UNU-WIDER 40th Anniversary Reception: the power of (shared) knowledge

In 2025, it will be 40 years since the UNU-WIDER opened its doors. To mark this milestone, UNU-WIDER organizes a reception in Helsinki on 27 March 2025 to celebrate the Institute with key stakeholders from its network in Finland. This by-invitation only event officially initiates UNU-WIDER’s 40th anniversary celebrations and will be a key moment to celebrate the impact of UNU-WIDER research at the global and UN level for the past 40 years.

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Helsinki Symposium on reform of the international financial architecture

26 March 2025 | Reforming the international financial architecture (IFA) is a key policy demand by developing countries, as reflected in the discussions leading to the Summit of the Future in September 2024. However, there is limited consensus on which solutions can work in reforming the IFA as well as being acceptable to key stakeholders (such as China and the US).

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Data, Statistics and Tools for Development-focused Public Finance: session at the UNDP Global Public Finance Dialogue

UNU-WIDER is attending the UNDP Global Public Finance Dialogue 28-31 January 2025 in New York. In collaboration with partners, it is hosting a side event titled Data, Statistics and Tools for Development-focused Public Finance on 31 January.

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Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@benseymour?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash">Ben Seymour</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/beige-concrete-building-under-blue-sky-during-daytime-nqBUTBsDQNM?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash">Unsplash</a> UNU-WIDER presents latest research at CSAE conference in Oxford
Sun, 23 March 2025 – Tue, 25 March 2025
St Catherine's College, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Amina Ebrahim attends ICTD Workshop on Tax and Informal Economies in Africa
Tue, 18 February 2025 – Fri, 21 February 2025
The Royal Senchi Hotel, Ferry Road, Akosombo, Ghana
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Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@meizhilang?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash">Meizhi Lang</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/a-long-row-of-flags-in-front-of-a-building-PoZzH23r1oo?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash">Unsplash</a> Amina Ebrahim presents at the UNCTAD workshop on illicit financial flows
Thu, 6 February 2025
Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
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Amina Ebrahim presents research at the University of Michigan-Dearborn

On 4 December 2024, UNU-WIDER Research Fellow Amina Ebrahim presents groundbreaking research from the Tax research for development project at the University of Michigan-Dearborn.This research, part of UNU-WIDER’s Domestic Revenue Mobilization...

Wed, 4 December 2024
University of Michigan-Dearborn, 2048 CB, 4901 Evergreen Road, 48128, Dearborn, Michigan , United States
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Quarterly meeting of the ATI Tax Gap Community of Interest

The ATI Tax Gap Community of Interest (COI) holds its quarterly meeting, featuring key presentations and discussions on tax gap estimation. This meeting brings together experts, policymakers, and practitioners to share insights and experiences...

Wed, 4 December 2024
Virtual, Finland
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UNU-WIDER Deputy Director presents research insights to EU DG-INTPA
Thu, 17 October 2024
Brussels , Belgium
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UNU-WIDER at the Fragile Lives 2024 conference

Households in Conflict Network celebrates its 20th anniversary during the conference Fragile Lives 2024 on 1–2 October in Berlin. UNU-WIDER Deputy Director Patricia Justino, one of the founders and directors of the network, hosts a keynote panel at...

Tue, 1 October 2024 – Wed, 2 October 2024
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, Berlin, Germany
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Patricia Justino presents at a UN General Assembly side event

World Bank and Brazil's G20 Presidency host a side event in New York on 23 September 2024 during the UN General Assembly High-level Week. The event gathers ministerial-level participants to discuss pathways to advance on the goal of eradicating...

Mon, 23 September 2024
World Bank New York Office, New York, United States
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Laura Saavedra-Lux presents at the KIEL-CEPR African Economic Development Conference

Laura Saavedra-Lux, Research Associate at UNU-WIDER, presents her working paper on the connections of foreign direct investment and conflicts at the conference on African economic development (AEDC), organized by the Centre for Economic Policy...

Thu, 12 September 2024
Federal Ministry of Finance, Berlin, Germany
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UNU-WIDER Research Fellow Pia Rattenhuber presents at CoP meeting

UNU-WIDER Research Fellow Pia Rattenhuber presents at a meeting of the Community of Practice on Tax and Gender (CoP). Together with Laura Abramovsky from ODI/IFS, Pia Rattenhuber will provide an overview of methodologies and discuss implications for...

Tue, 10 September 2024
Online, Washington, D.C., United States
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Kunal Sen on The Jobs Challenge in Asia and the Pacific

Kunal Sen joins the UNDP Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific (RBAP) Economist Network webinar to present on the jobs challenge in Asia-Pacific. The webinar presents insights from the UNU-WIDER book Job Ladder.The webinar tackles the following...

Wed, 4 September 2024
Bangkok, Thailand
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Landscape of Prague UNU-WIDER at IIPF Conference 2024
Wed, 21 August 2024 – Fri, 23 August 2024
Prague University of Economics and Business, Prague, Czechia
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Kwabena Adu-Ababio's doctoral defense featuring SOUTHMOD research

UNU-WIDER Research Associate Kwabena Adu-Ababio defends his doctoral thesis on 13 September 2024. His dissertation, titled 'Essays on Social Assistance and Tax Administration in Selected Developing Economies', explores critical issues in tax policy...

Helsinki, Finland
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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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UNU-WIDER research presented at 2024 ATI General Assembly

UNU-WIDER Research Fellow Pia Rattenhuber presents, 'Practical benefits of exploiting the complementarity between research and development – examples from sub-Saharan Africa' at the 2024 ATI General Assembly.Domestic Revenue Mobilization (DRM)...

Tue, 18 June 2024 – Thu, 20 June 2024
Online, Bonn, Germany
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