Today, on #InternationalDayofPeace, we highlight the need for resilient societies amidst climate change. Join Edward Miguel & experts for WIDER Annual Lecture 30, Can Africa escape the climate-conflict-poverty trap? 📅 30 Sept | 📍 Helsinki & online Register: go.unu.edu/zErJA
📢 Request for Research Proposals! UNU-WIDER and South Africa’s National Treasury invite proposals on public revenue mobilization; poverty, inequality and labour markets. Open to South Africa-based and international researchers. Apply 🔗https://go.unu.edu/IOzHK
We're thrilled to announce Ana María Ibáñez (IDB), Satu Santala (NDF), and @apvjustino.bsky.social (UNU-WIDER) will join @tedmiguel.bsky.social after his lecture on climate, conflict & poverty. WIDER Annual Lecture 30 📅 30 Sept 2026 📍 Helsinki + online 🔗 go.unu.edu/zErJA
Last chance to apply! To mark SOUTHMOD's 10th anniversary, UNU-WIDER and International Inequalities Institute at LSE are seeking research on how fiscal policy can reduce inequality and support sustainable development in the Global South. Submit by 20 Sept: go.unu.edu/2SVez
The UNU-WIDER–African Union Winter School on Public Finance is underway in Addis Ababa. Researchers & policymakers united for 4 days of learning on taxation, inequality, social protection, and peer learning on central challenges in public finance. More: go.unu.edu/UFCwx
The African Inequality Review launched this week in Cape Town. Opening remarks by Trevor Manuel and a panel chaired by Michael Sachs focused on the evidence African policymakers need to understand how policy choices shape who gains and who loses. Watch: go.unu.edu/KqtgH
On #InternationalDayofDemocracy, we celebrate inclusive decision-making. A study shows only 6 in 10 young Europeans trust democracy. To regain trust, democracy must work for everyone, and young people must have a meaningful stake in shaping its future. Read more: go.unu.edu/fnqlV
Jukka Pirttilä, Tina Kaidu, Mbewe Kalikeka as keynote speakers in the event celebrating 10 years of SOUTHMOD project! It has become a valuable tool for analysing the distributional impacts of tax and social protection policies, among others. @unu-wider.bsky.social www.wider.unu.edu/event/southm...
Ten years of #SOUTHMOD! Today in Addis Ababa, policymakers, researchers and partners came together to celebrate a decade of using tax-benefit microsimulation to support better tax and social protection policy across the Global South. We continue tomorrow with the WIDER Winter School.
Climate change is slowing growth & raising conflict risks in Africa. Can economic growth offset the damage? A new UNU-WIDER brief presents the research behind Edward Miguel’s forthcoming WIDER Annual Lecture. Read the brief & register for the lecture on Sept 30: go.unu.edu/tK0gQ
🌍 It's UN Day for #SouthSouthCooperation! Our Winter School shows what South-South cooperation can be in practice: learning from one another, applying shared methods to national contexts, and strengthening evidence for better policy across the continent. More: go.unu.edu/rLykL
What do African policy leaders need from inequality research? Join the discussion online at the Africa launch of the African Inequality Review on Sept 15, 2026! 📅 15 Sept 2026 🕟 16:30–17:30 SAST 💻 Online Register: go.unu.edu/O0VB1
Research Fellow Amina Ebrahim was at the Final Conference of the Franco-German Tax Expenditures and Fiscal Contract Research Programme in her capacity as an Advisory Board member. She presented on the lifecycle of tax expenditures using the South African employment tax incentive as a case study.
