Driven by the advancements in renewable energy, enhanced technology, and a burgeoning preference for eco-friendly and locally sourced power, the trajectory toward decentralized energy models seems poised to shape the future of energy systems, particularly in the realm of electricity. This shift...

The aim of the Globelics Academy PhD School is to support the training of PhD students from all over the world writing theses on issues related to innovation systems and development. The Academy brings together frontier researchers in innovation with PhD students from the South and the North in...

The objective of the conference is to be a forum for discussing innovative research in development economics, and rediscover the pleasure of face-to-face interactions with a large network of colleagues. Both empirical and theoretical contributions and wide ranges of topics are welcome to the...

The Least Developed Countries (LDCs) are low-income countries that face severe structural impediments to sustainable development. These countries are highly vulnerable to economic and environmental shocks and have low levels of human assets. To help the LDCs address these specific challenges,...

The journées Louis-André Gérard-Varet are open to all fields in applied and theoretical Public Economics. This includes areas such as: - Auctions and Public Markets; - Development Economics and Policies; - Education and Labor Market Analysis/Policies; - Environmental and Health Economics; -...

In accordance with the latest UN guidelines we regret to inform the 2020 WIDER Development Conference has been cancelled.

Institutions and social frictions (associated with inequalities, political conflicts, corruption, and cultural polarization) have emerged as central themes in development economics. This course takes stock of existing research and moves on to draw the outline of the current research frontier....

The Journées Louis-André Gérard-Varet are open to all fields in applied and theoretical Public Economics and, more generally, to papers in the area of: Taxation and Redistributive Systems; Welfare Economics, Well-being Measures, Inequality; Normative Economics; Political Economy; Local Public...

This 2019 edition will focus on the challenges of industrialization and massification, which have been fuelled by the increasing use of new technologies as supposedly efficient instruments for fostering financial inclusion worldwide. These new technologies have brought unprecedented...

The conference will showcase UNU-WIDER, its work, and the many people and institutions that are engaged with it. The conference will hold panel discussions on all of the main themes and findings of UNU-WIDER’s research during 2009-18 — finance, food and climate change; and transformation,...