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    New release of the World Income Inequality Database – new WIID version includes updates to the WIID Companion datasets

    The UNU-WIDER World Income Inequality Database―widely known by its acronym WIID―provides the most comprehensive set of income inequality statistics available. It presents detailed information on income inequality for most countries and historical...

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    Press release: Renowned speaker Dr. Arkebe Oqubay to deliver keynote address at academic and policy-relevant lecture on sustainable growth in African cities

    Helsinki, Finland – The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) and the African Cities Research Consortium (ACRC) are proud to announce a prestigious lecture by Dr. Arkebe Oqubay, former Senior...

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    UNU Statement on the Israel–Gaza Crisis

    The United Nations University echoes calls for international humanitarian law and human rights law to be respected and upheld.

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    SA-TIED hosts special session at ESSA Biennial Conference

    SA-TIED hosted a special session at the Economic Society of South Africa's 2023 Biennial Conference, held from the 12th to the 14th of September at the CSIR Convention Centre in Pretoria. This event was a dynamic gathering of economists...

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    SA-TIED hosts special session at ESSA Biennial Conference

    SA-TIED hosted a special session at the Economic Society of South Africa's 2023 Biennial Conference, held from the 12th to the 14th of September at the CSIR Convention Centre in Pretoria. This event was a dynamic gathering of economists...

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    Breaking barriers, building economies: women in economic policy

    August holds special significance in South Africa, marked by Women's Day on the 9th. It is a time to honour women's extraordinary courage and resilience in the struggle for equality and freedom. During this month, South Africa celebrates the...

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    Unlocking Data Expertise: SA-TIED's Stata Training Initiative

    The SA-TIED programme, in collaboration with the National Treasury, recently wrapped up an intermediate Stata training course. Held from 29–31 August 2023, this training was exclusively tailored for SA-TIED programme partners, a group that included...

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    Unlocking data expertise: SA-TIED stata training initiative

    The SA-TIED programme, in collaboration with the National Treasury, recently wrapped up an intermediate Stata training course. Held from 29–31 August 2023, this training was exclusively tailored for SA-TIED programme partners, a group that included...

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    UNU-WIDER releases major report on peace, decent work, and greater equality

    UNU-WIDER’s 2019–2023 work programme has built a strong evidence base to support actions that contribute to more peaceful and effective states and more fair and sustainable societies. A synthesis report on the key findings of our work programme on...

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    Capacity Building for SA-TIED Research assistants

    SA-TIED research assistants recently completed the specialised training programme, "Data Wrangling with STATA: How to manage your empirical research project," offered by the University of Cape Town's Southern Africa Labour and Development Research...

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    Can grants help combat unemployment? Insight from the SA-TIED and Econ 3x3 policy debate

    How do we tackle unemployment in South Africa? Is there a role for well-designed grants to complement active labour-market policies? The second of these questions was the central theme in the first of a series of policy debates in late June hosted...

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    Visit to National Treasury´s secure facility offers a glimpse into the data supporting policy making in South Africa

    On 4 May 2023, representatives from the European Union, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), and the South African Revenue Services (SARS) visited South Africa's National Treasury (NT) to learn more about the secure data lab there...

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    Sam Jones speaks at Africa Industrialization Day 2022 event

    On 8 December, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in Mozambique organized, in collaboration with the Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MIC) and the United Nations Resident Coordinator’s Office (UN RCO) in Mozambique, a...

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    Eva-Maria Egger at IGC panel on integration of migrants and refugees in Mozambique

    On 1 December 2022, Eva-Maria Egger, UNU-WIDER Research Fellow in the Inclusive growth in Mozambique programme (IGM), participated in a panel discussion on the short- and long-term integration of displaced people and refugees in Mozambique. The panel...

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    Michael Keller discusses sustainable management of natural resources at IMD conference 2022

    The Institute for Multiparty Democracy (IMD), in partnership with the Ministry of Land and Environment (Ministério de Terra e Ambiente, MTA) and the National Petroleum Institute (Instituto Nacional de Petróleo, INP-MIREME), organized an international...

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