What is research impact?

This page documents cases where we believe our research and communication activities have had an impact on the wider world of development. UNU-WIDER aims not only to create high-quality policy relevant research, but also to ensure that this research is shared with those who set the course of development policy. Our three core audiences, researchers, international development agencies, and national decision-makers, all rely on accurate and timely information to get their job done. We aim to provide that information in as many forms as possible, through events, the press, videos, social media, and our publications.

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    UNU-WIDER research cited in major UN DESA and EU Tax Observatory reports

    The 2023 Financing for Sustainable Development report and Global Tax Evasion Report 2024 include findings from UNU-WIDER research on illicit financial flows, structural transformation, and international monetary system. The 2024 Financing for Sustainable Development report highlights UNU-WIDER's Government Revenue Dataset (GRD) as a prominent source for revenue statistics.

    Impact
    Media advisory: How can sustainable development be financed in the Global South? Experts from around the world gather in Oslo 6-8 September

    How can profit shifting—a bane on development efforts in the Global South—be stopped? What is the potential of social benefit systems to deliver during crises? How are collaborations between researchers and tax authorities benefiting policymaking in...

    Presentation
    UNU-WIDER shares findings at EADI/CEsA Conference in Lisbon
    10 July 2023 – 13 July 2023
    Lisbon School of Economics and Management, Rua do Quelhas 6, 1200-781, Lisboa, Portugal
    Past event
    Seminar
    Aid effectiveness in fragile states

    UNU-WIDER researchers offer a seminar on aid effectiveness in fragile states to an audience of Swedish development officials and foreign officers. The seminar is organized by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA).

    23 May 2023
    Online, Sweden
    Past event
    Policy workshop
    World Income Inequality Database project presents at the OECD's DAC Community of Practice on Poverty and Inequalities

    The 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...

    25 March 2022
    Online, United States
    Past event
    Presentation
    Pia Rattenhuber's keynote speech at UNU-FLORES United Nations Day 2021 commemorative event

    United 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...

    5 October 2021
    Plenary Hall, City Hall, Dresden, Germany
    Past event
    Impact
    WIID – a main source to monitor progress on SDG10 in the Sustainable Development Outlook 2021

    The World Income Inequality Database (WIID), hosted by UNU-WIDER, is cited in the Sustainable Development Outlook 2021: From Anguish to Determination as a main source of data on progress achieved worldwide towards reducing income inequality.

    Impact
    The WIID – an important source for the UN Economists Network report for the 75th Anniversary of the United Nations

    New York, 17 September - The UN's top economists warned of crises of our own making if global 'megatrends' are left unchecked in a special report on six global megatrends. In a press release, UNDESA said, 'the chief economists in the United Nations...

    Impact
    Three UNU-WIDER books are 'Top 10 OSO Titles in Economics'
    Seminar
    Rachel Gisselquist presents in an expert group meeting on inequality

    UNU-WIDER Senior Research Fellow Rachel Gisselquist will give a presentation at an expert group meeting ‘Reducing Inequalities: SDG 10 Progress and Prospects’, organized by the World Bank and UN DESA in Geneva 2-3 April. The event will look at...

    2 April 2019 – 3 April 2019
    International Conference Centre Geneva (CICG), Geneva, Switzerland
    Past event
    Policy seminar
    Tony Addison presents at a high-level policy dialogue in Maputo
    27 March 2019 – 28 March 2019
    The Bank of Mozambique , Maputo, Mozambique
    Past event
    Workshop
    Course on advanced poverty analysis

    As part of the programme Inclusive Growth in Mozambique, researchers Vincenzo Salvucci and José Cardoso, will deliver a 5-day training course on advanced poverty analysis for officials from the Ministry of Economy and Finance of Mozambique along with...

    4 March 2019 – 8 March 2019
    University of Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique
    Past event
    Presentation
    UNU-WIDER researchers present at a conference of IMD in Maputo
    26 November 2018
    Southern Sun Hotel, Maputo, Mozambique
    Past event
    Workshop
    Training on research methods

    The Inclusive Growth in Mozambique programme will hold a 2-day training workshop on research methods, on 27-28 June at the Eduardo Mondlane University in Maputo. The event focuses on literature reviews and data sources, including training on the...

    27 June 2018 – 28 June 2018
    University of Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique
    Past event
    Policy seminar
    UNU-WIDER at the World Village Festival

    UNU-WIDER, with other UN agencies and affiliates, is present at the World Village Festival 2018. The festival takes place 26-27 May 2018 in Helsinki, Finland.

    26 May 2018 – 27 May 2018
    UN Village/YK-Kylä, Railway Square, Helsinki, Finland
    Past event
    Policy seminar
    Girls’ education research and policy symposium: Reaching the most marginalized

    Each year the Center for Universal Education at Brookings (CUE) convenes policymakers, practitioners, and stakeholders in the girls’ education arena to discuss the most pressing issues as identified by the Echidna Global Scholars, a group of global...

    8 November 2017
    Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Avenue N.W., Washington, DC, United States
    Past event
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