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Research AssociateUNU-WIDER is looking for an outstanding individual with strong commitment and potential to support a new research project on the links between social trust, economic inequality, and governance outcomes. Closing date: 4 October 2019, 23:59 UTC+3
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In Memoriam: Wally TynerProfessor Wallace “Wally” E. Tyner, dear friend, a great man, and a deeply respected contributor to UNU-WIDER, passed away on 17 August 2019 after a brief illness. Wally Tyner was a world-class expert in the area of climate, energy,...
In memoriamVacancies
Publications AssociateUNU-WIDER is now looking for a publications associate to join the publications team in Helsinki. The selected candidate will primarily handle the processes and finalization of working papers for online publishing on the Institute’s website. Closing...
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SOUTHMOD country report Ecuador - ECUAMOD v1.4This report documents ECUAMOD, the SOUTHMOD micrososimulation model developed for Ecuador. This work was carried out by the ISER in collaboration with the Instituto de Altos Estudios Nacionales and UNU-WIDER...
taxes Benefits microsimulationAnnual Lecture
Informality – addressing the Achilles heel of social protection in Latin AmericaThe 2019 WIDER Annual Lecture by Santiago Levy is to be held on Wednesday 30 October 2019 at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. The event is organized in collaboration with the Graduate Institute’s Centre for...
Seminar
Simone Bertoli on rational inattention and migration decisions
Vacancies
Communications AssociateUNU-WIDER is now looking for an outstanding communications professional with strong commitment and understanding of development issues to join the Institute’s Communications and Events team. The selected candidate will be a key member of varied...
Seminar
Olivier Bargain on intra-household allocation and individual poverty
Presentation
Kunal Sen on politicians and their promises in an uncertain world
Conference
Transforming economies - for better jobsUnited Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) in partnership with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) will organize a three-day conference on transforming...
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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...
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SA-TIED working paper featured in the Financial MailA recent working paper from the SA-TIED programme ’s body of new research has been featured in the largest business weekly in South Africa. The Financial Mail’s feature is headlined: “ Reserve Bank vindicated — the critics...
Inflation (Finance) Monetary policy South AfricaProject workshop
Social mobility workshop
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In Memoriam: Jaime RosJust as UNU-WIDER was disseminating the very recent publication in World Development journal an article in which Carlos Ibarra and Jaime Ros analysed the factors explaining the decline of the labour income share in Mexico, we received the sad news...
In memoriamRequest for research proposals
The dynamics of women’s work: routes to economic and social empowermentUnited Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) invites proposals for research papers on the dynamics of women’s work, in order to improve our understanding of the linkages between women’s work and their...
Research Brief
Creating, strengthening, and sharing knowledge for development Over the period 2019–23 UNU-WIDER research will focus on the interlinked development challenges of transforming economies, states, and societies. These transformations are central...
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Inequality: Driving forces and policy solutionsThe 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 relative terms, but absolute inequality has been increasing over the same period...
Global inequality WIID Income inequalityJournal Special Issue
Bioenergy in Southern AfricaThis journal special issue revisits questions surrounding biofuel futures in Southern Africa and explores the case for the establishment of a regional market...
Biofuels Regional integrationWorking Paper
The individual poverty incidence of growthThe canonical approach to analysing the poverty impact of growth is based on the comparison of poverty before and after growth...
income mobility Poverty Dynamics Pro-poorBlog
India’s General Elections 2019: The potential electoral consequences of demonetisation In the campaign leading up to the Lok Sabha elections in spring 2014, one of the more important promises that Narendra Modi made was to ‘clean up’ the economy by bringing back to India all the illicit money that was purportedly stashed aw...
demonitisation Political economy ElectionsThe WIDER Seminar Series showcases the latest research on key topics in development economics. At the weekly sessions, early-career and senior researchers present recent and ongoing work related to UNU-WIDER’s current work programme. In...
WIDER Seminar Series
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How can developing countries deliver effective public financial planning?In many less developed countries, there is little problem identifying the need for public investment in programmes aimed at improving things such as infrastructure, health and education. The problem comes in delivering them...
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Reducing inequalities in South Africa: Progress on equality thwarted by slow growth and success of top earnersSouth Africa has the highest rate of measured inequality in the world. Often thought to be a legacy of the apartheid system, inequality in South Africa has stubbornly persisted...
Earnings personal income tax Survey dataWorking Paper
Gender and the South African labour market: Policy relevant research possibilities using South African tax dataThis paper has three primary objectives...
Administrative data Employment GenderPolicy Brief
Inequality in Brazil: Inclusive growth trend of this millennium is overAfter three decades of persistently high inequality, Brazil has been experiencing a downward trend since 2001, accompanied by a rise in household incomes. These trends lasted until 2014 when a major reversal took place on both fronts...
Income inequality Fiscal redistribution Household incomeLearning
Industrial Policy in the 21st Century – the Challenge for AfricaIn September 2019, UNU-WIDER is launching its inaugural Massive Open Online Course (MOOC): Industrial Policy in the 21st Century – the Challenge for Africa . This course is based on a decade of research by UNU-WIDER, in partnership with the...
Learning Industrialization Africa's Economic Development