On Tuesday 14 May Piotr Lewandowski, labour economist, co-founder and president of the board at Institute for Structural Research (IBS), visited UNU-WIDER to present and discuss with resident researchers his latest research. Abstract - Technology...
Tue, 14 May 2019
UNU-WIDER,
Katajanokanlaituri 6 B,
Helsinki,
Finland
UNU-WIDER is looking for an outstanding procurement or administrative professional with strong commitment and potential to support the Procurement Team of the Institute. Closing date: 14 June 2019, 23:59 UTC+3
A group of UN agencies working in Finland come together to remind newly elected members of parliament and members of European parliament who are elected next Sunday, of the importance of urgently addressing climate change through policy making....
Josenilde Janguia will give a presentation on 15 May 2019 at the Eduardo Mondlane University in Maputo, with the title Análise Factorial Exploratória do Sector Informal em Moçambique: Abordagem do Comércio de Rua na Cidade de Maputo (Exploratory...
Wed, 15 May 2019
Faculty of Economics, Postgraduate Room, the Eduardo Mondlane University, Main Campus,
Av. Julius Nyerere nr. 3453,
Maputo,
Mozambique
Constantino Marrengula, Assistant Professor at Eduardo Mondlane University, will give a presentation 22 May 2019 at the Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo, entitled Analise dos Efeitos da Concentração da Indústria Bancária sobre a Competição no...
Wed, 22 May 2019
Faculty of Economics, Postgraduate Room, the Eduardo Mondlane University,
Av. Julius Nyerere nr. 3453, Main Campus,
Maputo,
Mozambique
Professor Ana Lisa Moutinho, Atlântico Business School, will give a presentation on 29 May 2019 at the Eduardo Mondlane University in Maputo, on "Economia e as armadilhas do pensamento económico" (Economics and the traps of economic thought). The...
Wed, 29 May 2019
Faculty of Economics, Postgraduate Room, the Eduardo Mondlane University,
Av. Julius Nyerere nr. 3453, Main Campus,
Maputo,
Mozambique
A blog article by Christina Golubski published on Brooking’s institution’s Africa in Focus blog series discusses the key findings of a recent WIDER Working Paper Understanding Mozambique’s growth experience through an employment lens by Sam Jones and Finn Tarp.
This policy workshop on 'Why is South African productivity so low?' is organized by UNU-WIDER together with the National Treasury of South Africa, and the South African Reserve Bank on 7 June 2016 in Pretoria, South Africa.
Tue, 7 June 2016
South African Reserve Bank Conference Centre,
370 Helen Joseph St,
Pretoria,
South Africa
‘Where are the expected gains in poverty and unemployment from Nigeria’s growth?’ asks Christina Golubski in an opinion piece published on the Newsweek on 10 May 2016. The piece builds on a recent WIDER Working Paper by Olu Ajakaiye, Afeikhena T. Jerome, David Nabena, and Olufunke A. Alaba titled ‘Understanding the relationship between growth and employment in Nigeria’ that finds that Nigeria’s growth has indeed been ‘jobless’
UNU-WIDER, together with SA-TIED partners the National Treasury of the Republic of South Africa (NT) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), invite proposals from qualified researchers for high quality economic and/or political economy...
In order to enhance the understanding of the dynamics, challenges, and opportunities in the focus areas outlined above, UNU-WIDER together with the UI invite proposals from qualified researchers under the three research themes, particularly in the...
UNU-WIDER, the National Treasury of the Republic of South Africa (NT), and the South African Revenue Service (SARS) invite proposals from qualified researchers for detailed economic analysis and research of topics in enterprise development for job...
African Development Bank, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, and UNU-WIDER co-organize a seminar discussion 'Unlocking Africa's development potential - how to translate economic growth into development goals’.
Thu, 9 June 2016
House of Estates,
Snellmaninkatu 9-11,
Helsinki,
Finland
India’s leading business daily, Business Standard, published an article on India’s socio-economic changes. The article highlights findings from a set of recently published research, including a new WIDER Working Paper The Power to Choose: Gender Balance of Power & Intra-Household Educational Spending in India by Christophe Nordman and Smriti Sharma.
