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Press release: New study shows democracy aid worksDoes development cooperation aimed at strengthening democracy work? A new study from the Expert Group for Aid Studies (EBA) addresses critical knowledge gaps on aid assistance. The report, published today, is the most comprehensive study on...
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In Memoriam: Stephan KlasenOn 27 October 2020, Professor Stephan Klasen passed away after a serious and prolonged illness which took his life too early. We have lost one of Europe’s leading development economists, a brilliant mind and generous soul. With his unceasing...
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Shaping our future together – UNU-WIDER celebrates United Nations' 75th anniversary
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UNU-WIDER joins major new research consortium analysing African cities
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Press Release: Top UN economists warn of crises of our own making if global “megatrends” left uncheckedTo avoid future failures, new report calls for overhaul of the way policies are made
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Kunal Sen is awardee of the 2020-22 V. K. R. V. Rao Chair at ISECKunal Sen , our Director, has been awarded the prestigious Dr V K R V Rao Chair Professorship by the Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC) . The Chair is named after one of India’s most important economists, is awarded biennially to...
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Press release: Survey finds the manufacturing sector remains instrumental for Myanmar’s economic growth and transformationYANGON, MYANMAR and HELSINKI, FINLAND – A new report published by the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) and the United Nations World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) says that Myanmar’s manufacturing sector...
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Press release: COVID-19 could drive global poverty back over one billion people as the world’s poorest face up to US$500 million per day in lost incomeIn dramatic new numbers researchers estimate that extreme poverty could spike as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, on the day the postponed meeting of the world’s richest nations, the G7, should have finished. The researchers are now calling...
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UNU-WIDER congratulates Deepak Nayyar on appointment to IDS boardDeepak Nayyar, long-time supporter of UNU-WIDER and former chair of the WIDER Board, has been appointed as chair of the Board of Trustees at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS). Professor Nayyar has played a significant role in UNU-WIDER...
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Baseline survey reveals challenges faced by vocational students in Mozambique
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Press Release: COVID-19 fallout could push half a billion people into poverty in developing countriesNew research published by UNU-WIDER today warns that the economic fallout from the global pandemic could increase global poverty by as much as half a billion people, or 8% of the total human population. This would be the first time that poverty has...