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Inequality, conflict, and fiscal space – addressing three key development challenges of our times
In 2024, UNU-WIDER launches a new four-year work programme aimed at advancing knowledge on three significant global challenges: reducing persistent inequalities across and within countries, building sustainable peace in conflict-affected countries, and creating the fiscal space for development. The 2024–27 work programme continues the tradition of past ambitious research programmes aimed at addressing pressing international development issues.
These challenges are deeply interconnected. Sustainable and inclusive peace is a critical precondition to ensuring human wellbeing. Expanding fiscal space through stronger tax and benefit systems, increased development finance, and a fairer global system is crucial to finance efforts to reduce inequality and promote economic development. Reducing persistent inequalities can mitigate civil conflict and sustain peace over the long term.
Three cross-cutting themes underpin the 2024–27 programme: climate change, gender equality, and data for development. These themes are embedded across the three core research areas, reflecting their pivotal roles in achieving sustainable and equitable development for future generations.
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Assessment of potential distributional impacts of four development programmes in Benin, Djibouti-Ethiopia, Uganda, and Viet NamHow much do development programmes contribute to the internationally agreed Sustainable Development Goal to reduce inequalities by 2030? This project makes a vital contribution to monitoring progress towards SDG10 specifically, by assessing the...
