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Press release - UNU-WIDER conference aims to improve global responses to crisesExperts available for press interviews on core crisis response issues Helsinki, Finland — Experts from around the world will gather this week at the ‘Responding to crises’ conference in Helsinki. The main goal of the event is to...
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‘Responding to crises’ conference to be streamed on PeriscopeA quick glance at our YouTube channel and Twitter feed clearly demonstrates our commitment to making sure the knowledge shared at our events reaches as many as possible. This work continues with our ‘Responding to crises’ conference; the...
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Press release - Global income inequality has declined in relative terms, but gone up substantially in absolute amountsHelsinki, Finland – Researchers from United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) have found that during the last four decades global income inequality decreased substantially in ‘relative...
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Press release - AL13Professor Ronald Findlay, Author of 'Power and Plenty' at United Nations University — WIDER
International trade Industrialization History (Economics)News
Press release - AL 14WIDER Annual Lecture 14: Reforming the International Monetary and Financial Architecture, by José Antonio Ocampo, New York, USA
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New open access book - Growth and Poverty in Sub-Saharan AfricaOn 14 April 2016 Oxford University Press (OUP) published UNU-WIDER’s first open access book, Growth and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa, edited by Channing Arndt, Andy McKay, and Finn Tarp.
Growth Growth and employment PovertyNews
Press release - AL20United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) in partnership with the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) will host the WIDER Annual Lecture 20 at the Stockholm School of Economics on 23...
Poverty Inequality Social protectionNews
Call for Papers: Informality and Development – A Conference in Honor of Elinor OstromA multidisciplinary conference on informality and development will be arranged by Indiana University and Cornell University on 22-23 October 2016 in Bloomington, Indiana. The deadline for submission is 1 May 2016.
Formal and informal Development Call for papersNews
Professors Miguel Urquiola and Haroon Bhorat join the WIDER BoardProfessors Miguel Urquiola and Haroon Bhorat have joined the WIDER Board as new members to serve a four-year term until 31 December 2019.
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Professor Finn Tarp met International Relations Masters students from the University of Helsinki and University of Tampere
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Call for Papers: Measuring quality-of-care in the context of sustainable development goal 3The Bulletin of the World Health Organization will publish a theme issue on quality of-care in the era of SDGs. This theme issue will include original research articles on quality-of-care in low- and middle-income countries. The selection of this...
Health SDG Universal Health CoverageNews
Does foreign aid undermine political institutions?Does foreign aid undermine political institutions? by Finn Tarp and Sam Jones, AidData, 12 November 2015.
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Finn Tarp gives closing remarks at Mozambique Grand Mozefo Forum 2015 – ‘peace and development are two sides of the same coin, and the struggle against poverty must continue’On 4 December 2015 Finn Tarp spoke at the 1st Grand Mozefo Forum 2015 under the heading ’The future is now. Humanizing growth’. The event was aimed at contributing to accelerating growth, inclusion and sustainability in the country by providing a...
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Douglass C. North: An AppreciationOur greatly respected colleague Nobel Laureate Professor Douglass C. North passed away on 23 November 2015, aged 95. He was the very first WIDER Annual Lecturer, initiating a series of annual lectures that has become very important to the...