The Institute is looking for an outstanding individual with skills and expertise in communications for development to support the implementation and formulation of project communication plans under the Institute’s 2014-18 work programme. Closing date...
UNU-WIDER and Trinity College Dublin co-organize a policy seminar on the new book ‘Made in Africa: Learning to Compete in Industry’, on Africa Day, 25 May 2016, at Trinity College, Dublin. The launch brings together development experts, academics...
United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) invites proposals for research papers on the dynamics of women’s work, in order to improve our understanding of the linkages between women’s work and their...
Sanjay Reddy presented at UNU-WIDER on Wednesday 23 June. Abstract – The UN’s Development Function: Time for Renewal The United Nations’ development function is vital to its purpose. Although the UN has many outstanding development achievements to...
Wed, 26 June 2019
UNU-WIDER,
Katajanokanlaituri 6 B,
Helsinki,
Finland
The WIDER Annual Lecture is one of UNU-WIDER’s flagship events. The first lecture was given by Douglas C. North in 1997. Since then the lecture has been delivered by a prestigious line of scholars and political actors, 4 of whom are Nobel Laureates...
This SAM is built using Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE) unpublished industry-level production accounts, commodity-level supply–demand balances and a Supply Matrix together with national accounts, IMF government and balance of payment...
UNU-WIDER provides Social Accounting Matrices for South Africa, Mozambique, Viet Nam, and Zimbabwe. A SAM is a consistent data framework that captures the information contained in the national income and product accounts and a supply-use table (SUT)...
Just as UNU-WIDER was disseminating the very recent publication in World Development journal an article in which Carlos Ibarra and Jaime Ros analysed the factors explaining the decline of the labour income share in Mexico, we received the sad news...
A recent working paper from the SA-TIED programme’s body of new research has been featured in the largest business weekly in South Africa. The Financial Mail’s feature is headlined: “Reserve Bank vindicated — the critics are wrong; the bank is no...
Watch the live stream recording This talk will discuss barriers to women’s participation in the labor force in low-income countries. First, services that free up women’s time to work outside the home, including child care services, are often less...
Olivier Bargain will present at the WIDER Seminar Series on 28 August 2019. Abstract – Intra-household allocation and individual poverty Welfare analyses conducted by policy practitioners around the world usually rely on equivalized or per capita...
Wed, 28 August 2019
UNU-WIDER,
Katajanokanlaituri 6 B,
Helsinki,
Finland
Simone Bertoli will present at the WIDER Seminar Series on 18 September 2019. Abstract – Co-residence patterns of the individuals left behind by the migrants and their analytical implications: Evidence from Mexico Co-authors: Elsa Gautrain and Elie...
Wed, 18 September 2019
UNU-WIDER,
Katajanokanlaituri 6 B,
Helsinki,
Finland
Mazhar Waseem will present at the WIDER Seminar Series on 9 October 2019. Abstract – Pecuniary and non-pecuniary motivations for tax compliance: evidence from Pakistan We examine two Pakistani programs to explore the role of deterrence as well as...
Wed, 9 October 2019
UNU-WIDER,
Katajanokanlaituri 6 B,
Helsinki,
Finland
Oded Stark will present at the WIDER Seminar Series on 23 October 2019. Abstract – A theory of migration as rank-seeking behavior By now there is widespread recognition that comparisons with others impinge significantly on wellbeing and elicit...
Wed, 23 October 2019
UNU-WIDER,
Katajanokanlaituri 6 B,
Helsinki,
Finland
Inmaculada Martinez-Zarzoso will present at the WIDER Seminar Series on 10 October 2019. Abstract – Gender gap and firm performance in developing countries This paper uses firm-level data from the World Bank Enterprise Survey (WBES) to investigate...
