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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Aimable Nsabimana is a Development Economist and a Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER. Currently he works on the Southern Africa – Towards Inclusive Economic Development (SA-TIED) programme, under which he provides technical support to the Steering Group...

Rodrigo is a Research Associate at UNU-WIDER, and his research interests are Development Economics, Economics of Education, and Labor Economics. His leading research focuses on the impact of education on a wide range of outcomes and uses different...

Antti Pelanteri is an Economics Database Administrator at UNU-WIDER. He holds a Master’s degree in Social Sciences from the University of Helsinki. His research interests include economic and social inequality, economic development and data quality.

Christopher Wayne Pillay is a Data Scientist at UNU-WIDER and is currently working on the Southern Africa – Towards Inclusive Economic Development (SA-TIED) programme in Pretoria, South Africa. He previously worked for UNU-WIDER as a Data Consultant...

Michelle Pleace is a Research Associate at UNU-WIDER, contributing to the Southern Africa - Towards Inclusive Economic Development program. Her work involves producing partially anonymized tax administrative data. Her research interests lie in...

Pia Rattenhuber is a Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER. She has previously worked for OECD (Department of Labour and Social Affairs), the German Ministry of Economics and the German Institute of Economic Research (DIW Berlin). She attained her PhD from...

Laura Saavedra-Lux is a Research Associate at UNU-WIDER. In her work she examines the micro-foundations of political violence, socio-economic development, and the consolidation of peace. She is specifically interested in understanding how ordinary...

Ricardo Santos is a UNU-WIDER Research Fellow stationed in Maputo, Mozambique, focused on the Inclusive growth in Mozambique – scaling-up research and capacity -programme and Technical Resident Advisor to the Centre of Economics and Management...

Anna Zasova is a Research Associate at UNU-WIDER, working on the SOUTHMOD project. She holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Latvia.Her research interests include public and labor economics, with a focus on labor taxation, tax evasion, and...

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