On Thursday 8 December, the programme includes a special session on ‘Inequality and development’ featuring recent research from UNU-WIDER's WIID and SOUTHMOD - simulating tax and benefit policies for development Phase 2 projects.

The biennial conference is the meeting place for top scientists from all over the world and successfully integrates the theoretical aspects as well as the perspectives of those who are primarily engaged in applying survey data. Topics: I. Short-term Economic Surveys and Indicators. II. Surveys...

The Annual Inflation Targeting Seminar intends to bring together private sector specialists and leading economists from academia, central banks and multilateral institutions to stimulate debate and research on monetary economics, policy coordination (monetary, macroprudential and fiscal), and...

IARIW Session on Developments in Income Inequality Across the World

Empirical or theoretical papers in the following areas are especially welcome: - Measurement of national income and wellbeing - Income distribution - Inequality (of income, wealth, education or opportunities) - Poverty - Socioeconomic mobility - Definition and measurement of the middle class -...

The theme for Rio 2010, The right to the City– bridging the urban divide is in harmony with UN-HABITAT’s flagship report, State of the World’s Cities 2010-2011. Concepts that will drive the discussions in Rio include the right to the city, bridging urban income gaps, reducing inequality...

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