How is COVID-19 changing development? webinar series featured a line-up of eminent researchers and development specialists to present their research on the implications they foresee of COVID-19 for global development efforts and the economic and social impacts for the Global South.
Catch up on recordings of all our past webinars on our YouTube channel and SoundCloud station.
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Tuesday 22 June |
Jayati Ghosh, University of Massachusetts |
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Tuesday 18 May 16:00 UTC+3 |
Arkebe Oqubay, Honorary Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER Discussant: Tony Addison, University of Copenhagen COVID-19 and implications for the economies of developing countries Video recording (YouTube) Audio recording (SoundCloud) |
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Tuesday 27 April 16:00 UTC+3 |
Bruno Martorano, UNU-MERIT Discussant: Clionadh Raleigh, University of Sussex Protests and social mobilization during COVID-19 Video recording (YouTube) Audio recording (SoundCloud) |
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Tuesday 13 April 16:00 UTC+3 |
SPECIAL EVENT: Toward a Better Deal for Informal Workers — A Paradigm Shift Post-COVID Video recording (YouTube) |
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Tuesday 23 March 16:00 UTC+2 |
Sanchita Banerjee Saxena, University of California Discussant: Maheen Sultan, BRAC University COVID-19 and garment workers in Bangladesh Video recording (YouTube) Audio recording (SoundCloud) |
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Tuesday 23 February 16:00 UTC+2 |
François Bourguignon, Paris School of Economics Discussant: Marta Roig, UN DESA COVID-19 and inequality Video recording (YouTube) Audio recording (SoundCloud) |
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Tuesday 8 December 16:00 UTC+2 |
Myles Wickstead, King's College London Discussant: Nilima Gulrajani, Overseas Development Institute Changing face of aid and development Video recording (YouTube) Audio recording (SoundCloud) |
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Tuesday 24 November 16:00 UTC+2 |
Daria Taglioni, World Bank Discussant: Selim Raihan, University of Dhaka Implications of COVID-19 for global value chains Video recording (YouTube) Audio recording (SoundCloud) |
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Tuesday 10 November 16:00 - 17:15 UTC+2 |
François Roubaud and Isabelle Guérin, IRD
Video recording (YouTube)Discussants: Gulzar Natarajan, Indian Administrative Service; Rachel M. Gisselquist, UNU-WIDER COVID-19 and the role of RCTs in development Audio recording (SoundCloud) |
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Tuesday 29 September 16:00 UTC+3 |
Funda Ustek-Spilda, Fairwork Foundation Discussant: Arturo Arriagada, UAI-Chile Looking ahead after Covid-19: Fair work in the Gig economy Video recording (YouTube) Audio recording (SoundCloud) |
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Tuesday 7 July 16:00 UTC+3 |
Olivier Bargain, University of Bordeaux
Discussant: Amina Ebrahim, UNU-WIDER Poverty and COVID-19 in developing countries Video recording (YouTube) Audio recording (SoundCloud) |
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Tuesday 30 June |
Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak, Yale University
Discussant: Barbara Barungi, Imara Africa Consulting Responding to COVID-19 in developing countries |
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Tuesday 23 June 16:00 UTC+3 |
Eva-Maria Egger and Ricardo Santos, UNU-WIDER
Discussant: Tilman Brück, ISDC
Africa’s lockdown dilemma: high poverty and low trust
Video recording (YouTube) Audio recording (SoundCloud) |
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Monday 15 June |
Mick Moore, University of Sussex
Discussant: Milly Nalukwago, Uganda Revenue Authority
Tax after the Pandemic: Can Africa Raise the Revenue It Needs?
Video recording (YouTube) Audio recording (SoundCloud) |
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Tuesday 2 June 16:00 UTC+3 |
Yuen Yuen Ang, University of Michigan When COVID-19 meets centralized, personalized power Video recording (YouTube) Audio recording (SoundCloud) |
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Tuesday 12 May
16:00 UTC+3 |
Andy Sumner, King’s College London
Discussant: Arief Yusuf, Padjadjaran University COVID-19: A long crisis or new normal in developing countries? Video recording (YouTube) Audio recording (SoundCloud) |
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