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    New release of the World Income Inequality Database – new WIID version includes updates to the WIID Companion datasets

    The 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 most countries and historical...

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    Press release: Renowned speaker Dr. Arkebe Oqubay to deliver keynote address at academic and policy-relevant lecture on sustainable growth in African cities

    Helsinki, Finland – The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) and the African Cities Research Consortium (ACRC) are proud to announce a prestigious lecture by Dr. Arkebe Oqubay, former Senior...

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    UNU Statement on the Israel–Gaza Crisis

    The United Nations University echoes calls for international humanitarian law and human rights law to be respected and upheld.

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    SA-TIED hosts special session at ESSA Biennial Conference

    SA-TIED hosted a special session at the Economic Society of South Africa's 2023 Biennial Conference, held from the 12th to the 14th of September at the CSIR Convention Centre in Pretoria. This event was a dynamic gathering of economists...

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    SA-TIED hosts special session at ESSA Biennial Conference

    SA-TIED hosted a special session at the Economic Society of South Africa's 2023 Biennial Conference, held from the 12th to the 14th of September at the CSIR Convention Centre in Pretoria. This event was a dynamic gathering of economists...

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    Breaking barriers, building economies: women in economic policy

    August holds special significance in South Africa, marked by Women's Day on the 9th. It is a time to honour women's extraordinary courage and resilience in the struggle for equality and freedom. During this month, South Africa celebrates the...

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    Unlocking Data Expertise: SA-TIED's Stata Training Initiative

    The SA-TIED programme, in collaboration with the National Treasury, recently wrapped up an intermediate Stata training course. Held from 29–31 August 2023, this training was exclusively tailored for SA-TIED programme partners, a group that included...

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    Unlocking data expertise: SA-TIED stata training initiative

    The SA-TIED programme, in collaboration with the National Treasury, recently wrapped up an intermediate Stata training course. Held from 29–31 August 2023, this training was exclusively tailored for SA-TIED programme partners, a group that included...

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    UNU-WIDER releases major report on peace, decent work, and greater equality

    UNU-WIDER’s 2019–2023 work programme has built a strong evidence base to support actions that contribute to more peaceful and effective states and more fair and sustainable societies. A synthesis report on the key findings of our work programme on...

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    Capacity Building for SA-TIED Research assistants

    SA-TIED research assistants recently completed the specialised training programme, "Data Wrangling with STATA: How to manage your empirical research project," offered by the University of Cape Town's Southern Africa Labour and Development Research...

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    Can grants help combat unemployment? Insight from the SA-TIED and Econ 3x3 policy debate

    How do we tackle unemployment in South Africa? Is there a role for well-designed grants to complement active labour-market policies? The second of these questions was the central theme in the first of a series of policy debates in late June hosted...

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    Visit to National Treasury´s secure facility offers a glimpse into the data supporting policy making in South Africa

    On 4 May 2023, representatives from the European Union, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), and the South African Revenue Services (SARS) visited South Africa's National Treasury (NT) to learn more about the secure data lab there...

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    Sam Jones speaks at Africa Industrialization Day 2022 event

    On 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 Mozambique, a...

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    Eva-Maria Egger at IGC panel on integration of migrants and refugees in Mozambique

    On 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 panel...

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    Michael Keller discusses sustainable management of natural resources at IMD conference 2022

    The 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 an international...

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    Press Release: New research reveals close to $1 trillion in profits shifted to tax havens

    A 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 increase in profit shifting, with close to $1 trillion or 40% of multinational profits shifted to tax havens in 2019. Globally, 10% of corporate tax revenues are lost as a result.

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    Sam Jones at IESE conference 2022

    The 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 local and...

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    UNU-WIDER alum Nanak Kakwani releases a new book on poverty and inequality

    Professor 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 Norad

    On 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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    Tshilidzi Marwala of South Africa Named as Next Rector of United Nations University

    The 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 mobility

    In 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 the...

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    New update of the World Income Inequality Database and WIID Companion — version 30 June 2022

    The 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...

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    Key Mozambican databases available to researchers through CEEG portal

    Various key national databases and statistical data have now been made available on the online portal of the Center for Economic and Management Studies (CEEG) of the University of Eduardo Mondlane (UEM). The objective of this online data repository...

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    MEDIA ADVISORY: International conference gathers conflict experts in Helsinki

    Next week a high-level conference on peacebuilding and conflict brings more than 250 experts to Helsinki to discuss new research and current policy challenges in preventing and resolving conflicts and sustaining peace across the world. The two-day conference is organised by the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER).

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    Eva-Maria Egger discusses impact of COVID-19 in Mozambique at UNDP Africa economic advisor meeting

    On 18 April 2022, Eva-Maria Egger, UNU-WIDER Research Fellow and Resident Advisor of the Inclusive growth in Mozambique (IGM) programme based at the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) of Mozambique, joined an internal UNDP seminar as discussant...

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