Quantifying the impacts of expanding social protection on efficiency and equity: evidence from a behavioral microsimulation model for Ghana Pia Rattenhuber Video of Public economics for development conference - SOUTHMOD tax-benefit microsimulation 1...
Learning dynamics in tax bunching at the kink: evidence from Ecuador Albrecht Bohne Video of Public economics for development conference - Employment and labour income 1/3 Do public employment services improve employment outcomes? Evidence from...
Using revenue administrative data for research: practical experiences and research in the Ugandan context Ronald Waiswa Video of Public economics for development conference - Revenue authorities’ administrative data 1/1
Toward closer cohesion of international tax statistics: the ICTD-UNU-WIDER Government Revenue Dataset 2017 Kyle McNabb Video of Public economics for development conference - Taxation: The data and research agenda 1/2 Taxation and development Tony...
The geography of NGO activism against multinational corporations Pamina Koenig Video of Public economics for development conference - Multinationals 1/3 Estimating the scale of corporate profit shifting: tax revenue losses related to foreign direct...
The conference aims at bringing together Nordic and international scholars for the exchange of ideas and discussion of recent results within theoretical and applied development economics research.
The WIDER Annual Lecture by Sabina Alkire was streamed live on 24 October 2017 from Helsinki. The stream can also be accessed from our YouTube channel as well as Facebook. Video of WIDER Annual Lecture 21 by Professor Sabina Alkire
The political economy of structural transformation - has democracy failed African economies? by Ernest Aryeetey The lecture will be live streamied on Friday 14 September at approximately 16:40. The stream can also be accessed from our YouTube channel...
WIDER Annual Lecture 22, given by Professor Ernest Aryeetey focused on the political economy of structural transformation in Africa. His talk highlighted that although there has been significant change, with power moving from authoritarian regimes...
Migration and mobility are key facets of our increasingly globalized world, posing challenges but also offering opportunities. For migrants, this may include economic and social mobility, as well as improved physical security and an escape from...
UNU-WIDER in partnership with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) will organize a three-day conference on transforming economies in Bangkok, Thailand, on 11-13 September 2019. See the full programme here...
The creation of productive jobs for both men and women are essential preconditions for the achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on decent work and gender equality. The conference engages current debates around the future of work in the...
Informality – addressing the Achilles heel of social protection in Latin America The lecture will be live streamed on Wednesday 30 October at approximately 18:00 (GMT+1). The stream can also be accessed from our YouTube channel as well as Facebook...