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From newsletter to blog - welcome to the new WIDERAngleBy now you have probably seen the exciting revamp of our website. These changes are not cosmetic. They represent a fundamental rebuilding of our web...
By now you have probably seen the exciting revamp of our website. These changes are not cosmetic. They represent a fundamental rebuilding of our web...
At the core of efforts to meet the Sustainable Development Goals lies a commitment to enhance domestic revenue mobilization. Strengthening capacity to...
The increasing focus on domestic resource mobilization in developing countries means that, for researchers and policy makers, access to accurate and...
Government revenues are central to funding public expenditures in all countries. Increasingly, developing countries must look to raise domestic...
Let’s face it, data is important. It sits at the core of almost everything that we in the development economics research community do. However, the...
Implementing development programmes in conflict-affected areas is crucial for conflict as well as poverty reduction. The big question is how do you...
Developing countries will be predominantly urban by 2030. While urbanization is historically associated with development and broad-based social...
Like most other countries, the government of Zambia introduced restrictions to control COVID-19, which considerably curtailed normal economic activity...
Although sometimes over used, the word 'crisis' accurately describes many challenges of today's world, such as climage change, war and refugees...
Professor Patricia Justino is a leading expert on the links between political violence and economic development. Her work has greatly expanded...
Thanks to the updated version of the Government Revenue Dataset (GRD) we are now able to gain a clear picture of tax and other revenue trends in over...