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.
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Policy Brief: Enhancing the Development Potential of South-South Migration
Exploring the transformational role of remittances and migrant investments - and the policy interventions needed to enhance their impacts.
News
Challenges to, and Best Practices for Implementing the SDGs — on a Mission along the Textile Supply Chain to Achieve the 2030 Agenda
Recent field visits in Southeast Asia aimed to gain insights into the sustainable practices carried out along the textile supply chain.
Event
Special RCE Session at 14th ICERD: Sharing RCE Experiences
UNU-IAS will hold an online session at the 14th ICERD under the theme ‘Circular Economy Education for Sustainable Development in Local Communities’.
Announcement
Senior Research Fellow Patricia Justino Appointed as Deputy Director of UNU-WIDER
On 1 August 2022, UNU-WIDER appointed Senior Research Fellow Patricia Justino as Deputy Director.
Event
Understanding Climate-Related Mobility in Contexts of Urbanization
This roundtable examined the challenges of climate-related mobility and processes of urbanization in the Global South.
News
Seminar Spotlights the Role of Local Culture in Sustainable Tourism
The online event discussed promoting sustainable tourism and regional development through local culture.
Event
Contributions of Migration to Development in the MENA
This online panel explored the contributions of migration to development in the Middle East and North Africa, specifically Jordan and Lebanon.
Event
Towards a Resilient Cyberspace: Spotlight on Southeast Asia
This research seminar provides an initial view of a conceptual framework on how Southeast Asia can develop cyber resilience.
Blog Post
Breakthrough: Building Collective Intelligence for Our Common Agenda
Collective intelligence can be created in practice by engaging in participatory or collaborative modelling, supported by digital technologies.