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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

16 UNU-WIDER articles, publications, projects, experts...

Blog

Conflict-prone countries are not doomed to an eternal trap

by Ville Skinnari, Kunal Sen October 2021

The situation of Afghanistan has drawn a picture of a poor, conflict-prone, doomed country. But this does not have to be the case. We have examples of...

Blog

How can research help Least Developed Countries achieve sustainable development?

by Kunal Sen October 2021

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...

Blog

Least Developed Countries are facing five major challenges: Four suggestions to tackle them

by Kunal Sen October 2021

This month we had the honour to co-host the first ever LDC Future Forum here in Helsinki. It was our first large-scale live event since the COVID-19...

Journal Article

COVID-19 and global poverty

The study paper provides a preliminary assessment of COVID-19’s impact on global poverty in the light of IMF’s growth forecasts. It shows that the pandemic will erode many of the gains recorded over the last decade in terms of poverty reduction. Our...

Blog

The poorest countries attract few foreign investments

by Jukka Aronen March 2024

The share of the least developed countries (LDCs) in global foreign investments is less than one percent. But positive developments have taken place...

News

Kunal Sen at the high-level LDC regional review meeting

UNU-WIDER director Kunal Sen has been invited to contribute as a panelist to the High-level Asia-Pacific Regional Review Meeting on the Istanbul Programme of Action in Preparation for the Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC-5). The regional review meeting will take place 30 August - 2 September 2021, in Geneva and virtually.

Presentation

UNU-WIDER at the LDC5 Conference

Sun, 5 March 2023 – Thu, 9 March 2023

Qatar National Convention Centre, Doha, Qatar

Past event

About

UNU-WIDER Exhibition at the LDC5 Conference 5-9 March 2023

Least Developed Countries

Seminar

Addressing vulnerabilities through production transformation – Launch of the LDC5 Monitor

Thu, 9 March 2023

Qatar National Convention Centre, Room 105, Doha, Qatar

Past event

Conference

Achieving Sustainable Development in the Least Developed Countries - LDC Future Forum

Tue, 5 October 2021 – Thu, 7 October 2021

Wanha Satama, online, Helsinki, Finland

Past event

In the media

LDC Future Forum and UNU-WIDER research mentioned in several media outlets

Working Paper

COVID-19 and global poverty

This paper provides a preliminary assessment of COVID-19’s impact on global poverty in the light of the IMF’s April 2020 growth forecasts. The analysis shows that the pandemic will have dramatic consequences, eroding many of the gains recorded over...