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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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.

09 Jul 2020

Media Coverage

COVID-19 Could Lead to New Wars in Authoritarian Countries

Governments should be worried about the impact of the pandemic on their economies.

08 Jun 2020

Press Release

COVID-19 Fallout Could Push Half a Billion People into Poverty in Developing Countries

New UNU research warns that global poverty could skyrocket as a result of the economic fallout from the global coronavirus pandemic.

08 Apr 2020

Blog Post

AI & Global Governance: Using International Standards as an Agile Tool for Governance

Standards offer a first step to help erect guardrails in the international and market competition for AI.

08 Jul 2019