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Finance, gender, and entrepreneurship in India — study findings highlighted by national mediaIn a new WIDER Working Paper Finance, gender, and entrepreneurship — India’s informal sector firms , researchers Ira N. Gang, Rajesh Raj Natarajan, and Kunal Sen find strong evidence of the crucial role played by financial access in...
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In Memoriam: Stephan KlasenOn 27 October 2020, Professor Stephan Klasen passed away after a serious and prolonged illness which took his life too early. We have lost one of Europe’s leading development economists, a brilliant mind and generous soul. With his unceasing...
In memoriamImpact
The WIID – an important source for the UN Economists Network report for the 75th Anniversary of the United NationsNew York, 17 September - The UN's top economists warned of crises of our own making if global 'megatrends' are left unchecked in a special report on six global megatrends . In a press release , UNDESA said, 'the chief economists in...
Global inequalityIn the media
UNU-WIDER’s expert interviewed on social impacts of the COVID-19 crisis in Portuguese media
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Shaping our future together – UNU-WIDER celebrates United Nations' 75th anniversary
United Nations anniversary Sustainable Development Goals Blog
35 years of research for change: Bringing inequality to the fore (1998-2020)
UNU-WIDER released the world’s first estimates of the global wealth distribution in 2007 – one result of a 2004 – 05 project, ‘ Personal Assets from a Global Perspective ’...
Global inequality Economic inequality
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UNU-WIDER joins major new research consortium analysing African cities
Urban economics Informal sector Partnerships for Development 
In the media
Many workers in India’s informal sector in dead-end jobs – findings of new study featured in national newsIn a new WIDER Working Paper Transitions between informal and formal jobs in India – patterns, correlates, and consequences , researchers from UNU-WIDER, Sikkim University, and the University of Manchester show that despite high economic...
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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 policy
Blog
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)News
Press release: Survey finds the manufacturing sector remains instrumental for Myanmar’s economic growth and transformationYANGON, MYANMAR and HELSINKI, FINLAND – A new report published by the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) and the United Nations World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) says that Myanmar’s manufacturing sector...
Myanmar Myanmar enterprises monitoring system MEMSIn the media
The cost of the pandemic to the poor – media on new research on impact of COVID-19 on global povertyIn a new paper , researchers from UNU-WIDER, Kings College London, and the Australian National University confirmed recent estimates on the shocking impact of COVID-19 on global poverty. They called on global leaders to take urgent action to avert a...