Developing countries need over $4 trillion each year to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Strategic use of development finance is key to boosting sustainable infrastructure investment.
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๐Celebrating 10 years of SOUTHMOD ๐
To celebrate this milestone, we are excited to launch a special anniversary magazine.
โจ Discover insights, stories, and achievements
โจ Learn how SOUTHMOD influenced policy analysis
โจ Explore the people and partnerships behind the models
go.unu.edu/CA9Wt
What happens to poverty numbers when we use a credible upper-bound poverty line instead of extreme or national poverty lines?
Read our latest blog, '๐๐ข๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ณ โ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐บ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ,' to find out more: go.unu.edu/zYKfp
Tax data can do more than track revenueโit can shape better policy. In South Africa, Uganda, and Zambia, governments are using administrative tax data to uncover compliance gaps, redesign incentives, and inform budgets.
The data already exists. The key is using it.
Read more: go.unu.edu/cO4d1
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Explore the latest blogs, new working papers on climate and poverty, female entrepreneurship, South Africa's electricity crisis, and much more.
๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ:๐ go.unu.edu/VQC2p
Does getting into university guarantee upward mobility?
New #SATIED research shows that in South Africa, whether a degree translates into social mobility depends just as much on who graduates on time and into which qualifications.
Learn more: go.unu.edu/LEoWE
If you haven't had the chance to read our latest SOUTHMOD at 10 magazine, here are 4 figures that will tell you everything you need to know about the impact SOUTHMOD had this past decade ๐
Intrigued? Dive into the magazine: go.unu.edu/CA9Wt
๐ขSA-TIED research featured in BusinessDay.
A new BusinessDay feature drawing on SA-TIED research examines the combination of macroeconomic pressures and spending dynamics that have kept the debt trajectory off course.
Read more: go.unu.edu/CVWEi
UNU-WIDER and @ifpri.org have launched Engines of Growth in Fragile Contexts, a research partnership exploring the jobs, skills, institutions, and collective action that sustain local โislands of resilienceโ.
๐ป Watch here: go.unu.edu/DRQEy
