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Sam Jones speaks at Africa Industrialization Day 2022 eventOn 8 December, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in Mozambique organized, in collaboration with the Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MIC) and the United Nations Resident Coordinator’s Office (UN RCO) in...
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Eva-Maria Egger at IGC panel on integration of migrants and refugees in MozambiqueOn 1 December 2022, Eva-Maria Egger, UNU-WIDER Research Fellow in the Inclusive growth in Mozambique programme (IGM), participated in a panel discussion on the short- and long-term integration of displaced people and refugees in Mozambique. The...
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Michael Keller discusses sustainable management of natural resources at IMD conference 2022The Institute for Multiparty Democracy (IMD), in partnership with the Ministry of Land and Environment (Ministério de Terra e Ambiente, MTA) and the National Petroleum Institute (Instituto Nacional de Petróleo, INP-MIREME), organized...
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Press Release: New research reveals close to $1 trillion in profits shifted to tax havensA new research paper published by the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) shows the first global estimates of profits shifted to tax havens between 1975-2019. The study documents a remarkable...
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Press Release: Economic experts meet in Helsinki to discuss solutions to rising debt in developing countries
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Sam Jones at IESE conference 2022The 2022 conference of the Institute for Social and Economic Studies (IESE) focused on the topic of ‘Conflict, Violence and Development’. Held in Maputo, Mozambique, in hybrid mode on 19–21 September, the event brought together...
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Senior Research Fellow Patricia Justino appointed as Deputy Director of UNU-WIDER
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UNU-WIDER alum Nanak Kakwani releases a new book on poverty and inequalityProfessor Nanak Kakwani is one of UNU-WIDER's first research fellows. Joining the institute in 1986, he is the author of the second WIDER Working Paper ever published. The first is Food, Economics, and Entitlements by UNU-WIDER founder and Nobel...
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Finn Tarp shares insights from Mozambique Institutional Diagnostic at NoradOn 18 August 2022, Finn Tarp, Professor of Development Economics at the University of Copenhagen (UCPH) and Senior Programme Coordinator and Lead Researcher of the Inclusive growth in Mozambique (IGM) programme, presented key insights from the...
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GRD 2022 update: Tax and revenue data for 197 countries in one dataset
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Tshilidzi Marwala of South Africa Named as Next Rector of United Nations UniversityThe United Nations University (UNU) is pleased to announce that Prof. Tshilidzi Marwala of South Africa, currently Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Johannesburg, has been appointed as the next Rector of UNU.
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Call for Contributions: GlobalDev and UNU-WIDER Blog series on social mobilityIn the last decades, globalization and technological advancements have improved the living standards of billions of people, and enabled many households to cross the poverty line. Nonetheless, these trends have also exacerbated inequalities around...
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New update of the World Income Inequality Database and WIID Companion — version 30 June 2022The UNU-WIDER World Income Inequality Database ― widely known by its acronym WIID ― provides the most comprehensive set of income inequality statistics available. It presents detailed information on income inequality for developed, developing, and...