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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COVID-19 and Development – Effects and New Realities for the Global South
The 2021 WIDER Development Conference will discuss impacts of the COVID-19 crisis in the Global South and how to support recovery.
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Achieving Sustainable Development in the Least Developed Countries
Bringing together the academic community, policymakers, and practitioners to discuss the challenges and policy recommendations for the LDCs.
Media Coverage
A Transformational Approach to Climate Change
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Towards a Nexus Knowledge Agenda
A focus on key building blocks of the nexus approach from biophysical, socioeconomic, and policy perspectives.
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Development Challenges in Africa in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic
An online conference discussing the socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the African continent.
News
Apply Now for 2021 JSPS–UNU Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme
UNU-IAS is now accepting applications for the 2021 JSPS–UNU Postdoctoral Fellowship programme. The application deadline is 21 Feb. 2021.
Seminar
The Changing Face of Aid and Development in the Post-COVID World
Aid and development: Where we are, how we got here, and where it might all go
Press Release
Greening the COVID-19 recovery for a sustainable future for Africa and beyond.
The socio-economic impacts of decarbonisation for African countries, and how green transitions are affected by COVID-19.