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UNU-WIDER at 35: Letter from the Director
2020 promised to be a big year for UNU-WIDER, with the celebration of our 35th anniversary, the 45th birthday of UNU, and 75 years of the UN...
Structural adjustment (Economic policy) IMF Human Development ReportPolicy Brief
Migration governance in the Global South September 2020Building knowledge about migration governance and policy in the Global South is a priority for research and policy. Migration is a defining feature of our time and one closely linked with processes of economic and political development...
International migration Emigration and immigration Economic Policy and Good GovernanceResearch Brief
Tackling poverty and inequality in Southern Africa: Transnational growth corridors as a solution September 2020Comprehensive harmonization is crucial to eliminate inefficiencies that hamper free movement of goods and services in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region...
Growth growth corridors intra-regional tradeBlog
Why all countries should contribute to ending global poverty
In 1969, richer countries agreed to commit 0.7% of their gross national income to international development aid...
global poverty Aid policyBlog
Graduating in the shadow of the pandemic: The impact of COVID-19 on the transition of young Mozambicans from school to workSince appearing in 2019, the COVID-19 pandemic has plunged the world into an unprecedented health and socioeconomic crisis...
school -to-work transitions Labour market EducationBlog
COVID-19 intensifies global need to support informal workers in their struggle: Three guiding principles for a better deal
The world is facing an existential crisis that poses challenging questions: whether to put people and nature before owners of capital and technology; whether to protect the rights of the disadvantaged or the interests of the elite...
Decent Work Informality women's workBlog
Do we have the right balance?: Aggregate population health and COVID-19
The world has been shaken by unprecedented efforts in the name of public health. But, efforts to arrest COVID-19 were not initially formulated with a comprehensive view of the public health in mind ...
COVID-19 Global health Aggregate population healthBlog
An interview with José Antonio Ocampo: Why is 'Resetting the international monetary (non)system' one of the most popular economic titles at Oxford University Press?
The UNU-WIDER book ‘Resetting the International Monetary (Non)system’ by José Antonio Ocampo was recently ranked among the top ten economics books on Oxford Scholarship Online ...
International Monetary Fund IMF History (Monetary policy)Blog
Five ways coronavirus is deepening global inequality Before coronavirus, inequality was already increasing in many parts of the developing world . But the pandemic is going to greatly heighten existing economic and social inequalities...
COVID-19 Inequality Decent WorkBlog
International tax research: Why does more than numbers matterCan tax research be inspiring? Looking back at the three years of collaboration between UNU-WIDER and the Uganda Revenue Authority ( URA ), the answer is yes – but even that is just the start...
Taxation Administrative data Domestic revenue mobilizationResearch Brief
Developing a Malawi–South Africa value chain for industrial hemp: What are the challenges? August 2020Diversifying the agricultural production in sub-Saharan Africa is important for the combat against poverty and climate change...
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Solutions for designing better special economic zones programmes in Africa August 2020Special economic zones (SEZ) in Africa are generally regarded as underperforming relative to their peers in the rest of the world...
design attributes geographic areas implementationResearch Brief
Turnin’ it up a notch: Can foreign direct investment help South Africa increase the complexity of its exports? August 2020Since the end of apartheid, South Africa’s economic challenges have disrupted efforts to establish a society of inclusive growth and prosperity...
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Estimating tax gaps in the non-financial sector: A pathway to effective tax collection in South Africa August 2020Many governments, particularly those in developing countries, have set an objective to improve tax revenue mobilization to offer more and better public services to their citizens...
corporate income tax Tax compliance tax gapBlog
Beyond lockdown: rebuilding the social contractContinued lockdown measures are straining the social contract between citizens and governments...
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Unmaking ‘Make in India’The current government has attempted to improve India’s ranking in the World Bank’s Doing Business Indicators, but with limited success...