The mandate of the UNU World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) is to:
In addition, UNU-WIDER has embarked on postgraduate teaching and twinning in development economics in line with UNU guidelines and priorities.
The programmes of UNU-WIDER are: climate change, development finance, economic policy and governance; new challenges in development economics; and poverty,inequality and human development.
Professor Ernest Aryeetey (Ghana) — Chairperson
Director, Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research, University of Ghana
Professor Anne Case (USA)
Alexander Stewart 1886 Professor of Economics and Public Affairs
Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
Professor Roberto Frenkel (Argentina)
Senior Researcher in the Economic Area, Centro de Estudios de Estado y Sociedad (CEDES)
Mr Pasi Hellman (Finland)
Deputy Director General, Department for Development Policy
Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Helsinki, Finnland
Professor Ravi Kanbur (UK)
T.H. Lee Professor of World Affairs
Professor of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University
Professor Elisabeth Sadoulet (France and USA)
Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California at Berkeley
Ms Ling Zhu (China)
Deputy Director of International Cooperation
Institute of Economics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)
Prof. Konrad Osterwalder (Switzerland)
Rector, UNU
Prof. Finn Tarp (Denmark)
Director, UNU-WIDER
Prof. Finn Tarp, Director
United Nations University
World Institute for Development Economics Research
Katajanokanlaituri 6B, 00160
Helsinki, Finland
T: +358 9 615-9911
F: +358 9 6159-9333
E-mail: wider@wider.unu.edu