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Many workers in India’s informal sector in dead-end jobs – findings of new study featured in national newsIn a new WIDER Working Paper Transitions between informal and formal jobs in India – patterns, correlates, and consequences , researchers from UNU-WIDER, Sikkim University, and the University of Manchester show that despite high economic...
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Why all countries should contribute to ending global poverty
In 1969, richer countries agreed to commit 0.7% of their gross national income to international development aid...
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An interview with José Antonio Ocampo: Why is 'Resetting the international monetary (non)system' one of the most popular economic titles at Oxford University Press?
The UNU-WIDER book ‘Resetting the International Monetary (Non)system’ by José Antonio Ocampo was recently ranked among the top ten economics books on Oxford Scholarship Online ...
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Press release: Survey finds the manufacturing sector remains instrumental for Myanmar’s economic growth and transformationYANGON, MYANMAR and HELSINKI, FINLAND – A new report published by the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) and the United Nations World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) says that Myanmar’s manufacturing sector...
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The cost of the pandemic to the poor – media on new research on impact of COVID-19 on global povertyIn a new paper , researchers from UNU-WIDER, Kings College London, and the Australian National University confirmed recent estimates on the shocking impact of COVID-19 on global poverty. They called on global leaders to take urgent action to avert a...
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Press release: COVID-19 could drive global poverty back over one billion people as the world’s poorest face up to US$500 million per day in lost incomeIn dramatic new numbers researchers estimate that extreme poverty could spike as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, on the day the postponed meeting of the world’s richest nations, the G7, should have finished. The researchers are now calling...
COVID-19 global poverty SDG1News
UNU-WIDER congratulates Deepak Nayyar on appointment to IDS boardDeepak Nayyar, long-time supporter of UNU-WIDER and former chair of the WIDER Board, has been appointed as chair of the Board of Trustees at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS). Professor Nayyar has played a significant role in UNU-WIDER...
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Poverty estimates featured in worldwide mediaIn a recent paper for UNU-WIDER, economists estimated that close to half a billion people could fall into poverty as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic. This would set back progress on ending poverty by at least a decade. In some countries,...
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Press Release: COVID-19 fallout could push half a billion people into poverty in developing countriesNew research published by UNU-WIDER today warns that the economic fallout from the global pandemic could increase global poverty by as much as half a billion people, or 8% of the total human population. This would be the first time that poverty has...
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Will COVID-19 lead to half a billion more people living in poverty in developing countries?The impacts of COVID-19 in developing countries are starting to be felt. The Economist went as far as to call it the ‘next calamity’ , noting how overlooked the impact on poorer countries has been...
COVID-19 poverty and consumptionWorking Paper
Estimates of the impact of COVID-19 on global povertyIn this paper we make estimates of the potential short-term economic impact of COVID-19 on global monetary poverty through contractions in per capita household income or consumption...
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