book on poverty and inequality
Professor Nanak Kakwani is one of UNU-WIDER's first research fellows. Joining the institute in 1986, he is the author of the second WIDER Working Paper ever published. The first is Food, Economics, and Entitlements by UNU-WIDER founder and Nobel...
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Country Experiences
Conference on Inequality—Measurement, trends, impacts, and policies - Parallel 2.3
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Opening and key note
Finn Tarp opens the UNU-WIDER conference on Inequality—Measurement, trends, impacts, and policies, followed by the key note from the Marcelo Côrtes Neri, Minister of Strategic Affairs of Brazil, on inequality in Brazil.
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Invited 1
Conference on Inequality—Measurement, trends, impacts, and policies - Parallel 1.1
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Middle Classes and Polarization
Conference on Inequality—Measurement, trends, impacts, and policies - Parallel 1.2
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Theoretical Approaches
Conference on Inequality—Measurement, trends, impacts, and policies - Parallel 1.4
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Invited 2
Conference on Inequality—Measurement, trends, impacts, and policies - Parallel 2.1