Economics

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Event

Knowledge Faces Practice: Societal Challenges and Barriers to Overcome to Enhance Water Reuse Adaptation in a Circular Economy

UNU-FLORES and UNU-IAS will co-convene a session exploring pathways to strengthen public-private partnerships in promoting a circular economy.

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Event

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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Press Release

Laptops, Cell Phones, and eGames Defied Slump as COVID-19 Dented 2020’s Electronics Sales

COVID-19 caused a greater drop in electronics sales in low- and middle-income countries than in high-income countries in 2020.

09 Jun 2021

Announcement

Applications Open: Online PhD Fellowship

The 2021 Visiting PhD Fellowship Programme at UNU-WIDER will take place online from September – November 2021.

06 Apr 2021

News

Call for Papers: COVID-19 and Development – Effects and New Realities for the Global South

UNU-WIDER is accepting papers until 15 April 2021 for its annual WIDER Development Conference.

23 Mar 2021

Seminar

Value of Water in the Era of the SDGs

Analysing different roles and values of water, and how these values can be synthesized to achieve SDG 6 (clean water and sanitation).

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News

In Memoriam: Prof. Benno Ndulu, UNU-WIDER Advisory Board Chair

Professor Benno Ndulu ot Tanzania, a long-time collaborator and friend of the institute, has passed away on 22 February 2021.

02 Mar 2021

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