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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COLMOD training

The COLMOD training is part of the SOUTHMOD project and focuses on the use and application of the COLMOD model for analyzing tax and benefit policies in Colombia. This workshop is designed for existing and potential new users at government offices...

Mon, 22 July 2024 08:00 – Fri, 26 July 2024 12:30
Online, Colombia
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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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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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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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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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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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CSPR MicroZAMOD training workshop

The Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR) is excited to announce a CSPR MicroZAMOD training workshop in Lusaka from 25–28 March 2024. This intensive four-day event is part of the SOUTHMOD project and aims to bring together staff members of CSPR...

Mon, 25 March 2024 – Thu, 28 March 2024
Lusaka, Zambia
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UNU-WIDER facilitates learning at 2024 ATI Tax Gap Workshop

Organized by the Addis Tax Initiative (ATI), in partnership with the International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s AFRITAC East and Fiscal Affairs Department (FAD), UNU-WIDER and the World Bank’s Global Tax Program.

Tue, 19 March 2024 – Thu, 21 March 2024
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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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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Navigating administrative data access: strategies, reasons, and partner perspectives

The United Nations World institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), the National Treasury of South Africa, the Spatial Economic Activity Data South Africa, and the Southern African Towards Economic Development (SA-TIED) programme, with...

Mon, 4 December 2023 – Fri, 8 December 2023
Stats SA Auditorium, ISIbalo House, Koch Street; Salvokop , Pretoria, South Africa
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