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Understanding taxpayer behaviour better – New data research collaboration in Zambia
Taxation Tax administration data Zambia Presentation
Pia Rattenhuber's keynote speech at UNU-FLORES United Nations Day 2021 commemorative eventUnited Nations University Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and Resources ( UNU-FLORES ) organizes a commemorative event in Dresden on the occasion of the UN day 2021. The topic of the event is Inequalities in crises. UNU-WIDER...
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Press Release: New UN study reveals limited impact of tax and social protection policies in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
Africa SOUTHMOD Tax-benefit microsimulation Blog
COVID-19 and the Global South — From crisis response to sustainable development
Around the world, the pandemic, and the measures taken to address it, have had far reaching effects on poverty, inequality, and governance...
COVID-19 WIDER Development ConferenceNews
Several UNU-WIDER research projects featured in the mediaSeveral projects from UNU-WIDER’s core work programme on Transforming economies, states, and societies are referenced in recent media. The citations of UNU-WIDER’s ongoing research demonstrate that the institute is a go-to source for new...
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Kunal Sen at the high-level LDC regional review meetingUNU-WIDER director Kunal Sen has been invited to contribute as a panelist to the High-level Asia-Pacific Regional Review Meeting on the Istanbul Programme of Action in Preparation for the Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed...
Least Developed Countries Sustainable development COVID-19News
Building up fair taxation – New data research collaboration in Tanzania
Taxation Tanzania Administrative capacity News
New release of the Government Revenue Dataset (GRD) covers up to 40 years of tax and revenue data
GRD Government revenue Database In the media
Ending the COVID-19 vaccine apartheid - WIDER webinar speaker interviewed for a Finnish development news portalJayati Ghosh, Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts and Jawaharlal Nehru University gave a presentation on vaccine inequality at the WIDER webinar series in June 2021, and was interviewed for an article published on the Finnish...
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Media on the effect of COVID-19 to the extreme poor with data from UNU-WIDERThe global economy might be showing signs of recovering from the pandemic, but the impacts have been worst felt by the most vulnerable and recovery will be slow. In a feature story by local Finnish news service Yle, UNU-WIDER Director, Kunal Sen ,...
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Development Today highlights new UNU-WIDER guidebookUNU-WIDER policy guidebook 'Deals and development in fragile and conflict-affected states' published earlier this month has been featured in Development Today.
Fragile statesNews
Ministry of Labour and Social Security launches IGM report on school-to-work transition of TVET students in MozambiqueOn 24 June 2021, the Ministry of Labour and Social Security of Mozambique (MITSS) launched the final report of the survey on the School-to-Work Transition of Technical and Vocational Training Graduates in Mozambique . The report analyses the...
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Three UNU-WIDER books in top five most accessed economics titles on Oxford Scholarship OnlineAccording to a listing by Oxford University Press, three UNU-WIDER books are among its top five most visited economics titles during the past year (April 2020–March 2021).
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UNU-WIDER releases guidebook on economic growth in fragile contexts
Fragile states Inclusive growth Elites News
UNU-WIDER experts in key role in global roundtable process on extractivesOver the past eight months, various heads of state, ministers, and other stakeholders from around the world have participated in a dialogue to discuss the pressing issues and the future of the extractives sector. UNU-WIDER researchers Tony Addison...
Extractive industries Extractives United NationsIn the media
Child labour during pandemia - UNU-WIDER expert interviewed for a Finnish development news portalUNU-WIDER Research Associate Milla Nyyssölä was interviewed for an article discussing the increase of child labour during corona pandemia. The article is published on a Finnish development news portal Maailma.net.
Corona pandemia Child labour Children