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Professor Kunal Sen has over three decades of experience in academic and applied development economics research. He is the author of eight books and the editor of five volumes on the economics and political economy of development. Since 2019 he has...

Professor Patricia Justino is a development economist who works at the interface between Development Economics and Political Science. She is a leading expert on political violence and development, and the co-founder and co-director of the Households...

Tony Addison is a Professor of Economics, University of Copenhagen in the Development Economics Research Group. He was a Chief Economist and Deputy Director of UNU-WIDER in Helsinki, Finland. He was previously Professor of Development Studies...

Kwabena Adu-Ababio is a Research Associate at UNU-WIDER. He is a core Fiscal Space research area member within the SOUTHMOD and Tax Research for Development projects. His work focuses on tax-benefit microsimulation models for Ghana and Zambia and Tax...

Hanna Berkel is a Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER based in Mozambique and working on the Inclusive growth in Mozambique – scaling-up research and capacity -programme. She is a development economist with a multidisciplinary background in microeconomic...

Haroon Bhorat is Professor of Economics and Director of the Development Policy Research Unit at the University of Cape Town. He is one of the most cited South African economists globally, with a total citation estimate of 8,400 and an h-index of 52...

Diogo Britto is an applied economist with interests in gender, development, and political economy. He is Assistant Professor (Rtd-B) of Economics at the University of Milan-Bicocca and UniCredit Foundation Marco Fanno Fellow. He is also a research...

Professor Philippe Burger has been the Dean of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences at the University of the Free State since March 2022, and he has held the position of Professor of Economics since 2007. As Professor of Economics...

André Decoster (Belgium, 1958) is full professor at the Faculty of Business and Economics of KU Leuven, where he teaches courses Principles of Economics, Public Finance, and Welfare, Inequality and Poverty. He received his PhD in economics from KU...

Amina Ebrahim

Amina Ebrahim is a Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER. She is the focal point for the Domestic Revenue Mobilisation programme. She previously worked on UNU-WIDER’s Southern Africa – Towards Inclusive Economic Development (SA-TIED) in Pretoria, South Africa...

Kevin P. Gallagher is a professor of global development policy at Boston University (BU), where he directs the Global Development Policy Center (GDP Center). The GDP Center’s mission is to advance policy-relevant research for financial stability...

Kalle Hirvonen is a Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER, seconded from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). Through his research, Kalle seeks to understand how to sustainably improve nutrition and food security outcomes in low-income...

Sam Jones is a Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER based in Mozambique, on extended leave from his position as an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen. He is a versatile economist with expertise in macroeconomic...

Maria Jouste is a Research Associate at UNU-WIDER, where she works on topics related to taxation and tax-benefit microsimulation models in Domestic Revenue Mobilization programme. She holds a PhD in Economics from University of Turku. Her research...

Ravi Kanbur researches and teaches in development economics, public economics, and economic theory at Cornell University. He has served on the senior staff of the World Bank including as Chief Economist for Africa. He has also published in leading...

Michael Kilumelume is a Data Developer for the Southern Africa – Towards Inclusive Economic Development (SA-TIED) programme. His role entails making micro-level South African administrative data useable for policy-relevant research at the National...

Richard Kima is a UNU-WIDER Research Fellow. He is currently working on the Southern Africa – Towards Inclusive Economic Development (SA-TIED) programme in Pretoria, South Africa. He is primarily involved in research and capacity development...

Nagesh Kumar is the Director and Chief Executive of the Institute for Studies in Industrial Development (ISID). Before this role, which he assumed in May 2021, Dr. Kumar held senior positions at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for...

Olli-Pekka Kuusela is a Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER. His work focuses on the links between climate change, just transition, and distributional outcomes in Global South countries, with a specific focus on environmental taxation. He has previously...

Rahul Lahoti is a development economist with research interests at the cross section of gender, poverty measurement, inequality, social stratification and labour markets. He has worked previously as a Post-doctoral research fellow at ETH, Zurich and...

Jesse Lastunen is a research associate at UNU-WIDER, specialising in tax-benefit microsimulation modelling. His research focuses on public economics, especially social policy, taxation, and employment. Currently, Jesse coordinates the research and...

Santiago Levy is currently a Senior Fellow at The Brookings Institution and member of the board of various development organizations. Before that, he was Vice-president at the Inter-American Development Bank, General Director of Mexico’s Social...

Bruce McDougall is a data developer at UNU-WIDER, where he helps facilitate the National Treasury's secure data facility. The research made possible by the lab is used by a variety of organizations to help improve policy via data-driven decision...

Carol Newman is a professor of economics at the Department of Economics, Trinity College Dublin. Her research is in the microeconomics of development with a focus on household and enterprise behaviour. She has published widely in the fields of...

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