Thu, 10 October 2019
UNU-WIDER,
Katajanokanlaituri 6 B,
Helsinki,
Finland
Ravi Pendakur will present at the WIDER Seminar Series on 8 November 2019. Abstract - The impact of federal modern agreements on income inequality in Indigenous communities In Canada, modern agreements allow Indigenous groups to govern their internal...
Fri, 8 November 2019
Marina Congress Center - Baltica Meeting Room,
Katajanokanlaituri 6 ,
Helsinki,
Finland
Neil McCulloch's blog post reflecting discussions and summarizing six key take-aways from a recent project meeting 'Extractive industries and development' was replicated on 'Development Ideas', a website for development thinkers and practitioners to share ideas and debate.
Additional call for papers for the third Jobs and Development Conference, which will held online on 1-4 September 2020. The deadline for submissions is 10 July 2020.
The SA-TIED macroeconomic modelling for policy formulation work stream held their regular work-in-progress meeting on 17 June 2020, via video conference. The meeting provided an opportunity for researchers to share initial results, receive feedback...
Channing Ardnt, workstream leader in the SA-TIED programme and divisional director of environmental and production technology at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), presented in the third session of the Africa Month Virtual...
The Chief Economist Team at the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) will host a policy seminar with UNU-WIDER Senior Research Fellow Rachel Gisselquist as a part of the SIDA Evidence for Action Seminar Series. The seminar...
Thu, 6 February 2020
SIDA headquarters,
Valhallavägen 199,
Stockholm,
Sweden
The UNDP Human Development Report 2019 focuses on inequalities in the twenty-first century and how they weaken social cohesion and economic growth, and damage people’s trust in government, institutions, and in each other. The Finnish launch, hosted...
On 16 July 2020, two researchers of the Inclusive growth in Mozambique programme, Ivan Manhique and Ricardo Santos, will present their current research.
In a new paper, researchers from UNU-WIDER, Kings College London, and the Australian National University confirmed recent estimates on the shocking impact of COVID-19 on global poverty. They called on global leaders to take urgent action to avert a...
A key output of the 'The developer's dilemma' project will be an edited volume on the relationship between structural transformation, inequality, and inclusive growth.
YANGON, 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 is more...
On 10 September UNU-WIDER will be participating in a panel at the 2020 APSA Virtual Annual Meeting & Exhibition, on the topic of Clientelist Politics and Development. The panel, chaired by UNU-WIDER's Senior Research Fellow Rachel M. Gisselquist...
This online workshop was the fourth training event on the MOZMOD model, organized by UNU-WIDER, the Southern African Social Policy Research Institute (SASPRI), Ministry of Economics and Finance, Mozambique, and ILO Mozambique. The participants were...
Mon, 3 August 2020
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Tue, 4 August 2020
Ministry of Economic and Finance,
Julius Nyerere Avenue,
Maputo,
Mozambique
On Tuesday 11 August UNU-WIDER director Kunal Sen attended the virtual meeting of the Senior Management Group of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). He was invited to deliver a special lecture to share...
A virtual launch of the Myanmar Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Survey (2019) report will take place on the 1st of September 2020. The online launch event will bring together policy-makers, representatives from international organizations and...
On 20 August 2020, Peter Fisker, researcher at the University of Copenhagen, will discuss a study prepared within the Inclusive growth in Mozambique programme.
Abel Kinyondo and Chris Huggins gave a presentation on 19 August 2020, as part of the Sustainable development solutions for Tanzania – strengthening research to achieve SDGs project. The presentation was held as a webinar. Abstract – Promoting...
William Pallangyo gave a presentation on 19 August 2020, as part of the Sustainable development solutions for Tanzania – strengthening research to achieve SDGs project. The presentation was held as a webinar. Abstract - The informal sector and safety...
Kunal 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 scholars...
The changing nature of work and inequality project will hold a workshop online to discuss research in progress on 24-26 March via Zoom. The original workshop to be convened in Tunis, Tunisia has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Country...
