Blog
Sunshine, elephants, and boomerangs: Is a dramatic rise in global income inequality looming?
by
Ravi Kanbur, Eduardo Ortiz-Juarez,
Andy Sumner
March 2022
Global Inequality 101: Global inequality is the distribution of income across all people on the planet from the poorest to the richest. It can be...
Blog
Report from the WIDER Development Conference on reducing inequality
For several decades, UNU-WIDER has actively worked on pathfinding and groundbreaking research on inequalities. We host one of the most extensive...
Blog
Reducing inequality — the great challenge of our time
by
Carlos Gradín
October 2022
Early in October 2022, international and Colombian researchers gathered together for three days at the UNIANDES campus, located at the foot of the...
Blog
Reducing inequality — why working together is no longer just an option
by
Koen Doens, Remy Rioux, Antón Leis,
Kunal Sen, Jean Van Wetter, Jürgen Zattler
March 2022
The time limit to reach the goals of the 2030 Agenda is now just eight years away. It is vital to pursue a new model of partnerships, based on...
Blog
Detecting global income inequality trends: And why it matters
by
Annalena Oppel
February 2021
More accurate estimates of inequality trends allow us to measure progress towards achieving reductions in inequality within and between countries...
Blog
Interview with Carlos Gradín on global inequality for the Conversation Weekly podcast
by
UNU-WIDER
January 2022
The following is an excerpt: mRNA vaccines, asteroid missions and collaborative robots: what to watch in science in 2022 – podcast Daniel Merino, The...
Blog
In the Director's chair: Reflections on my first six months as Director
My first six months as Director of UNU-WIDER have been busy, enlightening, and rewarding. We’ve launched a new work programme, with flagship projects...
Blog
Inequality: Driving forces and policy solutions
by
Carlos Gradín, Miguel Niño-Zarazúa
May 2019
The many faces of inequality Measuring inequality isn’t as simple as it may seem. We know that since the 1970s global inequality has been falling in...
Blog
Measuring inequality in middle-income countries
Income inequality is the result of complex processes with multiple interacting driving forces but understanding those drivers in emerging economies is...
Blog
Responding to crises: What can we do? What’s next?
Although sometimes over used, the word 'crisis' accurately describes many challenges of today's world, such as climage change, war and refugees...
Presentation
Measuring Inequality in the 21st Century
The Human Development Report Office, LIS, the Stone Center at the City University of New York (CUNY), UNU-WIDER and the World Inequality Lab will host a symposium on Measuring Inequality in the 21st Century. The 2-day event will be held 28-29 March...
Thu, 28 March 2019
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Fri, 29 March 2019
United Nations Headquarters ,
New York,
United States
Past event
Panel discussion
Open dialogue on inequality in the 21st century
Fri, 29 March 2019
Ex-Press Bar, Third Floor of the General Assembly, United Nations Headquarters,
1st Avenue at 46th Street,
New York,
United States
Past event
Panel discussion
A UNU-WIDER special panel on inequality — measurement, implications, and influencing change
Fri, 28 February 2020
House of Science and Letters,
Kirkkokatu 6,
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event
Panel discussion
Human Development Report 2019 - Launch event in Helsinki
The UNDP Human Development Report 2019 focuses on inequalities in the twenty-first century and how they weaken social cohesion and economic growth, and damage people’s trust in government, institutions, and in each other. The Finnish launch, hosted...
Fri, 13 December 2019
Tiedekulma (Think Corner),
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event
Blog
The WIID celebrates 20 years with a daring new plan
by
Carlos Gradín
October 2020
After 20 years of contributions to income inequality research, the World Income Inequality Database (the WIID) is getting a new expansion that will...
Blog
The global distribution of routine and non-routine work – and why we should we care about it
by
Piotr Lewandowski, Simone Schotte, Albert Park
October 2020
The nature of work is changing due to technological progress, globalization, and the rapidly expanding supply of college-educated workers. At a global...