Second Preparatory Committee Session for FfD4

UNU-WIDER at the Second Preparatory Committee Session for the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development

UNU-WIDER contributes to policy recommendations for the G20

Sub-Saharan Africa faces an alarming debt burden that could hinder progress on sustainable development goals

COVID-19 pandemic, household welfare and diversification strategies of smallholder farmers in Uganda

The billionaire tax – a (modest) proposal for the 21st century by Gabriel Zucman

WIDER Annual Lecture 28 Brief

UNU-WIDER launches a free online training course in tax-benefit microsimulation for Global South countries

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Estimating the distribution of household wealth in South Africa

This paper estimates the distribution of personal wealth in South Africa by combining tax microdata, household surveys, and macroeconomic balance sheet statistics. We systematically compare estimates of the wealth distribution obtained by direct...

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Extreme inequalities

South Africa is, by most contemporary measures, the most unequal country in the world. Yet, relatively little attention has been given to country’s wealth inequality. It is crucial to accurately measure the concentration of wealth inequality over...

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