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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papers and calculator on table SA-TIED Seminar Series: Exploring options to deepen and broaden the personal income tax base in South Africa
Thu, 11 July 2024
Online - Zoom, Pretoria, South Africa
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Presentation
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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Presentation
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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Seminar
Julien Wolfersberger on Climate immobility in sub-Saharan Africa
Wed, 12 June 2024
Hybrid, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
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Seminar
Alexandra Hartmann on Empowerment on the move? An experiment in supporting forcibly displaced people in Greece
Tue, 4 June 2024
Hybrid, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
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Workshop
Original data collection in Global South countries

A three-day workshop dedicated to data collection in Global South countries for UNU-WIDER researchers is held 3–5 June 2024. This event explores the methodologies, challenges, and ethics of field research in complex environments.Tentative schedule3...

Mon, 3 June 2024 – Wed, 5 June 2024
Sustainability Library - UNU-WIDER, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
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Webinar
Photo of a person carrying items for sale in Vietnam UNU-WIDER and WIEGO Webinar: COVID-19 and the Informal Economy – Impact, Recovery and the Future
Thu, 30 May 2024
Finland
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Project meeting
Tanzania Revenue Authority visits UNU-WIDER headquarters

Over five days between 27–31 May, members of the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) and contributing researchers to the Building up efficient and fair tax systems project meet with researchers at UNU-WIDER for practical sessions to finalize research...

Mon, 27 May 2024 – Fri, 31 May 2024
UNU-WIDER, Katajanokkanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland, Finland
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Project workshop
Workshop on the MicroZAMOD update in Zambia

Members of the International Labour Organization, Zambia Institute for Policy Analysis and Research (ZIPAR), UNU-WIDER's SOUTHMOD team, and the Zambia Statistics Agency (ZAMSTATS) meet in Livingstone, Zambia to further develop Zambia's tax and...

Mon, 27 May 2024 – Thu, 30 May 2024
Protea Hotel, Livingstone, Zambia, Zambia
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Presentation
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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Seminar
Nagesh Kumar on Manufacturing and India’s green transition: challenges, opportunities and policies
Wed, 22 May 2024
Hybrid, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
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Presentation
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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Conference
The world at crossroads – securing the future generations The world at crossroads – securing the future generations
Tue, 14 May 2024 – Thu, 16 May 2024
Radisson Blu Hotel and Residence, Avenida Marginal 141, 9999, Maputo, Mozambique
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Lecture
Kunal Sen gives the 2024 annual Sadli Lecture—Broken Ladders? Labour Market Inequality in Indonesia and India

UNU-WIDER Director Kunal Sen gives the 18th Sadli Lecture on Broken Ladders? Labour Market Inequality in Indonesia and India as a part of the annual lecture series of the Australian National University (ANU) Indonesia Project. The event is hybrid...

Wed, 8 May 2024
Universitas Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia
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Workshop
UNU-WIDER supports learning at the Addis Tax Initiative regional workshop on tax expenditures

UNU-WIDER Research Fellow Amina Ebrahim joins the Addis Tax Initiative (ATI) Asia regional follow-up technical meeting on tax expenditures in Kathmandu, Nepal as a presenter.

Tue, 7 May 2024 – Thu, 9 May 2024
Hotel Yak & Yeti, Durbar Marg, Kathmandu 44600, Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Presentation
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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