Today at LSE, UNU-WIDER Director Patricia Justino is chairing a policy panel on Beyond GDP. The discussion asks what it takes to turn better measures of development into tools governments can actually use and how this work can feed into the wider international process. #BeyondGDP
Drought can disrupt livelihoods even when overall employment appears stable. In South Africa, agricultural workers in drought-hit communities were more likely to change jobs, relocate or leave formal work. Those who moved also tended to earn less. Read the research brief: go.unu.edu/cTrsF
Fuel subsidies help families with rising energy costs, but removing them can have indirect effects. Higher fuel prices can raise food and transport costs too. Our new study finds effective social protection measures can compensate price hikes. Learn more: go.unu.edu/gq52q
📚 Back-to-school reading, UNU-WIDER edition. Check out the latest WIDERAngle featuring: • New book on wartime institutions & post-conflict development • WIDER Annual Lecture 30 • Fellowships, vacancies, & new publications 🔗 go.unu.edu/r495e
Can Africa escape the climate–conflict–poverty trap? 🌍 Join us on 30 September as distinguished economist 𝗘𝗱𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗠𝗶𝗴𝘂𝗲𝗹 delivers the WIDER Annual Lecture. 📅 30 September 2026 🕒 15:30 UTC+3 📍 Helsinki and online Register: go.unu.edu/zErJA
Join us in Addis Ababa on 14 Sept for "SOUTHMOD at 10: Evidence Before Action"! 🎉 Celebrate with us a decade of evidence-based tax and benefit policy in the Global South. 🗓️ Register by 6 Sept: go.unu.edu/aIPal
Survey design can affect who is counted as employed, and the policies built on those numbers. A new #SATIED research brief examines this question in South Africa, where two surveys differed by over 2m employed people in some post-COVID quarters. 🔗https://go.unu.edu/4Bfd1
Applications are now open for our visiting programmes! We are accepting applications from qualified candidates for our popular Visiting PhD Fellowship and Visiting Scholar programmes. Join our vibrant research community in Helsinki! Apply by Sept 30👉 go.unu.edu/x5AD
Tropical forests face pressure from agriculture & climate shifts. New research shows effective forest conservation requires dynamic incentives. Payments for ecosystem services and land-conversion taxes should evolve over time as deforestation pressures change. More: go.unu.edu/0damm
Join our team in Helsinki! We're looking for an Executive and Development Coordinator to support project coordination, resource mobilization and stakeholder engagement within our Director's Office. 📅 Apply by 16 September! Learn more: go.unu.edu/YJCMm
What works in tax policy and administration during times of fiscal uncertainty? At #IIPF2026, UNU-WIDER researchers shared new evidence from Africa on VAT refunds, tax compliance, redistribution, and domestic revenue mobilization. go.unu.edu/UbWDx
Tax rules apply to everyone, but not everyone knows how to use them fully. Evidence from South Africa finds advisers help people reduce what they report owing, while a simple tax system appears to keep its effect on income inequality small. go.unu.edu/4kOHY
Celebrating 10 years of SOUTHMOD! 🎉 To mark this milestone, UNU-WIDER is bringing its network together in Addis Ababa on 14 September for an anniversary event jointly with the African Union. 📅 14 September 2026 📍 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Learn more: go.unu.edu/94O8h
Wartime governance outlasts war. War reshapes authority, governance, and social organization in ways that can persist long after fighting ends. In this Policy Brief, @apvjustino.bsky.social highlights the importance of addressing wartime legacies for peacebuilding. go.unu.edu/ndoa2
Steel production contributes ~8% of global CO₂ emissions. #SATIED research argues cleaner production requires more than climate targets and carbon taxes: it needs credible incentives, finance, infrastructure and stronger government-industry coordination. go.unu.edu/lfr5N
📢 Call for papers! To mark SOUTHMOD's 10th anniversary, UNU-WIDER and @lseinequalities.bsky.social are seeking research on how fiscal policy can reduce inequality and support sustainable development in the Global South. Submit by 20 Sept: go.unu.edu/2SVez
On #WorldHumanitarianDay, we highlight the importance of effective aid in supporting people affected by conflict, instability and crisis. The question is not whether to provide aid, but how to make it effective. Read more to find out: go.unu.edu/Uxnx1
