UNU research provides guidance for navigating the changing geo-economic landscape while more effectively monitoring and evaluating economic progress and its social impacts. Our work in Africa, for example, is helping establish robust information systems to monitor and evaluate economic progress and its social impacts, thereby helping planners to transform skewed development into opportunities for sustainable livelihoods.
Economic growth
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Event
The Promise of AI: Insights from the World Development Report 2026
On 22 October 2026, the World Bank Group Institute for Economic Development, UNU, JICA and JADE will co-organize a special event to discuss findings from the World Development Report 2026.
Collection
The changing geography of the international diffusion of technological knowledge
Examines the evolving geography of international technological knowledge diffusion over the last four decades using multiple patent-based indicators.
Collection
Road infrastructure, economic development and forest loss in the Republic of the Congo
This paper studies the impact of large-scale road construction on economic development and forest loss in the Republic of the Congo.
Symposium
Call for Papers: Economic Fitness and Complexity Symposium
The Economic Fitness and Complexity Symposium invites research on innovation, structural change and development.
Seminar
Migration Seminar Series: Diaspora Engagement in a New World Order: Diplomacy, Policy and Power
Dr. Martin Russell on the changing role of diaspora engagement in diplomacy, policymaking, investment, and talent attraction.
Seminar
Migration Seminar Series: Migration, Remittances and Capabilities in the Global South: Exploring the India-Nepal Corridor through Aspiration and Capability Perspectives
Dr. Mandeep Grewal on migration, remittances, and livelihood opportunities along the India-Nepal migration corridor.
Training
Caribbean Capacity-Building Workshop on Science, Technology and Innovation Policies and Instruments for the SDGs
The UN IATT Workstream 6 brings together partners for a Caribbean workshop strengthening STI policy and instruments for sustainable development in SIDS.
Journal Article
Institutional readiness for payments for ecosystem services: Stakeholder perspectives from Sri Lanka
This publication was released as part of the UNU Resource Nexus Focus Area Resilient Food, Forest and Ecosystems.
