How is COVID-19 changing development? WIDER Webinar Series

WIDER COVID-19 Webinar Series image UNDP Bangladesh At UNU-WIDER we’re responding and adapting to the coronavirus pandemic. This has meant reorienting our research focus and changing how we facilitate knowledge exchange. We are making the most of the technology available and are pleased to host an online webinar series on COVID-19 and development.

The webinar series features a line-up of eminent researchers and development specialists to present new research on the implications they foresee of COVID-19 for global development efforts and the economic and social impacts for the Global South.

Catch up on recordings of all our past webinars on our YouTube channel and SoundCloud station.

Upcoming events

Tuesday 24 November 16:00 UTC+2	Daria Taglioni, World Bank Discussant: Selim Raihan, University of Dhaka Implications of COVID-19 for global value chains
Tuesday 8 December 16:00 UTC+2	Myles Wickstead, King's College London Discussant: Nilima Gulrajani, Overseas Development Institute Changing face of aid and development Registration link

Past events

Tuesday 10 November 16:00 - 17:15 UTC+2	François Roubaud and Isabelle Guérin, IRD Discussants: Gulzar Natarajan, Indian Administrative Service; Rachel M. Gisselquist, UNU-WIDER COVID-19 and the role of RCTs in development Video recording (YouTube) Audio recording (SoundCloud)
Tuesday 29 September 16:00 UTC+3	Funda Ustek-Spilda, Fairwork Foundation Discussant: Arturo Arriagada, UAI-Chile Looking ahead after Covid-19: Fair work in the Gig economy Video recording (YouTube) Audio recording (SoundCloud)
Tuesday 7 July 16:00 UTC+3	Olivier Bargain, University of Bordeaux Discussant: Amina Ebrahim, UNU-WIDER Poverty and COVID-19 in developing countries Video recording (YouTube) Audio recording (SoundCloud)
Tuesday 30 June 16:00 UTC+3	Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak, Yale University Discussant: Barbara Barungi, Imara Africa Consulting Responding to COVID-19 in developing countries Video recording (YouTube) Audio recording (SoundCloud)
Tuesday 23 June 16:00 UTC+3	Eva-Maria Egger and Ricardo Santos, UNU-WIDER Discussant: Tilman Brück, ISDC Africa’s lockdown dilemma: high poverty and low trust Video recording (YouTube) Audio recording (SoundCloud)
Monday 15 June 16:00 UTC+3	Mick Moore, University of Sussex Discussant: Milly Nalukwago, Uganda Revenue Authority Tax after the Pandemic: Can Africa Raise the Revenue It Needs? Video recording (YouTube) Audio recording (SoundCloud)
Tuesday 2 June 16:00 UTC+3	Yuen Yuen Ang, University of Michigan When COVID-19 meets centralized, personalized power Video recording (YouTube) Audio recording (SoundCloud)
Tuesday 12 May 16:00 UTC+3	Andy Sumner, King’s College London Discussant: Arief Yusuf, Padjadjaran University COVID-19: A long crisis or new normal in developing countries? Video recording (YouTube) Audio recording (SoundCloud)