The project workshop brings together researchers collaborating within the ‘Group-based inequalities: Patterns and trends within and across countries’ project to present and discuss their work-in-progress on 16-17 June in Helsinki. The research in...
Thu, 16 June 2016
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Fri, 17 June 2016
UNU-WIDER,
Katajanokanlaituri 6 B,
Helsinki,
Finland
On 17 September 2020, Hanna Berkel, researcher at the University of Copenhagen, will discuss her latest research on the impact of formalization on Mozambican firms.
In a new WIDER Working Paper Transitions between informal and formal jobs in India – patterns, correlates, and consequences, researchers from UNU-WIDER, Sikkim University, and the University of Manchester show that despite high economic growth over...
FLACSO-Ecuador y el Centro de Estudios de Desarrollo y Economía Aplicada (CEDEA) con sede en FLACSO, se complacen en anunciar una nueva alianza junto con UNU-WIDER y la Universidad de Essex e invitan a la comunidad científica, hacedores de política y...
There will be a special poster session in the afternoon of 5 July 2017. Up to 22 posters will be presented in a suitable venue at conference premises and they will be displayed throughout both conference days. Authors are requested to illustrate...
Maria Jouste is a Research Associate at UNU-WIDER, where she works on topics related to taxation and tax-benefit microsimulation models in Domestic Revenue Mobilization programme. She holds a PhD in Economics from University of Turku. Her research...
UNU-WIDER invites qualified hotels and conference venue suppliers to make an offer for the provision of accommodation and conference services related to two (2) development conferences to be held in Helsinki, Finland, during 2016.
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 platform for key development actors to interact.
The University of Pretoria will hold from 3-7 July 2017 the second Winter School – one of the key events in the public economics capacity building initiative managed by GTAC on behalf of the National Treasury.
Mon, 3 July 2017
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Fri, 7 July 2017
University of Pretoria,
cnr Lynnwood Road and Roper Street,
Pretoria,
South Africa
This year the International Economic Association held its World Conference in Mexico City. The five day event, held from 19th to 23rd of June, featured a huge variety of sessions on many of the key economic issues of the day, as well as keynotes by...
Mon, 19 June 2017
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Fri, 23 June 2017
Camino Real Hotel,
Mariano Escobedo 700,
Mexico City,
Mexico
An editorial published in Business Day, a daily business newspaper based in Lagos, has drawn on the World Income Inequality Database (WIID) to point to Nigeria’s growing inequality. The piece uses the database along with measures from the World Bank...
The Kingdom of Lesotho is classified by the UN as one of the least developed countries in the world. It is entirely reliant on South Africa for all imports and exports, while a few commodities help supplement its income. Lesotho has suffered...
The Finnish United Nations field service contingent visited UNU-WIDER in July as part of their yearly get-together, organized this year in Helsinki. The purpose of the visit was to learn about the Institute and its work in developing contexts, where...
There will be a special poster session of 45 minutes on both days of the conference. Up to 22 posters will be presented in a suitable venue at conference premises and will remain on display throughout both conference days. Authors are requested to...
The cornerstone of the ‘Towards inclusive development in Myanmar’ project is the establishment of a rigorous Myanmar Enterprise Monitoring System (MEMS) focused on the industrial small and medium enterprise (SME) sector. The MEMS is primarily aimed...
The IPP International Conference 2017, ‘Development and Poverty: China and the World’, will feature speakers and participants from the West, East Asia, South Asia, Latin America, and mainland China to discuss challenges faced by countries in their...
The WIDER Seminar Series showcases the latest research on key topics in development economics. At the weekly sessions, early-career and senior researchers present recent and ongoing work touching on structural transformation, inclusion, and...
At the first of this autumn's seminar series, Dr Shi Li will present on income inequality in China. Abstract – Recent changes in income inequality in China During the past three decades China’s economic growth has been among the fastest in the world...
At the seminar on 27 September 2017, Joseph Vecci will present experimental findings on religion, leadership, and coordination. Abstract – Religion, leadership, and coordination: Evidence from a lab experiment in the field Religious inequality and...
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