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UNU-WIDER experts and the WIDER Development Conference featured in the mediaKalle Hirvonen , Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER, was interviewed by YLE for a news article published on 10 March 2022 on the effects of the Ukraine war on global food security. ‘The war in Ukraine is causing a major supply shock to the world...
WIDER Development Conference Conflict Food securityNews
MEDIA ADVISORY: International conference gathers conflict experts in HelsinkiNext week a high-level conference on peacebuilding and conflict brings more than 250 experts to Helsinki to discuss new research and current policy challenges in preventing and resolving conflicts and sustaining peace across the world. The two-day...
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Above or below the poverty line – research on shifts in global poverty picked up by development media
COVID-19 Global poverty Precarity 
Policy workshop
World Income Inequality Database project presents at the OECD's DAC Community of Practice on Poverty and InequalitiesThe Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) Development Assistance Committee (DAC) Community of Practice on Poverty and Inequalities (CoP-PI) hosts several thematic dialogues between researchers and practitioners on embedding...
News
Statement on the situation in UkraineUNU-WIDER stands with the people of Ukraine. The unprovoked and unacceptable Russian military offensive of Ukraine is in direct opposition to the UN Charter , and international humanitarian and human rights laws. UNU-WIDER strongly condemns the...
News
New tax research collaboration and additional SOUTHMOD model for Rwanda
Rwanda Tax administration data Tax-benefit microsimulation In the media
SOUTHMOD Cash Plus dissemination event in the Zambian media
Zambia Tax-benefit microsimulation SDG17 In the media
SOUTHMOD study on the impact of COVID-19 in Africa gains attention in media and different outlets
COVID-19 Africa Inequality In the media
LDC Future Forum and UNU-WIDER research mentioned in several media outlets
Least Developed Countries Conference Research Blog
The new normal: My experience in an online cohort of visiting PhD Fellows
Everyone that has been engaged in a PhD experience agrees that the whole process is a tough and sometimes lonely challenge...
UNU-WIDER PhD Fellowship Capacity buildingNews
Pathfinding new book on Social Mobility in Developing Countries out now
Economics social sciences Social mobility 
Blog
Dr Pia Rattenhuber on inequality in crises — an interviewHow do crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic influence inequality and the other way around? This year’s UN Day Dresden put a spotlight on “ Inequalities in Crises ”...
Inequality COVID-19 Crisis