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

As recent projections warn that we’re off-track to reduce inequality for the 2030 deadline of the Sustainable Development Goals, the pressing need for equitable tax systems takes center stage at the 28th WIDER Annual Lecture on 4 September 2024. Esteemed economist Gabriel Zucman examines how disparities of current tax structures guarantee this inequality is persistent due to advantages enjoyed by the ultra-wealthy.

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Landscape of Prague UNU-WIDER at IIPF Conference 2024
Wed, 21 August 2024 08:00 – Fri, 23 August 2024 18:00
Prague University of Economics and Business, Prague, Czechia
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Routine-biased technological change and inequality in developing countries

UNU-WIDER Director Kunal Sen speaks at the 4th Development Economics Conference at the University of Lincoln. His session will share new findings on the relationship between earnings inequality or wage polarization and globalization, technological...

Mon, 24 June 2024 – Wed, 26 June 2024
Lincoln International Business School, University of Lincoln , Lincoln, United Kingdom
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Global governance and sustainable development: revitalizing research to support multilateral solutions

UNU-WIDER is represented at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the Academic Council of the United Nations (ACUNS) by Rachel M. Gisselquist, where she will share research findings on addressing gender and group-based inequalities and multilateral efforts to...

Thu, 20 June 2024 – Sat, 22 June 2024
United Nations University – Tokyo, 5-53-70, Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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World Village Festival 2024 search image Courage and peace – UNU-WIDER at the World Village Festival 2024
Sat, 25 May 2024 – Sun, 26 May 2024
Suvilahti, Helsinki, Finland
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UNU-WIDER research presented at ZEW conference

In May, UNU-WIDER researcher Kwabena Adu-Ababio presents at the 2024 ZEW Public Finance Conference in Mannheim, Germany.

Thu, 16 May 2024 – Fri, 17 May 2024
ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research, L7 1, Mannheim, Finland
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Assessing the macroeconomic impact of power outages in South Africa with Richard Kima

UNU-WIDER Research Fellow, Richard Kima presents his work-in-progress Working Paper titled ‘Estimating the Macroeconomic Costs of Power Outages in South Africa at the South African Reserve Bank Research’ Seminar on April 11, 2024, and at the...

Mon, 6 May 2024
Online, 238 Mazisi Kunene Rd, Glenwood, 4041, Durban, South Africa
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Bridging the gap: Unveiling the potential of Tanzania's SMEs through VAT insights

UNU-WIDER Research Fellow Amina Ebrahim speaks at the Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI) in Bergen, Norway. She presents the findings of a forthcoming WIDER Working Paper to the research staff. Her findings support opportunities for expanding knowledge...

Mon, 29 April 2024
Bergen, Jekteviksbakken 31, Norway
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Presentation of SA-TIED Working Paper on Worker mobility and productivity spillovers

Carol Newman, co-academic lead for SA-TIED's Workstream 1 on Enterprise development for job creation and growth, will present an SA-TIED Working Paper titled "Worker mobility and productivity spillovers: An Emerging Market Perspective" at the...

Fri, 12 April 2024
Newman Building (NTh 1), University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
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Tax administrative data work presented at Addis Tax Initiative East Africa follow-up meeting

Amina Ebrahim, UNU-WIDER Research Fellow, presents and runs a training at the Addis Tax Initiative (ATI) East Africa regional follow-up technical meeting on tax expenditures in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on 6-8 December 2023. The regional meeting is...

Wed, 6 December 2023 – Fri, 8 December 2023
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Abrams M.E. Tagem presents at the CERDI research seminar

UNU-WIDER Research Associate Abrams M.E. Tagem presents at the research seminar of the Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches sur le Développement International (CERDI), on 5 December 2023 in Clermont-Ferrand, France.He presents the WIDER Working Paper...

Tue, 5 December 2023
26 avenue Léon Blum, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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Kunal Sen joins ESCAP Expert Group Meeting on the Countries with Special Needs Development Report 2024

On 1 December UNU-WIDER Director, Kunal Sen, joins the ESCAP Expert Group Meeting on their flagship publication, the Countries with Special Needs Development Report 2024. Prof. Sen's presentation contributes to discussions on the evolving role of the...

Fri, 1 December 2023
ESCAP , Bangkok, Thailand
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CGD webinar on methane, people on the screen Extractives for Development work presented at Center for Global Development webinar
Tue, 21 November 2023
Online, United States
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Policy seminar
Uganda TIN registration form, calculator, currency, pen. Image: Kalungi Kabuye / UNU-WIDER Findings from recent research based on Ugandan administrative tax data
Wed, 15 November 2023
Hotel Protea by Marriott, Elgon Terrace, Kampala, Uganda
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New York scryscraper silhouette search image. Image: Zach Miles / Unsplash UNU-WIDER at the Dialogue on Tax and SDGs conference
Tue, 14 November 2023 – Fri, 17 November 2023
Online, New York, United States
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Policy seminar
Receipt from a card machine in a grocery store. Image: Imani Nsamila Improved compliance and a renewed social contract for the SDGs
Fri, 10 November 2023
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Kunal Sen presents at REPOA's 27th Annual Research Workshop

On 8 November 2023 UNU-WIDER Director Kunal Sen virtually attends the 27th Annual Research Workshop of REPOA to present resent research on structural transformation. REPOA is a leading independent think tank in Tanzania and among the top think tanks...

Wed, 8 November 2023
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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