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How can research help Least Developed Countries achieve sustainable development?
The next decade is a make-or-break for the world’s most vulnerable countries. To tackle the unprecedented confluence of COVID-19, climate, and...
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I was a visiting PhD fellow at UNU-WIDER — this is my experience
by
Virgi Sari
October 2021
Virgi Agita Sari joined UNU-WIDER as a visiting PhD fellow in the summer of 2017. Coming from Indonesia, Virgi joined five other fellows from across...
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The new normal: My experience in an online cohort of visiting PhD Fellows
by
Martina Querejeta
January 2022
Everyone that has been engaged in a PhD experience agrees that the whole process is a tough and sometimes lonely challenge. However, the visiting PhD...
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Co-creation for fair and efficient taxation: Research recommendations to improve policies
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Maria Jouste, Tina Kaidu Barugahara, Nicholas Musoke
August 2021
How can we determine the taxation of wage earners or multinational corporations in a fair manner? Will simplifying tax administration help increase...
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International tax research: Why does more than numbers matter
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Maria Jouste, Tina Kaidu Barugahara, Dorothy Nakyambadde
August 2020
Can tax research be inspiring? Looking back at the three years of collaboration between UNU-WIDER and the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), the answer...
Workshop
Difference-in-Differences (DiD) training with Pedro H.C. Sant’Anna
From 25–27 September 2023, UNU-WIDER will be offering a Difference-in-Differences (DiD) training on its premises with Dr Pedro H.C. Sant’Anna. The training will be offered by invitation only to external participants from Helsinki Graduate School of...
Mon, 25 September 2023
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Wed, 27 September 2023
UNU-WIDER Sustainability Library,
Katajanokanlaituri 6 B,
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event
Workshop
Systematic analysis of climate resilient development (SACReD)
The principal objective of the workshop was to evaluate the implications of climate change for developing countries including impacts, adaptation policies, mitigation policies, and their interactions with appropriate development strategies.
Thu, 7 October 2010
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Fri, 8 October 2010
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI),
2033 K Street NW,
Washington,
United States
Past event
About
Invitation - AL16
The 16th WIDER Annual Lecture was given by Professor Lant Pritchett, currently Professor of the Practice of International Development Harvard Kennedy School of Government, in Helsinki, in September 2012, under the enticing title ‘Folk and the Formula: Pathways to Capable States’.
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My journey from research assistant to the World Bank and Yale: How SA-TIED transformed my career
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Dane Brink
August 2023
When I began my role as a research assistant for the SA-TIED programme in January 2020, I didn’t know that it would lead me to such prestigious...
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Bootcamp for better tax policies in Africa
‘I intend to see a world in which tax policy research is based on evidence, and policy decisions are data-driven.’ This is an aspiration expressed by...
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Opportunities beyond lecture rooms – widening my career perspectives as a UNU-WIDER PhD fellow
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Nyemwererai Matshaka
September 2022
It was surreal to take a springtime walk along the harbor in Helsinki on my way to UNU-WIDER’s headquarter offices for the first time. My initial...