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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News

Priorities for Subnational Governments to Overcome COVID-19 and Accelerate SDGs Localisation

A new UNU-IAS report and video offers insights into the challenges and opportunities facing local governments during the global pandemic.

29 Sep 2021

Event

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.

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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.

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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.

18 Jan 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

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