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.

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    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...

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    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.

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    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...

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    Three UNU-WIDER books are 'Top 10 OSO Titles in Economics'
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    Learning to Compete project presented to the Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank

    On 20th July 2015, John Page, Brookings Institution Senior Fellow and UNU-WIDER Non-resident Senior Research Fellow, spoke to the Board of Executive Directors (1) of the World Bank Group about the joint African Development Bank, Brookings Institution...

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