Economic growth

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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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’.

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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.

12 Sep 2022

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.

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News

Seminar Spotlights the Role of Local Culture in Sustainable Tourism

The online event discussed promoting sustainable tourism and regional development through local culture.

25 Dec 2022

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.

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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.

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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.

18 Oct 2022

Event

"India at 75", a Conversation with Prof. Marie Lall

On 28 September, UNU will host a conversation with Prof. Marie Lall, Professor of Education and South Asian Studies at the UCL Institute of Education.

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Seminar

Tax Effort Revisited: How Much Tax Can Low-income Countries Expect to Collect?

This will be the first event in the new Think WIDER Webinar Series — New Perspectives on Domestic Revenue Mobilization.

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News

TICAD8 Side Event Discusses Investment in Knowledge and Innovation for a New Africa

The side event at the Eighth Tokyo International Conference on African Development focused on research collaboration between Africa and Japan.

06 Sep 2022