Join the networkHow is COVID-19 changing development? WIDER Webinar Series
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
Past events
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Tuesday 22 June |
Jayati Ghosh, University of Massachusetts |
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Tuesday 18 May 16:00 UTC+3 |
Arkebe Oqubay, Honorary Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER Discussant: Tony Addison, University of Copenhagen COVID-19 and implications for the economies of developing countries Video recording (YouTube) Audio recording (SoundCloud) |
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Tuesday 27 April 16:00 UTC+3 |
Bruno Martorano, UNU-MERIT Discussant: Clionadh Raleigh, University of Sussex Protests and social mobilization during COVID-19 Video recording (YouTube) Audio recording (SoundCloud) |
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Tuesday 13 April 16:00 UTC+3 |
SPECIAL EVENT: Toward a Better Deal for Informal Workers — A Paradigm Shift Post-COVID Video recording (YouTube) |
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Tuesday 23 March 16:00 UTC+2 |
Sanchita Banerjee Saxena, University of California Discussant: Maheen Sultan, BRAC University COVID-19 and garment workers in Bangladesh Video recording (YouTube) Audio recording (SoundCloud) |
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Tuesday 23 February 16:00 UTC+2 |
François Bourguignon, Paris School of Economics Discussant: Marta Roig, UN DESA COVID-19 and inequality Video recording (YouTube) Audio recording (SoundCloud) |
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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 Video recording (YouTube) Audio recording (SoundCloud) |
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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 Video recording (YouTube) Audio recording (SoundCloud) |
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Tuesday 10 November 16:00 - 17:15 UTC+2 |
François Roubaud and Isabelle Guérin, IRD
Video recording (YouTube)Discussants: Gulzar Natarajan, Indian Administrative Service; Rachel M. Gisselquist, UNU-WIDER COVID-19 and the role of RCTs in development Audio recording (SoundCloud) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Tuesday 30 June |
Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak, Yale University
Discussant: Barbara Barungi, Imara Africa Consulting Responding to COVID-19 in developing countries |
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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) |
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Monday 15 June |
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) |
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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) |
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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) |