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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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.
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.
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.
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.
BIG IDEAS Series
The Good Jobs Challenge in Developing Countries
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World Water Week Session Explores Economic Valuation of Water in Asia
Experts shared strategies and tools for sustainable policies and investment at World Water Week conference.
